{"id":420197,"date":"2026-10-06T13:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420197\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T13:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:12:14","slug":"florida-climate-week-features-free-events-take-action-in-central-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420197\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Climate Week features free events | Take action in Central Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Climate Week is underway, offering free events like cleanups and expert sessions to address climate challenges and inspire action. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/47404bb5-6b6f-4b4e-b1cb-b341892656dc_1734040288.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Alan Campbell\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791292334_923_author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Default author avatar\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Florida Climate Week is underway, featuring free events across the state to encourage residents to take action on climate issues.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Sydney Otis, senior manager of learning and engagement at ecoAmerica, explained the purpose of the week and how people can participate.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">The initiative includes in-person and virtual opportunities to focus on climate action and education, giving people a chance to learn about the challenges we face and how they can make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Climate Week: In-person Events Florida Climate Week Fair <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Oct. 6, 12:30 &#8211; 2 p.m. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\" data-node-id=\"6\">Winter Park <\/p>\n<p>Ocean Friendly Restaurant Cleanup <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">Oct. 7, 5 &#8211; 7 p.m. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">Orlando <\/p>\n<p>Shifting Sands: Protecting Florida&#8217;s Coastlines in a Changing Climate <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"11\">Oct. 9, 9 a.m. &#8211; 2:30 p.m. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"12\">Palm Bay <\/p>\n<p>Florida Climate Week Trash Blitz Cleanup<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"14\">Oct. 10, 9 &#8211; 10 a.m. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"15\">Orlando <\/p>\n<p>Ocean Friendly Gardens with the Surfrider Space Coast Chapter <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"17\">Oct. 10, 9 &#8211; 11 a.m. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"18\">Indialantic <\/p>\n<p>Wildlife Bingo at the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"20\">Oct. 10, 10 a.m.- 12 p.m. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\" data-node-id=\"21\">Apopka <\/p>\n<p>EcoPoder Wildlife Tour <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"23\">Oct. 10, 10 a.m.- 12 p.m. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"24\">Apopka <\/p>\n<p>Owloween <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"26\">Oct. 10, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"27\">Orlando <\/p>\n<p>Climate Week at the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey: Story Time <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"29\">Oct. 10, 11 a.m.- 12 p.m. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"30\">Maitland <\/p>\n<p>Paddling Through Climate Change <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"32\">Oct. 11, 10 a.m. &#8211; 12 p.m. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"33\">Kissimmee <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"34\"><a href=\"https:\/\/floridaclimateweek.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here to learn more about Florida Climate Week<\/a>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida Climate Week is underway, offering free events like cleanups and expert sessions to address climate challenges and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[5071,14189,147,165972,91434,3753,165974,143845,113,706,684,3041,20971,15116,165971,10327,139,141,140,992,2005,18296,165973,88999,84225,165975,27755,165976],"class_list":["post-420197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-a-m","tag-action","tag-central-florida","tag-changing-climate-oct","tag-cleanup","tag-climate","tag-climate-issue","tag-educate","tag-education","tag-engagement","tag-events","tag-florida-climate-week","tag-free-event","tag-hands-on","tag-in-person","tag-learning","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-people","tag-register","tag-registration","tag-senior-manager","tag-session","tag-sessions","tag-sydney-otis","tag-virtual","tag-virtual-opportunity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}