Bottle bill in the works - Sierra Club Florida

Summer 2012
Inside this issue
Let’s push Publix on plastic 2
Political committees need you
now 2
There’s help for your ‘Hands’
event 2
Sierra Florida Conservation
Digest 3
Help us post Sierra Florida
videos online 3
Sierra Florida in Action 4-5
No Nukes Activist Summit
report 6
Let’s stamp out Styrofoam 6
High school future scientists
receive Cantwell Awards 6
Linda Bremer receives Sierra
honor 7
Nominations for state awards
Aug. 1 7
T H E O F F I C I A L P U B L I C AT I O N O F S I E R R A C LU B F LO R I DA
Bottle bill in the works
Sierra Club Florida is launching a
major campaign to present state
legislators with a bottle deposit
bill this fall at constituent meetings
throughout Florida. All Sierrans are
invited to help.
Florida Chapter’s Waste Minimization
Committee is spearheading the effort, and
calling on group members to join with
local recycling committees to educate
citizens and legislators about the proposed
bill. To learn how you can help, contact
Linda Demler at linda.demler@sierraclub.org.
With our world-class beaches drawing
visitors from around the world, we must
take measures to keep our coastline clean
and safe. Fully a quarter of all the trash
picked up at a recent beach cleanup in
Indialantic was glass, a clear hazard to the
feet of beachgoers, especially youngsters.
Algae blooms, fish kills, red tide,
deteriorating spring water. You’ve
read the stories, you’ve seen the pictures.
The causes are complex, but did you
know that fertilizer, the magic stuff that
keeps our lawns green, is a huge part of
the problem? Well it is! It’s a source of
the nitrogen and phosphorous pollution
that ends up in our waterways and causes
problems.
That’s why municipalities all over
Florida are passing fertilizer ordinances.
Sounds good, right? Hold on! An
estimated 20 percent of the ordinances
that have been passed are simply wolves
in sheep’s clothing.
Where does the wolf come in? Scotts
Miracle-Gro, TruGreen and the Florida
Pest Management Association have
fought against ordinances that contain the
five provisions below. They have spent
untold dollars lobbying local and state
A small deposit on bottles, as passed a
few years ago in Hawaii, is the incentive
people need to keep their recyclable
containers out of our landfills.
Twelve states already have bottle bills,
and together, recycle more containers than
the other 38 states combined. The bills
have cut down on litter, created jobs and
helped save landfill space. The proposed
bill will add green jobs to Florida, as it
proposes that private recycling centers,
rather than grocery stores, be created to
handle the recycling.
The committee has already reached out
to the bottling industry for input, because
many companies are interested in this
issue. Coca-Cola, for instance, has a goal
of recycling 100 percent of its bottles and
containers by 2015. — Amy Tidd, Waste
Minimization Committee
Not all fertilizer ordinances alike
politicians to reject strong measures. They
instead promote a weak model ordinance
(the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection Model) that was passed in
2009. This weak ordinance contains the
minimum provisions allowable by state
law and simply is not enough to make any
real difference.
To pass Sierra Club muster, any
fertilizer ordinance must contain all five of
the most meaningful methods of reducing
urban fertilizer pollution:
1. A strict (no exemptions) rainy season
ban on nitrogen and phosphorous
application.
2. The required use of at least 50 percent
controlled release nitrogen.
3. A 10-foot fertilizer-free zone from
water’s edge.
4. A yearly application limit for nitrogen of
at most four pounds per 1,000 square feet.
Fertilizer ordinances continued on page 2
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Let’s push Publix on plastic
Several members of the Sierra Florida Waste
Minimization Committee recently talked with
Publix Super Markets officials to explain the Sierra
Club position on plastic bags. One of our committee’s
top goals this year is single-use plastic bag reduction.
High-density polyethylene single-use plastic
bags, made with oil and natural gas, never leave the
environment. They merely break down into smaller
pieces that clutter our oceans and landfills, choke our
birds and fish and end up in our food chain. We use
nearly four billion plastic bags annually, recycling less
than five percent. And we use precious oil resources to
make them. Is that crazy? Yes!
