Coconut Grove Grapevine

17/06/2025

Grove Isle. 7:35 am today.

12/06/2025

They saw the light! Or rather we didn’t!
Vita at Grove Isle shut their lights last night after a little persuading and the bay & sea life could breathe! And we could see the sky & the moon again! And the sea life could sleep.

11/06/2025

So every night - from 7 pm to 7 am, 12 hours - Vita at Grove Isle - sees fit to disturb the neighbors, the North Grove Bay area and most of all the sea life. These bright intrusive lights are not only in everyone's living rooms across the bay, but sea life is being harmed.

Artificial light at night is very harmful to sea creatures - all the manatees, dolphins, fish in the bay are being affected.

What this non-stop artificual light does to sealife:

Disruption of natural rhythms: Marine organisms have evolved to rely on the natural cycle of day and night, using light cues for essential behaviors like migration, foraging, and reproduction.
Artificial light at night (ALAN), or light pollution, interferes with these natural patterns.

Impacts on reproduction: For example, corals synchronize their mass spawning events with the lunar cycle, and light pollution can disrupt this crucial timing, reducing reproductive success.

Affects prey and predator interactions: Artificial light can either concentrate prey, making them easier for predators to find, or reduce natural camouflage, impacting the balance of the food web.

Stress and physiological changes: Studies have shown that ALAN can cause stress responses, alter metabolic processes, and change circadian rhythms in marine organisms.

Direct harm to certain species: Sea turtles, in particular, are negatively impacted by ALAN as nesting females avoid brightly lit beaches, and hatchlings are disoriented and drawn away from the ocean, leading to increased mortality.

In essence, artificial light at night can significantly disrupt the delicate balance of marine ecosystems, impacting the behavior, physiology, and survival of various sea creatures.

We are contacting DEP, hope you do, too, these are the emails to report this abomination:
[email protected]
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28/03/2025

Back in stock. Visit our Coconut Grove store.
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18/02/2025

People keep asking me about starting a blog. How to do it? how to get readers, etc. etc.

So I have a new blog (called a newsletter now). The Morning Grapevine - it will explain it all. Join me today!! It will be a lot of laughs.

👉 https://themorninggrapevine.com/

16/02/2025

Coconut Grove Arts Fest

15/01/2025

Stanley Cohen (murder house) being torn down? 17 Ave & S Bayshore Dr. what next? A big white box? Maybe partial demo, parts may be preserved. ???

14/01/2025

Eileen knows how to promote her art, and sell it!
https://themorninggrapevine.com/2025/01/14/artist-eileen-seitz-and-her-journey/

09/01/2025

The new "The Morning Grapevine " - sort of biz related. But other stuff, too.

Parts of Los Angeles county are no more. Thousands of residents were forced to evacuate the massive conflagration these past few days – never ending wildfires inflamed by the Santa Ana Winds,…

05/01/2025

Today’s King Mango Strut Parade

16/11/2024

Yes, Josh! Open for biz!!

He started selling pies during the pandemic.

29/04/2024

Not platted. Not legally approved. Now what?

A 65-unit condo tower is going up on Grove Isle, a waterfront Coconut Grove community. Some residents are suing the city of Miami, hoping to halt construction or downsize the building, which blocks their views.