How Do Butterflies Overwinter?
How do butterflies survive cold winters? In leaves, on rocks, twigs and plant stalks, chrysalises, eggs and tiny caterpillars sleep away the cold…
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How to Mow Better For Habitat!
Mowing can be done in ways that help wildlife, rather than destroying habitat. Here’s how!
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An Introduction to Essential Oils
Essential oils are Nature’s fragrance and flavor compounds. Read more here!
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Report Your Monarch Sightings!
Here’s how you can help create a real-time picture of monarch populations and ecology!
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Take Action to Make Federal Buildings Bird Safe!
New legislation to protect birds and ecosystems needs our support! Here are links to tell your representatives you care!
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What is Fair Trade, and Does it Matter in Body Care?
The Fair Trade designation can help support sustainability goals, but it relies on consumer demand.
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How Dead Plants Provide Life for Birds, Pollinators and People!
How you can help pollinators and birds by leaving dead plants for seed and shelter!
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Milkweed Species For Your Garden!
How to plant milkweeds for monarchs and beauty! Monarch caterpillars eat only milkweed, which has declined due to suburbia, farming and pesticides.
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The Magnificent Monarch Migration!
Through wind and rain, around predators and human obstacles, monarch butterflies fly up to 3000 miles in late summer to overwinter. And they need our help!
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Seven Ways to Stop Junk Mail!
Junk mail results in senseless cutting down of huge areas of forest. Here are 7 simple, practical ways to stop junk mail and save trees!
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The Not So Innocent Plastic Straw!
The environmental impacts of plastic straws are huge. We can all be part of the solution!
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How to Protect Birds from Window Collisions
Millions of birds die each year from hitting windows. Here’s what you can do to help!
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