Here’s what we suggested Publix do to improve
participation in their existing campaign to encourage
customers to use reusable bags. (They felt that an extra
5 cents per bag discount on a $50 grocery bill would
not be effective):
• Establish permanent signage to remind customers to
bring bags.
• Display easy-to-understand information depicting the
devastating effects of plastic bags on the environment
and marine life.
• Train clerks to ask customers if they would like to
purchase a reusable bag; if they decline the purchase,
offer paper before offering plastic.
• Ask customers if they need bags when purchasing
only a few items.
• Offer money-back and other incentives for each
reusable bag brought to the store.
• Advertise reusable bags in Publix weekly flyers,
offering a free bag with a coupon.
Take action
Contact your local store managers and ask them
to implement the above suggestions. If you see
progress, let us know! Send an email to Dixie Stevens
at artist4050@yahoo.com. — Dixie Stevens, Dwight
Adams and Drew Martin, Sierra Club Florida Waste
Minimization Committee
Fertilizer ordinances continued from page 1
5. Zero phosphorous should be applied during the dry
season unless a soil test denotes a true deficiency.
These provisions come straight from the Florida Yards &
Neighborhoods handbooks and have been recommended by
the County Extension Service and the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection since 1994.
So there you have it. If you learn that your
municipality is considering an urban fertilizer ordinance,
find out if it is a strong one, using the criteria above. And
if it is not a strong one, speak up! And contact the Sierra
Club if you need help. Contact Cris Costello at cris.
costello@sierraclub.org or 941-951-6084 to learn more
or to get involved in this issue in your area.— Frances
Howell-Coleman and Cris Costello
Political committees need you now
Political committees in Sierra Club groups around
Florida are gearing up to elect good environmental
candidates this fall and they need your help. Volunteers
are needed in several areas:
• Identifying, interviewing and possibly endorsing
qualified candidates.
• Campaign help, including canvassing, sign waving,
phone banking and leafleting.
• Fundraising, including house parties and fund appeals.
• Get-out-the-vote efforts before and during the election.
All of these activities can be arranged to fit your
available time and skills. Contact your group’s political
chair to offer to help. If you don’t know who holds
that position, find out from Florida Chapter Political
Committee Chair Cecilia Height at CHeight@cfl.rr.com.
There’s help for your ‘Hands’ event
Sierra Club Florida Healthy Air Campaign is
organizing Hands Across the Sand events on Florida
beaches up and down the coast on Saturday, Aug. 4. These
past successful events brought attention to saying no to
offshore drilling and yes to clean energy. Hands Across
the Sand is a media magnet, and campaign staff is ready
to help get yours off the ground (or onto the beach).
To find a Florida beach where a Hands event is already
planned, or for resources for your group to stage an event
Aug. 4, visit handsacrossthesand.com.
The Pelican, Vol. 45, No. 2
Kathy Criscola, managing editor
The Pelican is published by Sierra Club Florida, 405 Inglewood Dr.,
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Sierra Florida Executive Committee
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Bev Griffiths, Tampa
Tom Larson, Jacksonville Beach
Stephen Mahoney, Miami
Debbie Matthews, Miami
Marian Ryan, Winter Haven
Rudy Scheffer, Safety Harbor
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Sierra Florida Conservation Digest
The Sierra Florida Chapter hit the ground running
in 2012 as we took on the full duties and
responsibilites of a state chapter. Here’s a roundup of
conservation issues that we’ve been working on:
• We formally requested that the St. Johns River
Water Management District (SJRWMD) deny the
Adena Springs Ranch Consumptive Use Permit until
results from the Minimum Flow and Level (MFL)
studies from both the SJRWMD and Southwest Florida
Water Management District are complete and an MFL
is determined for Silver Springs. We urged the district
to follow Florida law and protect the water quality
and quantity of Silver Springs as well as the Silver
River and Ocklawaha River — both designated as
Outstanding Florida Waterways. Visit ilovesprings.org
to learn more about the issue and how to complete and
submit a public input form.
