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Protecting Birds from Pesticides Workshop

April 14, 2024 by Sari Leave a Comment

On Thursday, April 11th, 2024, Marion Yaglinski gave a presentation to the Audubon Society, Bird Town PA and WeConservePA on how to protect birds from pesticides. Marion co-founded Transition Town […]

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: beneficial insects, biodiversity, Bird Town, Birds, native plants, pesticides, pollinators

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

Media Everyone’s Home Ecosystem Garden Tour

April 2, 2023 by Sari Leave a Comment

Come learn from five Media Borough resident gardeners at the Everybody’s Home Ecosystem Garden Tour hosted by Transition Town Media and Media Borough’s Environmental Advisory Committee.

Filed Under: Blog, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: edible gardens, garden tour, landscape design, native plants, perennials, pollinators, veggie gardening

It’s Official!

June 6, 2022 by Marion Leave a Comment

Media Borough has been certified as a Bee City by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, thanks to the dedicated work of Linda Coulston

Filed Under: Bee City, Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: Bee Campus USA, Bee City USA, bumblebees, native bees, pollinators, Xerces Society

The Fascinating Great Black Wasp

October 4, 2021 by Marion Leave a Comment

The first time I saw a great black wasp on my mountain mint, I was mesmerized by its shiny black body and iridescent black/purple wings glowing in the sunlight. The […]

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Protecting Biodiversity, Working Groups Tagged With: goldenrod, great black wasp, milkweed, mountain mint, native plants, pollinators, solitary wasps

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