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Biodiversity’s Extraordinary Power to Affect Climate Crisis

January 27, 2025 by Marion 3 Comments

Are you aware of biodiversity’s extraordinary power to affect climate crisis? Do you know that biodiversity is essential for mitigating climate crisis?

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity Tagged With: biodiversity, climate crisis, Doug Tallamy, Homegrown National Park, native plants, United Nations

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

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

Why Are Insects Important?

April 4, 2023 by Marion Leave a Comment

Why are insects important?  Because they are vital to all life on this planet, including yours. E.O Wilson called insects the little things that run the world. 

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: biodiversity, climate change, climate crisis, Doug Tallamy, E.O. Wilson, insect apocalypse, insects, microplastics, pollinators, TTM Biodiversity Group, Xerces Society

Why Are We Killing Monarch Butterflies?

February 1, 2023 by Marion Leave a Comment

Pesticides and mosquito spray drift is killing all the butterflies and pollinators we attract to our native plant gardens. 

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: Beyond Pesticides, Doug Tallamy, lawn pesticides, Monarch butterflies, mosquito dunks, mosquito spray drift, pesticides, TTM Biodiversity Group

Creative Gifts For Native Plant Gardeners

December 1, 2022 by Marion Leave a Comment

Make dreams come true with a special holiday gift for the native plant gardener in your life.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: Audubon Society, Doug Tallamy, Heather Holm, Homegrown National Park, National WIldlife Federation, native plants, Xerces Society

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