• We successfully convinced Gov. Rick Scott to veto
HB 1117, the so-called “Conservation of Wildlife” bill.
This bad bill would have authorized the leasing of state
conservation or water management district lands to
private zoos and aquariums and allow them to conduct
research of selected populations of ungulates and
avian species “in the wild.” The list of potential exotic
animals included rhinoceroses, camels, hippos, tapirs,
giraffes, okapis, elephants, zebras, ostriches and emus.
• Brian Paradise of the Conservation Advisory
Team spoke on behalf of the Sierra Club at the
U.S. Department of the Interior's field hearing in
Jacksonville on proposed seismic testing off the
Atlantic Coast, in preparation for offshore drilling
there. Sierra Club is opposed to the proposed seismic
testing on the East Coast of the United States as there
is overwhelming evidence that seismic testing with
air guns causes death and severe injury to marine
mammals. Studies also show that such seismic testing
depresses the catch rates of various fish species.
Brian submitted numerous documents supporting our
position.
• The Chapter joined Food & Water Watch, Friends of
the Earth, The Florida Keys Environmental Coalition
and GMO Free Florida Consumer in petitioning
Gov. Scott to prevent the experimental release of
British biotechnology company Oxitec’s genetically
engineered mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. In early
May, we learned from the Florida Keys Mosquito
Control District that the controversial program “will
only take place once all necessary regulatory and
ethical approvals have been obtained from regulatory
agencies at both federal and state levels, based on the
results of independent, rigorous, scientific review.”
• The Chapter signed on to a letter to U.S. Rep. Steve
Southerland of Florida’s 2nd District strongly opposing
his proposed bill, HR 4150. The bill would remove
Unit FL-92 on Indian Peninsula, and Unit P-30 on
Cape San Blas (collectively, the St. Joe Unit), from
the Coastal Barrier Resources System. The purpose
of Coastal Barrier Resources Act is to stop federal
subsidies for unwise coastal development in places
such as the St. Joe Unit. The St. Joe Unit is among
the most erosion and flood-prone areas on the Florida
coast. These units are correctly within the Coastal
Barrier Resources System.
• The Chapter Phosphate Committee was active in
the scoping process for the Central Florida Phosphate
Mining District. The four mines proposed, Mosaic’s
Desoto Mine, Ona Mine, Wingate East extension of
Wingate Creek Mine and CF Industries’ South Pasture
Mine, would each involve activities that will destroy
or alter wetlands and streams within the mine footprint
and may negatively impact nearby and downstream
communities as well.
To learn about the issues and impacts to our
watersheds and communities from phosphate strip
mining, visit florida.sierraclub.org and follow the link
to the Phosphate Mining page where you can watch
a short video, view our new brochure and read about
our recent settlement agreement with Mosaic over the
South Fort Meade Hardee County Mine Extension
legal challenge.
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Help us post videos online
Do you know your way around social media
and video? The Sierra Club Florida Executive
Committee wants to engage more members and
activists via social media. The goal is to have more
meetings and events videotaped so that we can post
on various social media sites. If you are interested
in helping us get started, contact Tom Larson at
Tom.Larson@Florida.SierraClub.org or Debbie
Matthews at treehuggerdeb@yahoo.com.
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Manatee-Sarasota Group The West Palmetto High School
Marine Science students were able to take their classroom studies to
Emerson Point Preserve through a grant from the Manatee-Sarasota
Group. The grant funded multiple field trips to study wildlife and their habitats. The
goals were to experience first-hand what students were learning in the classroom, and
to help them develop a respect for, and an appreciation of our gulf coastal environment.
