Solutions for the Planet from Key Biscayne, FL

If you’ve followed me here on my SavingWild.com blog, or on social media, for a while you know I love highlighting solutions for the planet and things that inspire us all to live more connected to Nature.

 

Recently I blogged about selling my house in order to try a vagabond lifestyle for a year.

 

My first stop on this journey is Key Biscayne, Florida.

It’s where I was born, and the place where the famous dolphin, Flipper, died in Ric O’Barry’s arms turning him into an activist to free dolphins from marine parks. You can read his story in my book, Wild Lives. This is also the home office of The Key Biscayne Foundation, the fiscal umbrella for donations made to SavingWild. 

 

But today I want to tell you about a couple of initiatives the Key Biscayne Foundation has put into place since I was last here two years ago.

Two Solutions for the Planet

Friendly enclosed electric golf carts traverse the five-mile long,  two-mile wide, palm-lined island, picking up and delivering passengers for free. It’s so efficient my resident father no longer owns a car. For local transport, he walks or uses the Freebe (that’s what it’s called). And to get off the island he uses Lyft.

I’ve used the Freebe a few times but prefer the bright green colored bikes randomly parked all over the island. With the Lime Bike App, I unlock any of their bikes for $1 and ride as long as I want for five cents per minute. It never takes more than a few minutes to walk to find a bike. And when I’m done riding I simply lock and leave the bicycle in wait for the next person.  I’ve been in Key Biscayne for almost a month and have yet to rent a car.

I am in love with these Lime Bikes. Those are NOT tattoos on my arm – they are shade patterns from the leaves.

Can you imagine if all small communities across the globe offered these options? And people used them. We would cut down on traffic, and pollution and encourage more exercise.  They are both great examples of solutions for the planet.

 

If you know of any small towns and cities offering similar services I would love to hear about them in the comment section below.  I am seriously considering focusing my Vagabond journey on places where I can avoid using cars as much as possible.

 

 

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