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Earth to Shoppers

April 17, 2025

Words by Kaili Cochran “If food waste were a country it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases.” This is what Kevin Anderson, senior coordinator of Ogier Gardens at the University of North Florida, shared with me during a composting workshop he led. It’s a statistic that sticks with me whenever the topic of eco-friendly or zero-waste living

Feature·Lifestyle·Outdoors

FLORIDA COWBOY: LIVING OFF LAND

Just Buy A Boat Words & photos by Ambar Ramirez & Carmen Macri There’s the charm of van life, the endless highways and nomadic existence. Then there’s the rugged isolation of off-grid camps, far from civilization. But our personal favorite? Living off the land—not to be confused with living off

Educational Clean Up at Blue Cypress Park

Educational Cleanup – 7.17.24 (11 AM – 3 PM) Blue Cypress Park

July 2024 Sports Listing

July 1-3 Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp vs. Charlotte Knights 121 Financial Ballpark milb.com/jacksonville

BUTTERFLIES AT TREE HILL

April 3, 2010

Family·Outdoors

“A caterpillar who seeks to not know himself would never become a butterfly.” For the past 40 years, Tree Hill Nature Center has served as a popular destination for environmentalists and energy conservationists as well as nature lovers. What started back in 1970 as a rugged piece of Florida wilderness

Evergreen Cemetery Tour

April 3, 2010

Lifestyle·Outdoors

Like mixing history with spooky? You don’t have to drive to St. Augustine. Instead stay right here in Jacksonville and join the the Port of Jacksonville and Orange Park Pilot Clubs at Evergreen Cemetery on April 24-25. Expect a tour, complete with actors dressed in period garb telling tales about

26.2 with Donna

February 9, 2010

Family·Outdoors

On February 21 at 7:30 am the national breast cancer marathon and half-marathon will begin near the Mayo Clinic Campus in Jacksonville and follows the course through the unique beach communities of Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach and Atlantic Beach. The course will detour onto 2.5 miles of beautiful hard-packed sand