Students measured and analyzed air and water quality data including temperature,
relative and absolute humidity, dew point, air pressure, light intensity, salinity, specific
gravity and pH. They were also trained to use seine nets and encouraged to collect,
observe, compare, contrast, classify and then release marine organisms back to
their native habitats. Science teachers involved in the studies were Cassandra
Mitchell and Dr. Larry Gaudioso. Photos by Emily Gaudioso
Loxahatchee Group The West Palm Beach Inner City
Outings group on March 31 had its first outing with new partner
the Jay Ministries of Riviera Beach. Alyssa Cadwalader and
Ricardo Zambrano planned a great day of canoeing for 14 youngsters accompanied by five adult volunteers.
The day on the Loxahatchee River was spent wading, dip netting in the river and holding a scavenger hunt. In
between activities they enjoyed a picnic lunch. Photos by Sheila Calderon
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tor. Photo by Ron Haines Ancient Islands Group The “clients” of Lakeland-area Volunteers in
Service to the Elderly (VISTE) enjoyed an exclusive Ancient Islands Sierra
outing at the Circle B Bar Reserve April 27. VISTE clients, ages 70 and
above, may struggle to live independently and safely in their own homes,
Central Florida Group Cadie Hill, left, Miss Teen
Earth Florida 2011, joined Central Florida Group
member Maria Bolton-Joubert at the group’s Earth
Day tabling event this year at Timber Creek High
School in Orlando. Photo by Robin Hill
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and this outing was designed to provide them with a rejuvenating experience
punctuated with fresh air, wildlife and camaraderie. Ancient Islands Group
members who led the outing include Frances Coleman, far right; Janet
Jackson next to Frances; and Gail Bagley, kneeling at left. Photo by Gail
Bagley
Suwanee-St. Johns Group The Gainesville Inner City Outings group recently
visited the Natural History Museum’s Butterfly Rainforest in Gainesville. Ronald, with
a Blue Morpho on his chest, learned that butterflies like white shirts. The outing also
included a nature walk. Photos by Maryvonne Devensky
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No Nukes Activist
Summit Report
By Mandy Hancock, Sierra Club Florida Member
Last May in Washington, D.C., Sierra Club
hosted its first “No Nukes Activist” Summit.
As a participant, I saw some of the superstars of our
movement share their expertise, sat in on strategizing
by scores of activist-experts from around the country
and even attended a few meetings with members of
Congress. Being from Florida, where four new nuclear
reactors are being proposed by Florida Power and Light
(at Turkey Point near Miami) and Progress Energy
(in Levy County, 45 miles from my house), I have a
personal interest in this issue. I am also the High Risk
Energy Organizer for Southern Alliance for Clean
Energy (SACE), so I look for ways to nip the so-called
“nuclear renaissance” in the bud.
The Southeast is the unfortunate hub of massive
nuclear activity, with both existing projects and dozens
of new ones. The first new licenses in 30 years were
recently issued for Plant Vogtle in Georgia and the V.C.
Summer in South Carolina. Our region also has high
population growth and is regularly threatened by severe
drought. Instead of pursuing costly, risky nuclear
power, we need truly clean and safe energy choices
that protect our water and our wallets, such as energy
efficiency and renewable energy.
That’s why groups such as the Sierra Club and our
allies in Iowa are fighting the proposed “construction
work in progress” law that would allow utilities to
raise rates in advance to pay for new nuclear reactor
proposals. The Iowa folks just defeated this anticonsumer
legislation, making it very unlikely that any
new reactors will be built there, least for now.
In Florida, we have a long way to go. Our “nuclear
cost recovery” law was passed in 2006 and utilities
have been dipping into consumers’ wallets since 2009.
SACE has been challenging these charges since they
started and are now challenging the constitutionality of
the law before the Florida Supreme Court.
It’s exciting to see so much activity around this
important issue. The No Nukes Activist team is
working with the Club to develop campaign plans to
bolster the work already begun. Read more about the
Summit at tinyurl.com/NoNukesActivistBlog2012.
Editor’s note: The No Nukes Team is part of the Sierra
Club’s Activist Network, which hosts activist teams
across the country concentrating on national, regional
and local issues. For more information, visit connect.
sierraclub.org/ActivistNetwork/home. If you have
questions about the No Nukes Team, contact Rhonda
Roff of the Calusa Group at marshmaid@gmail.com.
