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Eco Simplista New Location in Fort Lauderdale, FL

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We are officially open. Come stop in, say hi and check out our new store!

EcoSimplista-Eco-friendly Building Supplies, Home Solutions, Decorative Concrete and Unique Recycled FurnitureOne stop shop for eco-friendly home improvement including flooring (bamboo, cork, and more), toxin-free interior and exterior paint, cleaning supplies, and countertops. Come in for design ideas, professional direction, or just to see how eco-friendly you can be!

At Eco Simplista, we are dedicated to providing our community with non-toxic solutions to improve your health, update and enhance your home, and better our world. We strive to make natural and healthy products more accessible to the everyday shopper by taking the guesswork out of choosing the most effective products for the task at hand.

All materials we offer have been hand-selected not only because they are “green”, but because they perform, endure and are of the highest quality. If you are a consumer, homeowner, builder, architect, designer or industry professional looking for safer building and home improvement supplies, Lifestyle Products and such, Eco Simplista is the answer.

Please visit our retail store or browse through our exclusive web page for an assortment of innovative, rapidly renewable and/or recycled products.

EcoSimplista – Eco-friendly Building Supplies, Home Solutions, Non-Toxic Paint, Decorative Concrete and Unique Recycled Products
217 SW 33rd Court, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315
Phone: (954) 565-5900
STORE HOURS
MON- FRI / 8:00 am- 6:00 pm

https://www.ecosimplista.com
https://www.facebook.com/EcoSimplista

As Florida’s leader and supplier of eco-friendly building supplies and home solutions, the mission of EcoSimplista is quite simple. We believe the use of non-toxic, sustainable products and services will update and enhance your home, while bettering our world. For us home design is a combination of functionality, style and endurance, combined with a moral, social and environmental responsibility. At EcoSimplista design is about creating solutions from natural elements. EcoSimplista is here to help you to live, create, and innovate an environmentally responsible lifestyle.

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Dana Derek at the new store – offering eco-friendly home improvement solutions

Will Trump Cut Social Security And Medicaid? Bernie Sanders …

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Senator Bernie Sanders wants President Donald Trump to know that he reads Trump’s tweets—especially those with promises the president is breaking.

On Tuesday, Sanders took to the Senate floor to remind Trump about his tweeted vow to not cut social welfare programs—something that’s set to happen under the Republican tax reform plan.

Read More… http://www.newsweek.com/trump-tweets-social-security-medicare-bernie-sanders-736082

12 Reasons Bicycling Will Continue to Soar in Popularity

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For too long biking has been viewed skeptically as a white-people thing, a big city thing, an ultra-fit athlete thing, a twenty-something thing, a warm weather thing or an upper-middle-class thing. And above all else, it’s seen as a guy thing.

But guess what? The times, they are a-changin’. More than 100 million Americans rode a bike in 2014, and bicycles have out-sold cars most years in the U.S. since 2003.

Read more… https://www.ecowatch.com/bicycling-soar-popularity-2515406297.html

 

New housing protection for veterans and domestic violence victims

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Broward County landlords can no longer refuse to rent to someone simply because that person is a military veteran or domestic violence victim.

Broward commissioners unanimously voted to expand the county’s housing anti-discrimination regulations Tuesday to ensure military personnel and returning veterans have access to housing and that victims of domestic assault aren’t victimized again.

Read more… http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-sb-broward-fair-housing-veterans-20171205-story.html

Renewable Energy Isn’t Perfect, But It’s Far Better Than Fossil Fuels

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In their efforts to discredit renewable energy and support continued fossil fuel burning, many anti-environmentalists have circulated a dual image purporting to compare a lithium mine with an oil sands operation. It illustrates the level of dishonesty to which some will stoop to keep us on our current polluting, climate-disrupting path (although in some cases it could be ignorance).

Read more: https://www.ecowatch.com/renewable-energy-suzuki-2514182227.html

 

Broward’s Oldest Resident Donates Her Time To The County’s Newest

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Mazie Ford is Broward County’s only verified supercentenarian. That’s someone who’s over 110 years old, and Ford is almost 111.5.

She was born on June 28, 1906. That makes her the oldest verified living person in Broward County, and the second oldest in all of Florida.

Read more: http://wlrn.org/post/browards-oldest-resident-donates-her-time-countys-newest

 

It’s official: Broward school year to start earlier, and on Wednesday

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Sorry, kids. If you attend Broward County public schools, summer vacation will end early.

The School Board on Tuesday approved its calendar for the 2018-19 school year, which will start Wednesday, Aug. 15 — six days earlier than last year. It’s also the first midweek start in recent years.

The start of the school year has been a contentious issue over the years. District officials say an earlier start is better for academic purposes. But a number of parents say later starts help avoid conflicts with out-of-state camps, family trips and academic summer programs.

The new calendar:  http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/fl-broward-school-board-calendar-20171205-story.html

 

Lobster With Pepsi Logo ‘Tattoo’ Embodies Fears About Ocean Waste

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It’s safe to say that lobsters aren’t a budding new demographic for soda companies.

So why did a lobster recently caught in the waters off Grand Manan, New Brunswick, have part of a Pepsi logo tattooed on its claw?

That’s a question that baffled Karissa Lindstrand, the fisherman who spotted the uncanny image during a lobster haul, according to the Guardian. Lindstrand happens to drink up to a dozen Pepsi sodas a day, but she was struck by the image’s unusual dimensions.

Read more: https://www.ecowatch.com/animals-plastic-waste-2514046242.html

 

 

7 Reasons Drinking Coffee Isn’t as Bad as You Might Think

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There’s nothing quite like a cup of coffee in the morning. Whether it’s from your local shop, brewed at home or snagged from a tiny cart somewhere, people all over the world start and their days with the centuries-old psychoactive beverage.

And aside from being a the only thing that can drag some of us out of bed on tough mornings, there are actually some more significant reasons—including health, economic and more—why it’s a good way to start your day.

Read more: https://www.ecowatch.com/drinking-coffee-2514850647.html

 

 

How Marine Algae Could Help Feed the World

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Our planet faces a growing food crisis. According to the United Nations, more than 800 million people are regularly undernourished. By 2050, an additional 2 to 3 billion new guests will join the planetary dinner table.

Meeting this challenge involves not only providing sufficient calories for every person, but also assuring a balanced diet that includes the protein and nutrients that are essential to good health. In a newly published study, we explain how marine microalgae could be a sustainable solution for solving global macro-hunger.

Read more… https://www.ecowatch.com/marine-algae-feed-world-2499112868.html

Broward County issues Cold Weather Emergency warning for this weekend

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – With temperatures expected to drop this weekend, Broward County has declared a Cold Weather Emergency for Saturday and Sunday.

The National Weather Service is forecasting temperatures to hit the mid-40’s in Broward metro areas when including wind chill.

For more information: https://www.local10.com/news/florida/broward/broward-county-issues-cold-weather-emergency-warning-for-this-weekend