Category Archives: Florida

Riverkeeper Marty Baum Is Out to Stop Florida’s Algae Apocalypse

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This resident of the Sunshine State is fighting an uphill battle against the governor, Congress, and public apathy, to save the lagoon he calls home. Continue reading Riverkeeper Marty Baum Is Out to Stop Florida’s Algae Apocalypse→

Coding as a Foreign Language

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How many of you speak more than one language? Since Hackaday is an English-language site whose readership is world-wide, we are guessing quite a lot of you are not monoglots. Did you learn your second or third languages at school, and was it an experience you found valuable? How about your path into software? If you are a coder, were you self-taught or was your school responsible for that as well?

It’s been a constant of the last few decades, officials and politicians in charge of education worrying that tech-illiterate children are being churned out of schools ill-equipped for the …read more

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This Is the First City in Florida to Commit to 100 Percent Renewable Energy

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St. Petersburg’s location on the western coast of Florida makes residents aware daily of the impacts of climate change. Continue reading This Is the First City in Florida to Commit to 100 Percent Renewable Energy→

Florida Needs a New Place to Release Genetically-Modified Anti-Zika Mosquitoes

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The local community voted against the experiment, but the government has decided to move forward somewhere else. Continue reading Florida Needs a New Place to Release Genetically-Modified Anti-Zika Mosquitoes→