(Above) Florida is facing significant environmental challenges as new housing developments continue to expand. Mattamy Homes is building the population of the houses and areas
continues to grow driven by factors like its warm climate and economic opportunities. This has led to a surge in demand for new homes. Unfortunately, this growth often comes at the expense of Florida’s ecosystems. The green that everyone knows Florida has is slowly disappearing under the sand and
bricks of the homes with no social connection. The house market has exploded, and to be fair, it was in a reasonable way. The houses are selling higher than what they were originally listed at, but somewhere in the owner feels bad taking away everything that isn’t there.
The grasslands and agriculture of Florida are being ruined right now by the development of towns and shopping centers near The Villages. Where cows and horses used to roam, beautiful crops were grown, and a peaceful experience in the wild. This is now a loud working environment. This construction is an eyesore—the expansion of the Amazon complexes and the production of new warehouses. These warehouses are the same we complain about for pollution, but now that it’s Amazon, Everyone ignores it because everyone likes Amazon right? No, although it’s convenient for the human population of the world. It doesn’t help the animals and agriculture out too well. The south has especially suffered because Florida’s climate is perfect for our animals.
Florida has become very popular for northeasterners. Once retired, everyone looks to move down to the no state tax, Goldilocks weather, Florida. Although others may not see the issue, our land is being stripped away, and we are losing our country’s land to big incorporations. Why lose land when we don’t need to? It’s time to fight back, Florida.
(Above) The environment has been completely taken over by the industrial life, with individuals selling over 4,000 acres to companies like Amazon looking to build homes and shopping centers. The animals we are all used to in Florida are being abruptly stripped away from us for no apparent reason. To take away a government-owned field with nothing on it is different than taking away habitat from our wildlife. The ducks are living in marshes, ponds, lakes, rivers, and canals. Ducks mostly eat seeds, but they also eat insects, snails, mollusks, crayfish, and some very small fish. This small lake out in Ovideo is feeding grounds to the ducks; it is now being stripped away from them. (Reily Green)(Above) Florida is home to numerous wetlands, including marshes and swamps, which provide essential breeding and feeding grounds for many duck species. how beautiful a city could be over 52,000 acres of untouched land. The south, and especially Florida, is home to a large variety of the country’s duck population. There are 34 duck species in Florida. These ducks flee during the winter from eclipse states. The ducks need Florida to survive; it’s not just hurting the community but the animals as well. Photo taken from a housing project near Lake Mary. (Reily Green)(Above) Just about 15,000 acres have been dug up on the Bronson’s former out of the 52,000 initial acres. Out of We could still save more than 26,000 acres of land before the building is complete. The big machinery digging up our land and turning beautiful provinces into ruins is not needed. Environmental experts in the past have proven that this is what we need. rather, Open spaces are needed. (Reily Green)(Above) This is what land in Florida used to look like: very green, nice lakes, and trees as far as the eyes can see. The land you see here is being used to dump sewerage into in Orange County. (Reily Green)(Above) As the sky becomes grim and dark, these workers continue building the duplicate houses we all hate. The houses are not going to suffice in the long run. Most of these are cheaply built and struggle to defend against Florida weather. The hurricane that came through recently affected the houses; it could hit Orlando harder. (Reily Green)(Above) Industrial factories are major contributors to air pollution. The amount of toxic gases that factories release into the air increases health and environmental damage. in factories, toxic materials and gases, like carbon dioxide and methane, are burned and pumped out into the atmosphere. Amazon has been known over the years for destroying our environment to use space for their factories, effectively taking away our oxygen. (Reily Green)
Reily Green is a professional photographer and videographer in the Orlando area and works for FiveStarVideos: a worldwide photography company. Additionally, he works for Edgewater High School, Lake Highland Preparatory Schools, and many other schools. Green has been a student at Lake Highland Preparatory School for 12 years and has made many connections with teachers and students while doing so. He also serves as a community service officer, racking up over 300 hours in the last two years. When not learning, Green is a football and basketball player and is looking to become the first football player to ever play with a pacemaker. Reily trains every day wishing for his goal to come true. Nothing will stop him from his dream.
