Save the Date: Suncoast Environmental Leaders Brunch 9.21.24

 For Immediate Release

Mary Anne Bowie, Environmental Justice, Unitarian Universalists Sarasota

3975 Fruitville Rd., Sarasota, Fl 34232

BowieFAICP@gmail.com  941-321-0424

                                               

SUNCOAST ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS THANK-YOU BRUNCH SEPTEMBER 21 

WSLR-Fogartyville, Generating Earth Connections, and the Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Committee (Green Team) of Sarasota Florida are bringing together Suncoast environmental area organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to environmental stewardship. Some of the organizations have been active for more than 50 years; some are brand new. Organizations in Sarasota, Charlotte and Manatee Counties are at the core of those invited. Invitees include a few organizations from Pinellas, Hillsborough and Lee County. The event is open to all who are interested in making a difference in our environment.

The Suncoast Environmental Leaders thank-you brunch and program will begin at 9 a.m. and be over by noon. It will be held at Unitarian Universalists Sarasota Center, 3975 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, Florida 34232.  A vegetarian brunch will be served. 

Confirmed speakers include Tom Matrullo and Susan Schoettle.

Tom Matrullo is a social justice advocate and a prominent local advocate. He was previously a journalist with Sarasota Herald-Tribune, and most recently the founder of Sarasota Citizen Action Network (SCAN). Matrullo publishes two blogs: SCAN: Sarasota Citizen Action Network https://scansarasota.blogspot.com (a journal of what is happening now) and Citizens for Sarasota County: https://citizensforsarasota.blogspot.com/ , a searchable chronicle of local issues and events over the past 10 years.

SCAN focuses on the County’s Planning methodology with the aim of arriving at a balanced relationship between our communities and the natural environment. Matrullo will offer an update on the current Celery Fields situation and, as a Board member of WSLR-Fogartyville, will share his insights of the power of community and coalitions.

Susan Schoettle is President of Keep the Country, Inc., and co-founder of SCAN. A former Sarasota Assistant County attorney, she has developed a map of the County’s development hotspots, which she will be sharing. Schoettle is a practicing attorney, a citizen activist and works against unreasonable and damaging overdevelopment. 

Invitations are going to over 100 area environmental organizations to gather at the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church on Fruitville Road to enjoy a complimentary vegetarian brunch and program. The goal is to bring together people seeking sustainable solutions and working for a greener tomorrow to foster connection, communication, and collaboration. A full list of invitees is included below. If you would like to be invited to this event, please send information to BowieFAICP@gmail.com and put Suncoast Environmental Leaders in the subject line.


“One voice about environmental matters is more powerful when it is made of many voices,” Mary Anne Bowie, of the UU Green Team, said “and our hope is to foster further collaboration in the region.” 


The purpose of Generating Earth Connections is generating connections with committed people, who make a positive impact on the environment and humanity. By exploring and sharing synergies, the community is stronger, more creative, and more effective. Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice committee (aka UU Green Team) is inspired by the 7th Unitarian Universalist principle which states: “Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.” WSLR is a center for creative expression and community engagement that amplifies the voices of our diverse community, and promotes peace, sustainability, democracy, and economic and social justice.   \


Environmental organizations that make a difference and serve our area 

  1. Anna Maria Island Community Center Inc  https://www.centerami.org/support

  2. Audubon (Manatee County)  https://www.manateeaudubon.org

  3. Audubon (Sarasota) https://www.sarasotaaudubon.org

  4. Barancik Foundation (813) 486-0083 https://barancikfoundation.org/

  5. Barrier Island Parks Society Inc. (239)980-2593 https://www.bips.org

  6. Bishop Museum of Science and Nature Inc. (941) 746-4131 https://www.BishopScience.org

  7. Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife at Rotary Park Environmental Center (239) 980-2593 https://ccfriendsofwildlife.org

  8. Carbon Life, Steve Suau, ssuau@carbonlifellc.com  

  9. Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center Inc (941) 475-0769 https://www.checflorida.org

