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Blue Zones Project is a community-wide well-being improvement initiative to help make healthy choices easier for everyone in Southwest Florida. A vital part of Southwest Florida's well-being improvement initiative, Blue Zones Project encourages changes to our community that lead to healthier options. When our entire community participates - from our worksites and schools to our restaurants and grocery stores - the small changes contribute to huge benefits for all of us: lowered healthcare… Show more

Blue Zones Project is a community-wide well-being improvement initiative to help make healthy choices easier for everyone in Southwest Florida. A vital part of Southwest Florida's well-being improvement initiative, Blue Zones Project encourages changes to our community that lead to healthier options. When our entire community participates - from our worksites and schools to our restaurants and grocery stores - the small changes contribute to huge benefits for all of us: lowered healthcare costs, improved productivity, and ultimately, a higher quality of life. Show less

I have the honor of representing the SWFL Blue Zones project as a speaker, presenter, and ambassador for community outreach.

Because of my deep environmental passion and experience, I am heavily involved in local grassroots movements in Kentucky, working with local community leaders to design and develop an environmentally-conscious community. As an Advisory Board Member of the Forecastle Foundation, I am able to impact preservation efforts in Kentucky, as well as on a global scale.

The Mission: To Protect and Preserve the World's Natural Awesome!

1. EDUCATE on how our daily, personal actions affect the world’s final remaining hotspots and what we can do to lessen our impact on these critical ecosystems.

2. PRESERVE the world’s most threatened hot zone habitats, so that the land, species, and benefits remain for future generations.

With dual, complimentary initiatives, The Forecastle Foundation serves to both educate and protect. It raises awareness… Show more

The Mission: To Protect and Preserve the World's Natural Awesome!

1. EDUCATE on how our daily, personal actions affect the world’s final remaining hotspots and what we can do to lessen our impact on these critical ecosystems.

2. PRESERVE the world’s most threatened hot zone habitats, so that the land, species, and benefits remain for future generations.

With dual, complimentary initiatives, The Forecastle Foundation serves to both educate and protect. It raises awareness on one of the most important ecological issues of our time, while preserving the most endangered biodiversity zones on the planet.

Hotspots are the richest areas of biodiversity in the world. Covering only 2.3 percent of the Earth's land surface, they account for more than 50 percent of all plant species and 42 percent of all terrestrial vertebrate species. They play a vital role in regulating world temperatures, as well as providing a number of necessities we all use on a regular basis, including food, medicine, paper, detergents, cosmetics, and countless other products. The Forecastle Foundation seeks to preserve these critical habitats, and educate on how our daily actions affect these fragile, critical life zones.

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Slow Food Bluegrass is the local chapter of Slow Food International, an organization devoted to savoring and protecting the heritage and biodiversity of food, agriculture and the rich culture of the table. Join Slow Food Bluegrass to celebrate the pleasures and the diversity of real, local food.

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In the fall of 2008, twenty individuals formed an organization known as the Kentuckiana Celtic Foundation (KCF). This organization would include all Celtic groups and nationalities. The KCF adopted “Celts on the River” as the identity slogan, and is registered with the Secretary of State as a non-profit foundation. The word “Kentuckiana” in the organization name is used to include a substantial number of people of Celtic heritage who live in Indiana as well as Kentucky. Our intent is to sponsor… Show more

In the fall of 2008, twenty individuals formed an organization known as the Kentuckiana Celtic Foundation (KCF). This organization would include all Celtic groups and nationalities. The KCF adopted “Celts on the River” as the identity slogan, and is registered with the Secretary of State as a non-profit foundation. The word “Kentuckiana” in the organization name is used to include a substantial number of people of Celtic heritage who live in Indiana as well as Kentucky. Our intent is to sponsor events on both sides of the Ohio River.

The inaugural Celts on the River concert was held in the summer of 2009 at the New Albany Amphitheater. This fun-filled, seven-hour event included food, vendors, information booths, and music and would not have been possible without the help and support from the City of New Albany. Other generous sponsors and donors enabled us to make this a free event for the community. With over 2,000 attendees, the Celts on the River concert was one of the largest events to be held at this venue.

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