The Green Community week in review: Slow Food Tampa Bay, Crist’s offshore drilling session, “clean” coal and more

What’s the buzz on the latest issues in the Green Community? Check out what you may have missed last week:

Ride carbon-free and get biking directions on Google Maps – It lists color-coded routes depending on if it's directing you to a bike path, a street with bike lanes, etc.

Plant this box: How the Life Box gives back to the planet – The Life Box™ contains spores and seeds inside of packaging materials made of recycled paper fiber that can then be planted directly into the ground.

Next High Speed Rail regional meeting to take place in Tampa, July 19 – It also comes on the same day that HART, the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority, will be holding a meeting where the discussion of light rail possibly going to Tampa International Airport will take place, at 8:30 a.m.

More locations added to Florida E-Waste Recycling's drop-off sites – Budget Self Storage and Florida's Storage Solution have joined Florida E-Waste Recycling's GreenSite Network of e-waste drop-off locations.

This article appears in Jul 15-21, 2010.