  10. Citizens for Sarasota County https://citizensforsarasota.blogspot.com/ sarasotavision@gmail.com 

  11. Climate Adaptation Center (Sarasota) (303) 507-0936  Bob Bunting https://www.theclimateadaptationcenter.org

  12. Coalition of City Neighborhoods CCNA (City of Sarasota)  www.sarasotaccna.org

  13. Coastal and Heartland National Estuary Program (941) 833-6580 https://www.chnep.org

  14. Community Foundation of Sarasota County https://www.cfsarasota.org

  15. Conservation Foundation of Gulf Coast (941) 918-2100 Christine Johnson https://www.conservationfoundation.com

  16. Control Growth Now Dan Lobeck https://www.controlgrowthnow.org

  17. Cortez Village Historical Society Inc. https://www.cortezvillagehistoricalsociety.org

  18. Council of Neighborhood Associations CONA (Sarasota County) Kafi Benz https://sarasotaccna.org

  19. Crowley Museum and Nature Center Inc (941) 322-1000 https://www.crowleyfl.org

  20. Deep time Network  www.dtnet.org

  21. Design by Nature  https://www.designbynature.biz 

  22. Elemental Impact https://elementalimpact.org

  23. Elizabeth Moore, galespoint@gmail.com

  24. Emerge Sarasota samantha@emergesarasota.org

  25. Englewood Community Coalition Inc (941) 681-0091 https://www.ccenglewood.com

  26. Environmental Caucus of Democratic Party (Manatee County) Ruth Lawler Facebook 

  27. Environmental Confederation of SouthWest Florida ECOSWF 863-244-1663 environmentalconfederation@gmail.com https://www.ecoswf.org

  28. Family Oriented Community United Strong, Inc (FOCUS) FOCUStallevast2003@gmail.com, Laura Ward FOCUSTallevast00@gmail.com

  29. Florida Citizens Climate Lobby- Sarasota 941-752-1760 https://citizentsclimatelobby.org

  30.  Florida Environmental Film Festival, Inc. epickettgray@yahoo.com Elizabeth Pickett Gray http://www.thefeff.org

  31. Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage Inc jvonhahm@verizon.net https://www.cortez-fish.org

  32.  Florida Native Plant Society – Mangrove chapter LM https://www.fnps.org

  33. Florida Native Plant Society – Serona Chapter; srepens@gmail.com https://serenoa.fnpschapters.org

  34.  Florida Native Plants Nursery and Landscaping annie@floridanativeplants.com https://www.floridanativeplants.com

  35. Florida Right to Clean Water   https://www.floridarighttocleanwater.org

  36. Florida Veterans for Common Sense Fund, Inc flveterans@aol.com jsdarovec@verizon.net; wckeller@earthlink.net , contact@flvcs.us  https://floridaveteransforcommonsensefund.org

