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The NYC Biodiversity Task Force on 5 Ways to Support Your Ecosystem
Read more: The NYC Biodiversity Task Force on 5 Ways to Support Your Ecosystem“New York City has a secret,” says urban ecologist and founder of NYC Wildflower Week Marielle Anzelone. “The Big Apple boasts more open space than any major city in the United States; more than Los Angeles, Chicago, and Philadelphia combined. Even Manhattan, known for its taxi cabs and towering skyscrapers, has rare beetles and 150-year-old…
Radicle Thinking: Eating Dirt
Read more: Radicle Thinking: Eating DirtThe soil beneath your feet, in your garden trowel, and on your gloves is fabulously alive, brimming with billions of organisms and untold communities of pro- and antibiotics.
The Radical Ethics of Ecological Horticulture
Read more: The Radical Ethics of Ecological HorticultureWe all know our choices matter. What we buy, where we shop, whom we vote for—and how we garden. But how do we know what to choose? “We typically think of gardening as a neutral activity,” says Tim Johnson, the CEO of Native Plant Trust. “But over the years, I’ve come to realize that gardening…
Spotlight on Izel Native Plants
Read more: Spotlight on Izel Native PlantsIzel Native Plants’ guiding principle is “do not harm.” The one-stop shop for native plants works with a carefully selected group of wholesale growers to give gardeners special access to healthy native plants as well as the tools they need to successfully grow them in their landscapes.
How (and Why) to do a Biodiversity Audit in Your Backyard
Read more: How (and Why) to do a Biodiversity Audit in Your BackyardIt’s no secret that biodiversity is in decline: North America has lost close to 3 billion birds since the 1970s, and insects are disappearing just as quickly. More than a third of plants are also at risk of extinction. A gloomy picture, to say the least, but unlike much of the bad news about the…
Bringing Biodiversity Back
Read more: Bringing Biodiversity Back“We have declared 2024 the year of milkweed,” says Andi Pettis, director of horticulture at Governors Island. For the past couple of years, Pettis and her team have been busy incorporating milkweed into the island’s plantings.
Fertile Ground: Silvopastures, Sheep, Sustainability, and more!
Read more: Fertile Ground: Silvopastures, Sheep, Sustainability, and more!“It really felt like the land called us here,” says Michele Logan of Maranatha, her 73-acre farm in the Somerset Hills of New Jersey that practices and models conservation and stewardship, permaculture, regenerative agroforestry, and water management.
Radicle Thinking: Going for 100
Read more: Radicle Thinking: Going for 100How long can we live? Can we try to live extra-long by learning from the extra old? Old people, old communities, old trees? There are a large number of studies out now about commonalities for longevity—healthy food, healthy lifestyle, healthy attitude . . .