by Earth Hero | Oct 4, 2023 | At home, Biodiversity, Displayable EH Action, Outdoors, Outside
Turn available space into an oasis for bees and butterflies. With so many green spaces disappearing, our pollinator friends could use some help finding food. They return the favor by sticking around and pollinating both our flowers and our fruits and vegetables....
by Earth Hero | Oct 4, 2023 | Biodiversity, Community, Displayable EH Action, Outdoors, Outside
Planting a tree is great, but what about helping plant a forest? Recent forest fires have set ablaze a vast amount of natural forests all over the globe that are impossible to recreate without the help of many. Reach out to your local forest or environmental service...
by Earth Hero | Oct 4, 2023 | At home, Biodiversity, Displayable EH Action, Outdoors, Outside
Turn your mundane one-species grass lawn into a more interesting natural environment that supports more life. Grass lawns are a resource and time sink. They require fertilizer (made from petroleum products), mowing (usually with a gas mower), and extra water. There...
by Earth Hero | Oct 4, 2023 | At home, Biodiversity, Displayable EH Action, Outdoors, Outside
Soil organisms play a crucial role in soil carbon sequestration, which captures carbon from the atmosphere and stores it in the soil for hundreds of years. Soil is also one of the main reservoirs of biodiversity in the world. These organisms also provide other...
by Tone Lanzillo | Jun 9, 2023 | Article, Column - Tone's, Community, Culture Change, Outside, Social
We are in the first week of June and the global atmospheric CO2 level is 424.44 ppm, as compared to 420.69 ppm a year ago. When I was born in 1954, the average was 313.20 ppm. For the past several weeks, there’ve been statements from scientists at the...
by Krista Kurth | May 30, 2023 | Article, At home, Buildings, Column - Krista's, Community, Energy, Financial, Food, Industry, Investment, Outside, Personal Behavior, Planning, Politics, Stuff, Uncategorized
That is, if everyone, everywhere, acts all at once on Climate. Here’s what you can do. Have you been wondering – or maybe worrying – if it’s possible to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by half by 2030 and to get to net-zero by 2050? While the...
