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Save Our Trees v. Private Property Owner Rights – an Insight to Florida’s Tree Removal Legislation
This week marks the first anniversary of when House Bill 1159 was brought to the attention of the Florida Legislature. The bill, called “Private Property Rights,” provides for private property owners to have more autonomy over their land. The cost of this new right, however, came at the expense of one of the most vulnerable…
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Minimalism & The Environment
When I first heard about minimalism, I thought about how it was a ridiculous lifestyle that was highly unattainable and impractical. I had seen the videos of vloggers sharing how they fit all of their possessions in a single backpack or how they were able to put a year’s worth of trash in one mason…
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Water, Water Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink
While visiting my extended family recently, I had to opportunity to catch up with one of my cousins with whom I had lost contact. As it goes in these situations, we exchanged pleasantries, talked about our families and major life events since our last contact over a decade ago, and discussed our current careers. I…
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The Hurricane of 1928, the Lake Okeechobee Water Crisis, and Harmful Algae Blooms: How Ghosts of the Past Still Haunt Us Today
The state of Florida, a state I myself call home, is home to some of the most beautiful beaches in the United States of America. The state has some 8,436 miles of coastline facing the Atlantic Ocean on the states east coast and facing the Gulf of Mexico. In addition, there are countless lakes, rivers,…
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Plastic Bags… to Ban or Not to Ban? That is the Question.
I visited St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, back in October, and went grocery shopping, just like I did before I moved away in 2017. I got to the cashier, paid for all of my groceries and she asked me if I wanted to purchase a reusable bag. Annoyed, I said no, thinking, “why should I…
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Are We Beginning to See the Light? The Effectiveness and Resourcefulness of Automatic Light Systems
Few inventions over the past couple of centuries have been more resourceful and beneficial to human existence than electricity and artificial lighting. Consider, for a brief moment, just how often you use artificial lighting on a daily basis. Whether it be for academic endeavors late at night or just keeping your kitchen lit making breakfast…
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Nature Versus Nurture, Why Not Nurture Nature? The Argument for Extending Rights to Nature
Since its inception, the legal field has had an anthropocentric, or human centered, focus of legal rights. Even when a nature-based case come to a court the judge still views the issue in how it will impact humans and not nature itself. Nature has been considered to have property rights in that as long as…
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Here, Kitty, Kitty…
Florida, USA is home to a few beautiful big cats, but one of those cats is on the precipice of extinction. The Florida panther is the last remaining puma in the Eastern Hemisphere, it is also the most endangered mammal in the Eastern Hemisphere.[1] The panther was first listed as an endangered species in 1967,…
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Littering is Annoying: Suppress Irritation through Activism
Do you despise people who litter? Would you like to read an article about just that? Welcome. My personal rage towards people who throw plastic cigarette cartons out of their car windows has inspired me to do some research on the littering statutes around the country. Personally, I’d like to conduct citizen arrests on the…
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