Creative Loafing's Green 100

Here they are — Creative Loafing's choices for the 100 people, places and businesses leading the way toward a greener Tampa Bay. Some of the 100 are individuals, some are teams, some are whole organizations — but each is demonstrating leadership in moving our region toward a more sustainable way of life. The names are divided into two groups, Green Policy and Green Living, and each list is arranged alphabetically.

And there aren't exactly 100. We've only chosen 95 — because we want your input.
Who did we miss? What groups should more people know about? Who's making a positive impact on our environment and deserves to be recognized?

Make a nomination at cltampa.com/greenvote. In coming weeks we'll open the voting for the Green 100 Final Five.

Who knows? We may get so many worthy nominees that we'll have to expand from 100 to 500. Maybe we'll find there are so many people doing significant work to protect Tampa Bay that the list of green leaders will just have to keep expanding.

And that would be a very good thing.

Pete Nelson, Mother's Organics. Recycling waste seems like a number two sort of business, but former corporate banker Pete Nelson has managed to turn it into a viable and productive operation. Two years ago he turned an old fill dirt pit into a way to transform yard clippings and plant products into nutrient-rich humus and fertilizers used by farmers and gardeners. It's large-scale composting for people who don't want to get their hands dirty.

Creative Loafing | Published on April 1, 2009
By David Warner