From Lawn to Wildlife Habitat: Conservation Starts in Your Own Backyard
The planting bed, roughly 25 x8. Upper left is flower and leaf from Leadplant, and Blue Grama grass in the middle. I’m hooked. I want to garden for wildlife by…
Stories of people learning to be creative and resilient, finding new solutions to minimize the harm from climate disruption.
A Nurturing Lesson from the Hummingbirds
There is something incredibly special about spotting a hummingbird. A fleeting moment when one pauses at a flower in your garden, zooms by your window as you enjoy your morning…
Why I Started Upcycle Philippines
"Upcycle Philippines" is a name given to the beloved advocacy project I founded that spearheaded the movement on environment conservation through the system of upcycling by fostering awareness of the…
The Delight in Cultivating Joy and Beauty
As I was finishing up my last blog post on Cultivating Play and Rest, Brené Brown dropped another and very timely podcast with Karen Walrond, author of the Lightmaker’s Manifesto.…
“I must return the gift” | A Film Inspired by Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass
https://vimeo.com/639233670 My inspiration When I first read Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants, I felt I had been handed down a roadmap of tools, stories,…
On Accepting Myself
I have been meditating on the poem “Wild Geese” for many months now after listening to a rebroadcast of an On Being Podcast from 2015 where Krista Tippet interviews the…
Tim Plants a Garden
Tim, my neighbor across the street, nudges a vine with his toe. He shrugs. “I don’t know what this is.” He’s tall, floppy, and smiley—Dorothy’s Scarecrow. There’s a kneehole in…
Building Community: A Forest Metaphor
Grassroots: What a Way to Make a Difference Over the last year or so, the world has seen the emergence of a wide range of environmentally-focused grassroots organizations. Here in…
Gathering Native Seed: Ridiculous Musings on Winter Coming
These wild places are my sanctuary Yesterday, I hiked about a mile into a WildLand, in hopes of capturing a single species I’ve been seed stalking. I flagged Lobelia siphilitica…
How Singapore Cleans its Trash
What happens to trash in your landfills? It's probably nothing like this clean, environmentally unique method they've used in Singapore since 1999! How Singapore Cleans? (1 min.) Food for thought: …