Join us for Love the Everglades Movement Summer Symposium 2016 - GIVING BACK TO THE EVERGLADES August 6, 7and 14 with Featured Speakers & Presentations!

Join us for Love the Everglades Movement Summer Symposium 2016 - GIVING BACK TO THE EVERGLADES August 6-7, and Aug.14 - the Everglades needs your support! The focus will be Everglades ecology, ‪‎spirituality‬, activist reports on environmental crises, theology, art, and ‪activism‬. It will feature guest speakers, physical and digital art displays, workshops, live entertainment, and more. One of the guest speakers is Laura Reynolds of Conservation Concepts, LLC / Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, giving a presenation and speaking about 'Turkey Point Solutions:  A Win-Win for Dade County & Biscayne Bay'.

REGISTER NOW:
http://www.lovetheeverglades.org/summer-symposium-2016.html

EVENT PAGES:
Summer Symposium 2016: Giving Back To The Everglades - Day 1 Speaker Presentations

Summer Symposium 2016: Giving Back To The Everglades - Day 2 Activist Workshops

Environmental Clean-up: Day 3

'Turkey Point Solutions: A win-win for Dade County and Biscayne Bay'

For over 30 years, FPL has run an industrial power complex at its Turkey Point Nuclear Plant site. FPL's flawed cooling canal system is now polluting groundwater and surface water in Biscayne Bay and beyond.

There has been inconsistent pressure on FPL and regulators to ensure a long-term solution to this unacceptable environmental situation that effectively protects the unique biodiversity and natural resources in Florida.

With your help we will build a case through the additional collection of data to gain a better understanding of the ongoing environmental damage in order to make FPL and regulators accountable.

Summer Symposium 2016: 'Giving Back To The Everglades' Day 3: Everglades Clean-Up August 14th

Join us at the Love the Everglades Movement's 3-day event to learn how you can get involved in Everglades issues, Clean Water, Solar Power, and Anti-Fracking. You'll be inspired by the art, entertainment, presentations, and workshops!

Register Here:

http://www.lovetheeverglades.org/summer-symposium-2016.html

Love The Everglades Movement (LTEM) is a multi-faceted environmental organization that works to bolster public support for the Everglades with community outreach events. One of the things that makes LTEM a unique organization comes from our full spectrum format that combines education with the arts, spirituality and the inclusion of diverse communities. Our goal is to empower people and provide outlets to protect the Everglades and our natural resources. 

Day 3 (Sun, Aug 14) is an opportunity for direct action with an Everglades Clean-Up that brings people into the Everglades to remove garbage and invasive plants. This hands-on excursion will connect individuals and communities to the wilderness and waterways by providing education and experiences. This gathering will be open to people of all ages and offer a chance to interact with nature beneficially. This is a new component to the Summer Symposium and we are partnering with an assortment of organizations to generate solid engagement.

Love The Everglades Movement's 2016 Summer Symposium is sponsored by the Miccosukee Tribe of Florida, Lemus Natural Medicine, VolunteerCleanup.org and concerned citizens.

Additional support provided by Global Indigenous Group, a student organization at Florida International University. Thanks also to FIU's Global Indigenous Forum.

To support Love The Everglades Movement please contribute at www.gofundme.com/.lovetheeverglades

Love The Everglades Summer Symposium 2016: 'Giving Back To The Everglades' August 6, 7 and 14.

Love The Everglades Movement is a Florida State non-profit organization advocating for improved water quality in the Greater Everglades through a strategy that addresses the Full Spectrum of Being, including field trips, educational workshops, the arts, spirituality, and policy. Their next major event is on August 6, 7, and 14. Learn more about the SUMMER SYMPOSIUM 2016 here: http://www.lovetheeverglades.org/summer-symposium-2016.html

Join us at the Love the Everglades Movement's 3-day event to learn how you can get involved in Everglades issues, Clean Water, Solar Power, and Anti-Fracking. You'll be inspired by the art, entertainment, presentations, and workshops!

Summer Symposium 2016: Giving Back To The Everglades - Day 1 Speaker Presentations 

Summer Symposium 2016: Giving Back To The Everglades - Day 2 Activist Workshops

Love The Everglades Movement's Summer Symposium 2016 "GIVING BACK TO THE EVERGLADES" August 6, 7, and 14, 2016

