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There is increasing evidence that, with the right approach, people can be encouraged to change. From recycling, composting, and picking up pet waste to saving water, the public is adopting new behaviors and giving up old ones. The tools to do this can be found in Community Based Social Marketing (C...

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There is increasing evidence that, with the right approach, people can be encouraged to change. From recycling, composting, and picking up pet waste to saving water, the public is adopting new behaviors and giving up old ones. The tools to do this can be found in Community Based Social Marketing (C...

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There are so many things to pay attention to when faced with cancer and chemotherapy that many women may not take the time to look at the bright side of losing their hair. In an attempt to help ease this transition and make light of this inevitable change, this fact sheet has a list of advantages of...

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There are so many things to pay attention to when faced with cancer and chemotherapy that many women may not take the time to look at the bright side of losing their hair. In an attempt to help ease this transition and make light of this inevitable change, this fact sheet has a list of advantages of...

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Residents, farmers, and businesses in southwestern Georgia and northern and central Florida depend on the groundwater from the Floridan Aquifer. The availability of this clean water is important for natural ecosystems, agriculture, the economy, tourists, and the people who call Florida and Georgia...

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Close to 19.6 million people live in Florida, and 76.5% of them, or approximately 15 million, live on the coast. Florida’s coasts are attractive despite the increasing risks from sea-level rise and more frequent climatic events such as hurricanes and coastal flooding. At particular risk from these...

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This guide is adapted, with permission, from Give Water a Hand Action Guide, a youth program for local environmental action. ©1996. University of Wisconsin Board of Regents. For more information on Give Water A Hand call 1-800-WATER20. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr117

This guide is adapted, with permission, from Give Water a Hand Action Guide, a youth program for local environmental action. ©1996. University of Wisconsin Board of Regents. For more information on Give Water A Hand call 1-800-WATER20. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr117

FOR-172, a 5-page fact sheet by Jennifer Seitz, Martha Monroe, and Francisco Escobedo, lists and describes resources available to assist educators, extension agents, home school parents, foresters, and nature center staff as they help youth become more aware of the urban forests in their backyard....

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FOR-172, a 5-page fact sheet by Jennifer Seitz, Martha Monroe, and Francisco Escobedo, lists and describes resources available to assist educators, extension agents, home school parents, foresters, and nature center staff as they help youth become more aware of the urban forests in their backyard....

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Third in a series on climate change communication for Extension professionals, this 7-page fact sheet provides strategies for overcoming challenges in communicating about climate change. Written by Mark Megalos, Martha C. Monroe, and Claire Needham Bode, and published by the UF School of Forest Res...

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Third in a series on climate change communication for Extension professionals, this 7-page fact sheet provides strategies for overcoming challenges in communicating about climate change. Written by Mark Megalos, Martha C. Monroe, and Claire Needham Bode, and published by the UF School of Forest Res...

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Environmental education (EE) is a discipline that helps create a citizenry that is knowledgeable, motivated and committed to taking appropriate action concerning environmental issues. Programs in EE should help individuals understand their interdependence with the environment, local ecosystems and...

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Environmental education (EE) is a discipline that helps create a citizenry that is knowledgeable, motivated and committed to taking appropriate action concerning environmental issues. Programs in EE should help individuals understand their interdependence with the environment, local ecosystems and...

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Wildfire risk depends on the landscape surrounding communities and the vegetation immediately surrounding homes. To protect their homes, residents should consider both the materials used to construct their houses and the vegetation type and arrangement in the area around them. This publication pres...

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Fire protection is a necessary consideration when building homes and designing neighborhoods in Florida. The type, amount, and structure of vegetation surrounding the development and individual houses will affect the risk that homes will catch fire. Architects and developers can significantly reduc...

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Managing wildfire in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) is challenging. Maintaining community preparedness is a crucial step in mitigating wildfire risk. Wise management of vegetation in and around communities, including procedures such as mechanical fuel reduction, herbiciding, and prescribed fire...

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