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Protecting Biodiversity

Garlic Mustard: A Garden Menace

April 1, 2024 by Marion Leave a Comment

Once garlic mustard gets a roothold in your yard, you can kiss native plants goodbye.  It kills natives by aggressively monopolizing light, moisture, nutrients and soil. It even secretes chemicals that kill soil organisms other plants need to grow. 

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: garlic mustard, native plants

What’s a Pollinator to Do?

March 4, 2024 by Marion Leave a Comment

What’s a pollinator to do when toxic pesticides are used in their living area?   That’s a question we are deeply concerned about in Media, PA.  We are a Bee City and a Bird Town, so we care very much about biodiversity.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: Beyond Pesticides, biodiversity, Bird Town, Doug Tallamy, monarch butterfly, mosquito spraying, pesticides, pollinators

All About Owls

March 2, 2024 by Sari Leave a Comment

Approximately 80 community members of all ages attended an educational program, All About Owls, at the Media Community Center on Sunday, February 25. The program was a joint effort by […]

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: biodiversity, Bird Towns, habitat preservation, owls, pesticide-free

Another Neighbor is Lost

February 21, 2024 by Skip Shuda 3 Comments

We had just concluded our meeting of the Tree Lovers Collective,and we stepped into the brisk, sunlit streetscape on Front Street in Media Borough. A chainsaw growled down the block […]

Filed Under: Blog, Environmental Commons, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Tree Lovers Tagged With: eco-grief, ecosystems, soil health, trees

Gardening in the Age of Climate Disruption

January 15, 2024 by Marion 7 Comments

Gardening, my favorite pastime, has become a challenge in the age of climate disruption.  That means we need to adapt.  Spring is fast approaching, so I’m including some tips in this blog to keep you safe and healthy while gardening.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: air quality, Canadian wildfires, climate crisis, climate disruption, gardening, ground level ozone, heat index, mosquito dunks, native plants, poison ivy

Rights of Nature Law: A Way Forward

November 25, 2023 by Marion Leave a Comment

To avert the worst impacts of climate crisis and move towards truly sustainable living, the way we think about and relate to Nature must change.   Rights of Nature law would stop human activities and development from interfering with ecosystem health.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: CELDF, climate crisis, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, GARN, Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature, Rights of Nature law

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