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Trees: Our Planet’s Lifeline

October 14, 2024 by Marion Leave a Comment

It seems the treehuggers had it right.  There is a lot to love about trees.  Allow me to elaborate. Trees offer multiple benefits.  Here are a few: 

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: climate crisis, ecosystems, forest bathing, mycelium, The Hidden Life of Trees, treehuggers, trees

Store CO2 in Your Garden!

September 24, 2024 by Marion Leave a Comment

Can you store CO2 in your garden?  Yes!  Carbon gardening, a natural climate solution, is the latest trend in gardening.  We can manage our properties to store CO2 by changing the way we garden.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: carbon gardening, carbon sequestration, carbon storing trees, Doug Tallamy, ecosystems, native plants, oak tree, painted lady butterfly

Air Pollution: How Dangerous is it?

September 9, 2024 by Marion Leave a Comment

Air pollution—how dangerous is it?  You may be surprised to learn Pennsylvania led the country for the highest number of premature deaths per capita caused by air pollution in 2020. 

It’s important to take air pollution seriously, because it is harmful to your health.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured Tagged With: air pollution, Canadian wildfires, ground level ozone, IQ Air, lead, methane, nitrogen dioxide, PM 10, PM 2.5, radon, Sulfur dioxide carbon monoxide

How Important is Your Native Plant Garden?

August 12, 2024 by Marion Leave a Comment

How Important is Your Native Plant Garden?  Very!  Your native plants could mean the difference between life or death to birds, pollinators, and other insects—not to mention everything else further up the food chain. 

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: Bee City, biodiversity, Green Wagon Project, ird Town, Media Borough, native plants, Tree Tenders, Xerces Society

Bet You Didn’t Know This

July 30, 2024 by Marion Leave a Comment

Bet you didn’t know this: gas powered landscaping equipment— lawn mowers, leaf blowers, trimmers, chain saws, and edgers—contribute to climate crisis, poor air quality, and insect decline. 

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: biodiversity, climate crisis, gas lawn mowers, gas leaf blowers, insect decline, ozone, Ryobi

It’s Time to Stop the Madness

July 8, 2024 by Marion Leave a Comment

It’s time to stop the madness.  Fossil fuel industries have taken profit over people and planet to new heights, as they work aggressively to stop any progress on mitigating climate crisis. 

Filed Under: Blog, Energy, Featured Tagged With: climate crisis, crop failure, environment, fossil fuels, health, ocean heat, pollution, Sierra Club

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