Salutations from the Greater Everglades,      This is an important moment we find ourselves in -- a moment that's ripe for decisive action, a loving action.  This summer we are working with friends old and new to identify the pathways that we can take to improve water quality and uphold the vitality of the Circle of Life.      We look forward to catching up with you at these events.  Out of that fellowship, we hope to initiate actions that will benefit our communities and future generations.  Bring your best intentions, your innovative tactics and strategies, your latest research, and your soulful art.      Together we can do this! Love The Everglades Movement Love the Everglades Movement’s Third Annual Summer Symposium Focuses on Giving Back Event scheduled for August 6, 7 and 14 features speakers, presentations, workshops, activism, entertainment and an Everglades cleanup Miami, FL – July 13, 2016 – When asked what the Love the Everglades Movement means to him, one of the group’s founders Reverend Houston R. Cypress likes to recall a famous Teddy Roosevelt quote: “Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.” Such is the spirit of this year’s Summer Symposium, to be held at Miccosukee Resort & Convention Center 500 SW 177th Ave, Miami, FL 33194 August 6, F.I.U. Modesto Maidique Campus 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL 33199 August 7, and a cleanup will be in the Everglades along the Tamiami Trail at the L-29 Levee and L-67 Levee at the ValuJet Crash Memorial Site on August 14. This year’s theme is “Giving Back To The Everglades”, and judging from the extensive programming of speakers, presentations, workshops, live entertainment, and a hands-on Everglades cleanup, both the quote and the theme apply perfectly. More specifically, the Summer Symposium’s focus will cover Everglades ecology, spirituality, activist reports on environmental crises, art, and community involvement. The 2016 iteration will feature guest speakers including: ELECTED OFFICIALS: Florida State Senator Dwight Bullard, Florida State Representative Mark S. Pafford, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava, VOICES OF THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE: Betty L. Osceola from the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, Samuel Tommie from the Seminole Tribe of Florida, COMMUNITY MEMBERS & NGOs Author & Ecologist Thomas E. Lodge, Ph.D., Laura Reynolds from Conservation Concepts, George Cavros from Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Capt. Mike Conner from BullSugar.org, Rev. Dr. Thomas L. Norris from Medicine Signs Spiritual Center, Rafel Lemus, MD, from Lemus Natural Medicine, a representative from the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, AND MANY OTHER SPEAKERS. In addition, there will be a prayer room, physical and digital art displays, workshops, and live entertainment.  For the full schedule, go to www.lovetheeverglades.org/summer-symposium-2016.html. “The Love the Everglades Movement offers a chance for people from all walks of life to answer the call of the Everglades. We honor the water that flows through our lives, our bodies and touches all aspects of the Circle of Life,” says Cypress. “This is the moment for working together, respecting each other and caring for a unique ecology that we are a part of.” “The Summer Symposium provides an opportunity for our community to come together in solidarity for the Everglades and our natural resources,” says Flash, member of the LTEM Coordination Circle. “We are working to create change with sustainable policies that respect the water and our future.” By the end of the symposium, the group intends to solidify actionable strategies to defeat Amendment 1 in November, shut down seismic testing in the Big Cypress National Preserve, create several proposals for art projects, and empower the community with resources to give back to the River of Grass. Free table space is available to community organizations; sponsorship packages are now available. The event is free and open to the public; an accompanying benefit concert will take place at Gramps in Wynwood during September. Donations are being accepted via check, or online at: www.gofundme.com/lovetheeverglades. For more details, visit www.LoveTheEverglades.org. SS16 Day 1 Event page  - https://www.facebook.com/events/799073323562322/ SS16 Day 2 Event page  - https://www.facebook.com/events/262164700824279/  THANK YOU TO OUR SYMPOSIUM SPONSORS: Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida Lemus Natural Medicine Sunkeeper Environmental Solutions Ploppy Palace Productions Upper Room Art Gallery Lloyd Goradesky & Gator In The Bay 7th Circuit Productions Mut Comm KPW Global Media Group Progressive Rags VolunteerCleanup.Org 9th ANNUAL EVERGLADES AWARENESS BENEFIT CONCERT AT GRAMPS at GRAMPS in the Wynwood Arts District Sunday, September 18, 2016 from 2pm to 1am HOSTED BY PLOPPY PALACE PRODUCTIONS & LOVE THE EVERGLADES MOVEMENT The Everglades Awareness Benefit Concert Series is a platform for individuals and organizations to engage the community about environmental issues and find solutions to help protect the Everglades ecosystem and our water supply. Ploppy Palace Productions and Love The Everglades Movement will be hosting a concert to raise awareness and funds for Everglades protection and public education. As part of this three stage extravaganza, some of South Florida's top bands, spoken word artists and community activists will join together to raise awareness for this vital natural resource!! CALL TO ARTISTS! Love The Everglades Movement is preparing for the Summer Symposium 2016: Giving Back To The Everglades and the 9th Annual Everglades Awareness Benefit Concert. We will be featuring a video slide show with artwork and we are accepting submissions. 1) file size of 2mbs to 3mbs 2) 150 ppi 3) no watermark or names on images (only within metadata) - Note: we will put your name on each image 4) limit submission to 8 images for each artist 5) send file via WeTransfer.com - email: events@ploppypalace.com 6) Deadline for submissions: Mon, July 25 Thank you for your effort and creativity! Sponsorship opportunities are available. Visit the attached link for our Sponsorship options: http://bit.ly/LTEM16S  Our efforts would not be possible without your support. Donations are accepted by check payable to: Love The Everglades, Inc. HC 61 West 4000 Ochopee, FL  34141 Or you can make a donation online at: https://www.gofundme.com/lovetheeverglades   Preserve, Restore and Conserve -  ONE LOVE FLORIDA EVERGLADES   Speakers, Art, Spirituality, Entertainment, Info Tables Saturday, August 6 Miccosukee Resort Free Registration Action-Planning, Workshops Sunday, August 7 FIU Maidique Campus Free Registration Environmental Cleanup Sunday, August 14 Tamiami Trail Free Registration

Registration Opens Today for Love the Everglades Movement Summer Symposium: August 6 & 7, and August 14 Environmental Cleanup

Registration Opens Today for Love the Everglades Movement Summer Symposium --> August 6 & 7, and August 14 - a weekend of presentations, guest speakers, entertainment, art, spirituality, and strategizing aimed to raise awareness and spur action to preserve the Florida Everglades; a precious, vital natural resource. 

There is only one Everglades and Love the Everglades Movement needs your help to create awareness & conservation.

Love the Everglades Movement
Summer Symposium 2016
GIVING BACK TO THE EVERGLADES
August 6-7, and August 14, 2016
REGISTRATION OPEN NOW:
http://www.lovetheeverglades.org/summer-symposium-2016.html