  37. Friends of Oscar Scherer Park Inc ezlifer@gmail.com https://friendsofoscarscherer.com

  38. Friends of the Celery Fields matrullo@gmail.com https://celeryfields.org

  39. Friends of the Legacy Trail Inc. carla@legacytrailfriends.org https://www.friendsofthelegacytrail.org

  40. Friends of the Myakka River, Inc. info@friendsofmyakkariver.org https://friendsofmyakkariver.org

  41. Gardeners Out East 423-463-7234 https://gardenersouteast.com 

  42. Generating Earth Connections janegrand@mailmt.com

  43. Bocilla Islands Conservancy https://www.linkedin.com/groups//Go-pherGreenInc

dba (Bocilla Islands Conservancy) https://www.bocillaislandsconservancy.org 

  1. Green Drinks Albert Wooster woosterfla@gmail.com 

  2. Gulf Coast Community Foundation KHodgens@gulfcoastcf.org  https://www.gulfcoastcf.org 

  3. Gulf Coast Shellfish Institute Ed Chiles, http://www.gulfshellfishinstitute.org 

  4. Keep Charlotte Beautiful Inc rhonda.harvey@charlottecountyfl.gov https://www.KeepCharlotteBeautiful.org

  5. Keep Sarasota Beautiful, Inc. Hunter Jensen hjensen@scgov.net

  6. Keep the Country Inc. Keep the Country Country Facebook page

  7. League of Women Voters Natural Resources Team https://lwvsrq.org 

  8. Lemon Bay Conservancy, Inc https://www.lemonbayconservancy.org

  9. Lemur Conservation Foundation Inc 941-322-8494 https://lemurreserve.org

  10. Manasota88 941-966-6256 manasota88@comcast.net www.manasota88.org

  11. Manatee County Dept of Natural Resources 941-745-3727 https://www.mymanatee.org/departments/natural_resources/environmental_protection

  12.  Manatee Democratic Environmental Caucus, RuthLawler@att.net

  13. Manatee Rare Fruit Council https://www.mrfc.org

  14. Manatee River Garden Club, Inc 716-622-1219 54 http://www.manateerivergardenclub.com

  15. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 941-366-5731 Jennifer Rominicki https://selby.org/

  16. Minorities in Shark Sciences 803-201-3344 ceo@misselasmo.org  http://misselasmo.org

  17. Mote Marine Laboratory 941-388-4441 https://www.mote.org

  18. Nathan B. Stubblefield Foundation (DBA WMNF – FM) randiz@wmnf.org  https://wmnf.org

  19.  Natural Awakenings 239-272-5778 lysechrist@gmail.com https://www.nasrq.com

  20. Operation Eco Vets admin@operationecovets.org https://operationecovets.org

  21. Oyster River Ecology, Inc Damon Moore http://www.oysterriverecology.org 

  22. Pachamama Alliance of Southwest Florida  pachamamaelder@gmail.com

  23. Parrot Cove Exotic Bird and Environmental Education Preserve Inc https://parrotcovepreserve.org 

  24. Parrot Outreach Society Inc. 941-347-8876 https://www.parrotoutreachsociety.org

  25. Peace, Education and Action Center peacenter@gmail.com https://www.sarasotapeacecenter.org 

  26. People for Protecting the Peace River, PeopleProtectingPeaceRiver@gmail.com https://protectpeaceriver.org

  27. People for Trees Alice White treelady12001@yahoo.com

  28. PGI Green Thumbs Inc spiritres@aol.com ,https://PGIGreenThumbs.org

  29. Progressive Caucus of Democratic Party Tom@watsonwalker.com Tom Walker

  30. Repair the Sea 813-765-6364 rabbied@repairthesea.org Rabbi Ed Rosenthal https://www.repairthesea.org/

  31. Ringling College of Arts and Design /Environmental Education 941-704-3051 tim@thisspaceshipearth.org Tim Rumage https://www.ringling.edu

  32. SouthWest Florida RESET Center  https://swflreset.org

  33. Rotary Club of Sarasota Bay Foundation Inc. 941-445-3465 Barry Levinson https://www.rotaryclubofsarasotabay.org

  34. Salty Feathers Farm 941-321-9382 anne@saltyfeathersfarm.com  Anne Miller 

  35. Sarasota Bay Estuary Program 941-955-8085 Christine Quigley christinequigley1@gmail.com Dave Tomasko; https://sarasotabay.org 

  36. Sarasota Bay Watch Inc rondaryan@sarasotabaywatch.org https://www.sarasotabaywatch.org

  37. Sarasota City Sustainability Department 941-263-6296  https://www.sarasotafl.gov/sustainability

  38. Sarasota County/IFAS Extension/Sustainability Department 941-861-9900 leehayesbyron@gmail.com; agarrett@scgov.net https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu>sarasota>sustainability 

  39. Sarasota Parrot Conservatory gregpara62@gmail.com Greg Para https://www.sarasotaparrotconservatory.org

  40. Sarasota Vegan Society 941-323-7477 sarasotavegansociety@gmail.com Paul Murphy https://thesarasotavegansociety.business.site