Let’s stamp
out Styrofoam
The Florida Chapter’s Waste Management
Committee is considering a major campaign to
curb the use of Styrofoam in Florida. To be part of that
effort, contact Drew Martin at DMandCH@aol.com or
Cecilia Height at cheight@cfl.rr.com.
Styrofoam not only lives long and prospers in our
environment, but also uses fossil fuels to produce.
Here are some tips to reduce/stop using Styrofoam:
• Find and patronize stores and restaurants that don’t
use Styrofoam.
• Use your own beverage and food container whenever
you can.
• If you use a doggie bag from restaurants, bring your
own container and put the leftovers in that.
• Find out where in your community you can recycle
Styrofoam and do it, and pass on the word to your
neighbors, coworkers and social media contacts.
High school future scientists
receive Cantwell Awards
Four Florida science students received Sierra Club
Florida Cantwell Awards at the 57th State Science
and Engineering Fair of Florida held in Lakeland
April 3-5. The event was sponsored by the Florida
Foundation for Future Scientists.
The awards, $100 and $50 for each section, honor
the late Kathy Cantwell, a longtime Sierra volunteer
from the Suwannee-St. Johns Group who died in 2010.
Senior section award winners for grades nine
through 12 were:
• Zachary Loeb of Eau Galle High School, for
Preventing the Reproductive Failure of Aquatic Life
from the Global Threat of Nonylphenol Contamination
Through Catalytic Waste Water Treatment.
• Emily Seitz of Melbourne High School, for The
Effects of Round-Up, Glyphosate and Polyethoxylated
Tallow Amine on Acetylcholine Esterase Activity
in Palaemonetes paludosus Via Direct Exposure,
Environmental Contamination and Bioaccumulation.
Junior section winners for grades six through eight were:
• Kori Spiropoulos of New Smyrna Beach Middle
School, for Water Conservation and Weed Prevention
• Elizabeth Fairchild of The Villages Charter Middle
School, for Can Red Worms Consume a Bio-Sludge
and Create Vermicompost? — Marian Ryan, Sierra
Florida Executive Committee
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Linda Bremer receives Sierra honor
Award to be bestowed in
San Francisco in August
An email in Linda Bremer’s inbox in May read
“Dear Linda, on behalf of the Sierra Club, it is
my pleasure to inform you that you have been
selected to receive the Club’s 2012 Special Service
Award. The award honors Sierra Club members for
strong and consistent commitment to conservation
or the Club over an extended period of time. You are
invited to receive this award at a celebration to be held
in San Francisco on Saturday, August 4, 2012.”
Linda’s reaction to the missive from Ellen
Davis, chair of the Sierra Club Honors and Awards
Committee, was that of amazement, “since I'm usually
pretty low profile nowadays. But I love Sierra Club and am
proud of the work I have done for them over the years.”
The honor recognizes Linda’s 25 years of Sierra
activism as a volunteer, a role she jumped into after
retiring in 1986. For 18 years she taught middle school
students in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Jacksonville,
where she grew up and lives with her (“very
supportive”) husband of 44 years.
As native Floridians, Linda and Paul remember
Florida’s abundant fish and wildlife before the
development boom. Then they witnessed Florida’s
transformation to a sunbelt mecca, which included “a
disregard for wetlands and waters by agriculture and
industry, exploitation of low income neighborhoods for
toxic dumping, urban "renewal" by demolition and highway
construction and unregulated air pollution,” said Linda.
“In my family we were avid campers by financial
necessity and also for pleasure. Like so many other
activists, my outdoor experiences watching birds,
hiking in the woods and traveling to parks led me to
join organizations advocating for the environment,”
Linda said.
