St. Johns RIVERKEEPER and our community partners recently launched an exciting new River Friendly education campaign to raise awareness about the impact of our actions upon the health of the St John River and to inform and inspire people to adopt river-friendly lifestyle practices. The goal of the River Friendly Education and Awareness Campaign is to provide the public with informative resources and tools that will help them make more informed choices to better protect their St. Johns River.
The campaign includes River Friendly educational brochures and materials, online resources, workshops, and a River Friendly Pledge asking citizens to make a personal commitment to help protect the health of the St. Johns River.
One of the central components of the River Friendly Campaign is the Rain Barrel Project. Partnering businesses, schools, and organizations in northeast Florida are displaying artistically-designed rain barrels to help raise awareness about conserving water and how to be river friendly. Keep your eyes open for these really cool barrels and take the pledge to be river friendly!
Our River Friendly Campaign Community Partners include:
*Rain Barrel Hosts
5 Points Theatre
*Artistree Gallery
Bike Jax
*Black Creek Outfitters
*Bold Bean Coffee Roasters
Bold City Brewery
Breaking Ground Contracting
*Burrito Gallery
Cathedral Arts Project (CAP)
*City of Neptune Beach
*Cowford Traders
*Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
Down to Earth Farm
Downtown Vision Inc. (DVI)
Eco Latino Magazine
EU Jacksonville
European Street Cafes
Fisherman's Dock Seafood
Foundation Academy
* The Fox Restaurant
*FSCJ South Campus Garden
* Grassroots Natural Market
*Green Man Gourmet
*Harpoon Louie's
*Hightide Burrito Co.
*Intuition Ale Works
Ixia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society
City of Jacksonville Beach
Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
Jacksonville Public Library- Main Branch
*JU Marine Science Research Institute (MSRI)
*Mandarin Museum and Historical Society
*Mellow Mushroom
*Museum of Science & History (MOSH)
Native Sun Natural Food Markets
*Nippers Beach Grill
*Panache
*Philips Garden Store & Hardware
*Rick's Bait & Tackle
Resident Community News
Riverside Arts Market (RAM)
Riverside Avondale Preservation
*R. Roberts Gallery
*Sadler Point Marina
Salt Life Food Shack
* San Marco Deli
Singleton's Seafood Shack
*Sliders Seafood Grille
*Take Away Gourmet
Taste!
The Bolles School River Dogs Club
The Girls Gone Green
The Haskell Company
*Trad's Garden Center
Tree Hill Nature Center
Video Law Services
Local artists include:
Will Dickey
Michael Cenci
Tayloe White
Paul Riley
Marie Thompson
Wendy Houser
Kay Edenfield
Brandon Pourch
Joanelle Mulrain