Pollination Fast Facts: Gardeners
June is National Pollinators Month, and we at CHLP hope you’ll get involved by learning more about pollinators and what you can do to help them in your own backyard. Planting a few pollinator-friendly blooms …
Perspectives
Yes, It Really Is Quieter When It Snows.
The silence after a snowstorm isn’t just your imagination — all those tiny flakes actually trap the sounds of your surroundings. Chris Bianchi, a meteorologist at Weather Nation, described the phenomenon as a sort of …
Regrowing America’s Forest Canopy
A recent study by the Nature Conservancy estimates a potential for capturing 314 tons of carbon dioxide in the lower 48 United States each year. This is the equivalent of removing over 74 million car …
Go Outside the Fence!
Richard Louv, author of the book Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder, tells the story of interviewing a child who told him that he liked playing indoors more than outdoors …
Kids and Pesticides
Our partner PPAN is sharing what we need to know when we are planning for yard work. http://peopleandpollinators.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Child-Friendly-Lawns_fact-sheet-4June13final.pdf Child Friendly Lawns Fact Sheet To find out more about how you can be greener and …