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Bringing Nature Home: How You can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants
Read story →: Bringing Nature Home: How You can Sustain Wildlife with Native PlantsDoug Tallamy is an entomologist, ecologist, and conservationist known for his work on the importance of native plants in supporting biodiversity. He created “Homegrown National Park” encouraging the public to plant natives.…
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Cullowhee Native Plant Conference 2025
Read story →: Cullowhee Native Plant Conference 2025The Cullowhee Native Plant Conference is the premier native plant conference of the south. The conference occurs each 3rd week of July. The conference includes hikes, speakers, and activities. Three and a…
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Degree of Global Warming still Debated
Read story →: Degree of Global Warming still DebatedThe Paris Climate Accord insists that a temperature of 2 degrees Celsius is still acceptable. Scientists around the world insist 1.5 degrees is a better benchmark to achieve.
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Scientist leaves Retirement to create Life-Savings Viruses
Read story →: Scientist leaves Retirement to create Life-Savings VirusesBacteriophages are bacteria-eating viruses. There are more types of phages on earth than there are grains of sand. Phages have the potential for many life-saving uses but are still highly experimental and…
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Hawaiian Island erased from Hurricane
Read story →: Hawaiian Island erased from HurricaneEast Island, part of the the Hawaiian Island, is gone due to Hurricane Walaka in 2018. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hawaii-east-island-lost-to-hurricane-walaka-french-frigate-shoals-climate-change_n_5bcf2a8ee4b055bc9484e803
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Earth’s Extinction Events
Read story →: Earth’s Extinction EventsFive major extinction events have occurred on earth in the past 450 million years. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-earths-biggest-mass-extinctions-stack-up Be an earth steward.
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Morgan Freeman creates Bee Sanctuary
Read story →: Morgan Freeman creates Bee SanctuaryMorgan Freeman converted his 124 acre property into a bee home. He imported 26 bee hives from Arkansas to help boost the bee population. He planted flowering plants and feeds his bees…
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Lazuli Bunting spotted in Ohio
Read story →: Lazuli Bunting spotted in OhioLazuli bunting bird spotted in Ohio. https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/rare-bird-lazuli-bunting-ohio Be an earth steward!
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Silent Spring
Read story →: Silent SpringA controversial, but poignant book published 1962 revealed an awareness between nature and humans. Silent Spring started the environmentalist movement. As humans we have a large impact on the environment around us.…