Her early involvement in Sierra focused on agency
regulation for wetlands. “Judy Hancock, Laurie
MacDonald and Peter Belmont were all mentors for
me in where to go, who to talk to and how to advocate
forcefully,” Linda said. “From about 1987 to 2004,
I attended monthly meetings of the St. Johns River
Water Management District. It was a great experience
for someone inept and uninformed in the workings of
regulatory agencies to go each month, listen and learn,
and talk to staff and board members.”
She saw Sierra Club move to the frontlines of
wetlands battles in the 1990s, and recalls it as a
time when “Florida moved ahead with outstanding
environmental protections for habitat and ecosystems, a
monumental land preservation program and increasing
public support and awareness.” During this time her
activism extended to sprawl and fragmented habitats
that resulted from the negative impacts of highway
construction.
“I began working with Florida
Department of Transportation
staff on how to minimize
impacts on the environment
and wildlife,” Linda said.
And for seven years she was
a member of the Florida Fish
and Wildlife Conservation
Commission Foundation.
Linda Bremer
Today Linda serves on the
Jacksonville Bicycle Pedestrian
Advisory Committee, where she is an advocate for
redesign and redevelopment of urban cores to create
more walkable and bikeable communities.
Her Sierra credentials include serving on the
National Wetlands and Water Committee; National
Green Transportation Committee; Florida Chapter
Wetlands Committee; Florida Chapter Wetlands
Committee chair; Florida Chapter Transportation chair;
Steering Committee member, Sierra Club Florida;
Conservation Chair, Northeast Florida Group.
We salute Linda Bremer for her quarter century
of tireless advocacy on behalf of Florida’s wildlife
and natural areas. And we are proud that her Sierra
Club work is recognized and appreciated all the way
to San Francisco. – Liz Cantarine, Sierra Florida
Communications Team
Nominations for state
awards due Aug. 1
Each year Sierra Club Florida recognizes
volunteers and community members who have
made a difference in protecting the environment
and working for the Club. A range of awards is
given to honorees for their contributions to their
local groups as well as state-wide activities. We
rely on our Sierrans on the ground to nominate
candidates for the awards.
The deadline for nominations is Aug. 1 and the
awards will be presented in the fall. For a full list of
awards, the names of past recipients and a nomination
form, visit florida.sierraclub.org/awards.asp. Contact
Mary-Slater Linn at sierraclub01@yahoo.com if you
have any questions.
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Explore, Enjoy and Protect the Planet
Florida boasts most ICOs
Florida boasts the highest number of Inner City
Outings groups of all the 50 Sierra Club chapters
in the United States. Florida’s seven ICOs include
Gainesville, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Manatee-
Sarasota, Tampa Bay and West Palm Beach. These
community outreach programs provide opportunities
for urban youth and adults to explore, enjoy and
protect the natural world.
In 1976, the Sierra Club took a successful
program idea from its San Francisco Bay Chapter
and established a nationwide ICO program to
provide safe and fun wilderness trips to low-income
youth, physically disabled individuals and others
who have limited access to the outdoors. The
concept caught fire — turning on high-risk, lowincome
groups of youth to the great outdoors.
Learning about the natural world in this setting
also fostered the opportunity of enhancing personal
growth, self-esteem and self-reliance outside of familiar
urban environment by participating in teamwork.
Today, Sierra has 50 volunteer-run ICO
groups that conduct more than 800 outings for
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approximately 14,000 people each year. By helping
participants discover the beauty of wild lands, ICO
helps the Club build support for environmental
protection in urban communities across the country,
supporting John Muir's assertion that people who
experience wilderness firsthand are much more
likely to preserve it for future generations.
Establishing an ICO group requires critical
support from the local group and the community.
Volunteers are selected on experienced leadership
ability, are trained in first aid and CPR, receive
wilderness team building training through workshops
and sign the ICO code of ethics, in addition to
undergoing screening and background checks.
You can help
It also takes funds to set up and maintain an
ICO. Volunteer fundraising events provide essential
support, but more is always needed. Donations are
tax deductible through the Sierra Club Foundation.
To learn more about ICO, visit sierraclub.org/ico.
— Susan Kairys-Courech, Sierra Florida
Communications Team
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