On May 7, 2013, CEJ staff attorney Rob Williams and CEJ director Patricia Siemen wrote to Kenneth Kuhl of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, regarding the Draft BMAP (Basin Management Action Plan) for the Wekiva River, Rock Springs Run, and the Little Wekiva River. Their detailed analysis exposed serious flaws in the BMAP, including [...]
CEJ director Patricia Siemen and CEJ staff attorney Rob Williams submitted comments last fall to Richard Hicks, P.G. of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on the Draft TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) for Rainbow Springs. They challenged the DEP’s reliance on a 2008 change-point study analysis alone (rather than a “weight of the evidence” approach), [...]
Further correspondence has occurred between CEJ director Patricia Siemen, CEJ staff attorney Rob Williams, and the executive director of the St. Johns River Water Management District, Hans G. Tanzler, III.
Siemen and Williams’ initial letter to Tanzler requested that the District immediately implement a recovery strategy for the springs in the Wekiva River Basin, to restore the [...]
CELDF Democracy Schools
We are looking to collaborate with people and organizations to co-host CELDF Democracy Schools in Florida. Please contact us by e-mail or call (321) 206-5691 if you are interested in hosting in your area. Visit CELDF Democracy School for more information.
Upcoming CEJ Events
Sister Pat Siemen: Advancing Rights/Rites of Ecosystems
May 17, 2013 ~ 12:50 p.m.
During the Florida Native Plant Society 2013 Convention, themed Celebrating La Florida, The Land of Flowers
University of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL
Read more details here.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Sister Pat Siemen: Awakening to Earth's Rights: Transformative Shift
May 26, 2013 ~ 10:30 a.m.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of St. Augustine
St. Augustine, FL
Contact: (904) 471-2047~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Sister Pat Siemen: Planting Seeds of Earth Jurisprudence
June 4, 2013 ~ 7:00 p.m.
Tarflower Chapter, Florida Native Plant Society
Leu Gardens
Orlando, FLOther Upcoming Events
John Moran: Springs Eternal: Florida's Fragile Fountains of Youth
March 23 - December 15, 2013
Photographs from the recent and distant past combine with contemporary views to create a then-and-now narrative of Florida's springs.
Florida Museum of Natural History
Gainesville, FL
Contact: (352) 373-9718
Read more details here and please visit
John Moran's website.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Florida Native Plant Society: Celebrating La Florida, the Land of Flowers
May 16 - 19, 2013
University of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL
Read more details here.
Learning to See Naturally ~ Nature Journaling Workshops
Visit our nature journaling blog, Learning to See Naturally, for poems, photos, stories and other nature-inspired creative works from our workshop participants.
Worldwatch Institute RSS- Agriculture and Livestock Remain Major Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions May 8, 2013New Worldwatch Institute study examines the agricultural sector’s impact on global greenhouse gas emissionsWashington, D.C.—Global greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector totaled 4.69 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent in 2010 (the most recent year for which data are available), an increase of 13 percent over 1990 emissions. By com […]Maddy Traynor
- Agriculture and Livestock Remain Major Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions May 8, 2013

