A Poem for Humanity
Once Upon a Time Once upon a time if the droughts came, and the corn died, the rain quit, and…
Mitigation is the Best Adaptation
Wind Turbines in Tunisia Photo by Anastasia Palagutina on Unsplash “Mitigation is the best adaptation.” Quamrul Chowdhury, Adaptation Expert and…
Mulch, Mulch, and More Mulch
During my South Florida Master Gardener training, a fellow student asked our extension agent what was the best solution to…
Plant Trees Sturdy for the Birdies
Lately, I've been waking up every morning between 5-6 AM hearing bird songs. There are sounds of Canadian Geese and…
Homage to the Earthworm
Image by Gerhard Gellinger from Pixabay Did you know that Charles Darwin spent his life enamored with worms? "It may…
It’s the End of a Decade and Time to Clean Out Your Crap
It's 2020 baby! It is the last year of the decade. This has been a decade where we've seen an…
Lewis the Koala is this week’s face of the climate emergency
Australian koala Image by Claudia Beyli from Pixabay Last week, a video of an Australian grandmother taking the shirt off…
Birthing the World We Want
That Was Then “It’s record hot everywhere,” I heard a guy say as I was sitting under a tree outside…
Backyard Garden Rules: Nature Favors Diversity
Confession: I'm a lazy gardener I've always operated under the assumption that most people are too. Life is busy, of…
Earth Day: Love Yourself- Love Your Mother
"The Earth has lost her equilibrium. The fact that we have lost connection with Earth's natural rhythm is the cause…