  41. Sarasota World Affairs Council, Inc. njcolletta@gmail.com https://www.sarasotawac.org

  42. Save Our Seabirds admin@saveourseabirds.org https://www.saveourseabirds.org

  43. SCAN: Sarasota Citizen Action Network, SarasotaCitizenActionNetwork@gmail.com https://scansarasota.blogspot.com/

  44. Science and Environment Council of South west Florida, Inc. https://www.scienceandenvironment.org

  45. Science and Technology Society of Florida Suncoast 216-219-3036 nicholasbarbi@gmail.com Nicholas Barbi 

  46. Sierra Club – Sarasota-Manatee cnpage@tampabay.rr.com; Kristalohr1975@gmail.com  https://www.sierraclub.org>

  47. Silver Stream Music  esilver888@aol.com

  48. Social Justice Alliance of the Florida Suncoast https://www.sjafs.org

  49. Sol Growers Inc. 321-444-7102  https://solgrowers.org

  50. South Face (now at New College) 941-586-2612 amberwhittle@southface.org Amber Whittle https://www.southfacea.org/sarasota/

  51. Southwest Florida RESET Center pachamamaelder@gmail.com https://www.swflreset.org

  52. Social Justice Alliance of The Florida Suncoast https://www.sjafs.org

  53. Spanish Point 941-966-5214 John McCarthy https://selby.org/hsp/visit-historic-spanish-point/

  54. START (Solutions to Avoid Red Tide) 941-720-5428 https://startorg

  55. SURF (Suncoast Urban Reforesters) 703-342-6185 charles.c.reith@gmail.com Charles Reith https://www.suncoastforests.org

  56. Suncoast Water Keeper 239-222-2443 executivedirector@suncoastwaterkeeper.org

  57. Abbey Tyrna https://www.suncoastwaterkeeper.org

  58. Sunshine Community Compost 650-743-3104 ttroxler@sunshinecommunitycompost.org

  59. Tracie Troxler https://www.sunshinecommunitycompost.org

  60. Sweet Bay Nursery sweetbaynursery@gmail.com Tom Heitzman www.sweetbaynursery.com

  61. The Bay Park Conservancy 941-203-5316 https://www.thebaysarasota.org

  62. The Connection Partners 727-543-1681 kleitsch@verizon.net Sharon Joy Kleitsch https://www.theconnectionpartners.com/

  63. https://www.facebook.com/groups/citizensforsarasotacounty

  64. League of Women Voters SRQ  https://lwvsrq.clubexpress.com

  65. Science and Technology Society Tampa, FL johnvancam@gmail.com  www.scienceandtechnologysociety.org  

  66. The Environmental Conservancy of North Port Inc. NPconservancy@gmail.com

  67. Barbara Lockhart http://www.ecnorthport.com

  68. The Florida Panther Project billyby54@aol.com www.floridapantherprojectinc.org

  69. The Multicultural Health Institute mhigtkpr@gmail.com https://www.the-mhi.org

  70. The Patterson Foundation 941-952-1413 https://www.thepattersonfoundation.org

  71. Transition SRQ (now Community Harvest) 941-702-2906 exec@transitionsrq.org https://www.transitionsrq.org

  72. Unitarian Universalists of Sarasota, Green Team, BowieFAICP@gmail.com https://www.UUCSarasota.com/green-team.html

  73. Unity Church Youth Education Coordinator https://unityofsarasota.org/

  74. US Green Building Council, Myakka River Branch, https://usgbc.org>organizations-organizations-florida-chapter

  75. Venice Area Beautification 941-207-8224 admin@vabi.org https://www.vabi.org

  76. Wildlife, Inc. 941-778-6324 https://www.wildlifeinc.org

  77. WSLR Show: Our Changing Environment 941-914-0149 news@wslr.org

myakkajulie@gmail.com, jonosarasota@gmail.com https://wslr.org

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