Reuters: Indigenous Leaders seek global pact to preserve 80% of Amazon forest: Indigenous Leaders of the Amazon have proposed the “80×25” pact to preserve 80% of the Amazon forest by…
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Gleanings from Headline News – August 2022
Migratory Monarch Butterfly Now Endangered- IUCN Red List-Press Release – IUCN A report published in late July shows that the migratory monarch butterfly – Danaus plexippus plexippus – has been…
Gleanings from Headline News – July 2022
Enabling ecological change amid climate change is key to preserving biodiversity and ecosystem services, says study As the need to address climate change becomes increasingly urgent, so too does the…
Gleanings from Headline News – June 2022
We’ve scanned the media – in print and online – for items of interest to ELA’s ecologically focused audience:
- Living Tree Bridges
- The Dark Side of Light Pollution
- Best Mulching Practices
- How to Manage Weeds on Your Farm
- Efforts to Save North America’s Most Endangered Bird Species Are Succeeding
- A Difficult Site Becomes a Lovely Garden
- Amazon vs. Rusty Patch Bumblebee
- USDA Kills Thousands of Native Species
- Piet Oudolf Designs New Garden
- Olmstead’s 200th Birthday
- Iconic Wildflower in Peril
- Invasive Toxic Hammerhead Worm Found in Rhode Island
- Native Garden Tours MetroWest Boston
Gleanings from Headline News – May 2022
We’ve scanned the media – in print and online – for items of interest to ELA’s ecologically focused audience:
- Saving the World’s Threatened Trees
- Skills for Bees in Scotland’s Cairngorms
- Birds inspire Art, Awe, and Action
- Noticing What’s Going On
- Navigating Nurseries this Spring
- For Gen Z, Climate Change Is a Heavy Emotional Burden
- No Mow May
- Superbloom in Tower of London
- Support Spring Pollinators: Think Big
- Improvements Still Needed in Lawn Care
- Bringing Controlled Burns
- Developer Buys 10,000 Suns Property
- Are Nature-Based Solutions on Climate Being Overlooked?
- Shop Your Garden First
- Organic Farming Podcast
Gleanings from Headline News – April 2022
We’ve scanned the media – in print and online – for items of interest to ELA’s ecologically focused audience:
- Spotted Lanternfly and Nursery Stock
- Become a Xerces Kid!
- How to Tell Apart Sound-Alike Warblers
- Deadliest U.S. Bird Flu Outbreak in 7 years
- Does the ecosystem Hinge on a Single Keystone Gene
- Now for Something Completely Different
- Leave Stems for Native Bees
- Why Gravel Gardens Are Better Than They Sound
- Tree Equity
- Plants in the UK Flower a Month Earlier Due to Rising Temperatures
- Hush, Hus, Listen to the Soil
- Growing Greener Podcast
Gleanings from Headline News – March 2022
We’ve scanned the media – in print and online – for items of interest to ELA’s ecologically focused audience:
- Home Is Where the Pollinators Should Be
- Seeds for Tomorrow
- Western Megadrought is Megabad
- Roadside Milkweed for Monarchs
- Braiding Seeds Fellowship Applications Open
- US Sea Levels Rise at an Alarming Rate
- National Butterfly Refuge Becomes Target for the Far-Right
- Nature Is Truly a Balm for the Soul
- Urban Bees Face a Flower Deficit
- Cute Plants on Antarctica Spell Trouble
- Why We Need to Revive Global Food Diversity
- ALERT! Deadly Avian Flu Heading for Rhode Island
Gleanings from Headline News – February 2022
We’ve scanned the media – in print and online – for items of interest to ELA’s ecologically focused audience:
- Bee Mine: A Pollinator Love Story
- Delightful Photos Highlight How Native Plants Support Birds
- Why Gardeners Should Stop Using Peat Moss
- Fireflies, Jewels That Need Protecting
- How Old is Zimbabwe’s Big Tree?
- Into the Red: How the Boston Globe Will Cover Climate Change
- Increase in Marine Heat Waves Threatens Coastal Habitats
- Setting Underground Rivers Free
- When Rewilding Confronts Common Perceptions of Nature
- Air Pollution Makes Life Difficult for Pollinators
- What Do Birds Eat?
- Searchable Systemic Insecticides List
- Can Forest Change Children’s Immune Systems?
- Do Pollinators Prefer Dense Flower Patches?
- Making Rhode Island’s Food Systems Sustainable
- Spotted Lantern Fly Mapping In Massachusetts
Gleanings from Headline News – January 2022
We’ve scanned the media – in print and online – for items of interest to ELA’s ecologically focused audience:
- It’s 2022. Let’s Make it the Year of the Oak
- Invaders For Sale
- Protecting Earth: If ‘Nature Needs Half,’ What Do People Need?
- Treeline: A Story Written in Rings
- Is Ocean Plastic a New Kind of Island?
- Dawn to Dusk Beneath the Bird Feeder in Pictures
- Upgrade Energy Efficiency; Retrofit Old Buildings – with Plants
- Monarch Butterflies Flock to California Coast
- Too Many Palm Trees In Florida?
- Favorite Female Bird Photos!
- San Diego Hermes Copper Butterfly Declared Threatened Species
Gleanings from Headline News – December 2021
We’ve scanned the media – in print and online – for items of interest to ELA’s ecologically focused audience:
- Rediscovering Our Connection to the Web of Life
- Planting Trees in Underserved Neighborhoods
- America the Beautiful Initiative
- Think Like a Wolf
- Mural Project Brings Birdsong to Life in Washington Heights
- Natural Community Fact Sheets
- City Forests and Residential Areas Can Benefit Birds
- Seven Simple Actions to Help Birds
- Early Indigenous Land Use
- Finding Rhode Island Old Growth Forest
- California Launches the Largest Food Waste Recycling Program in the U.S.
Gleanings from Headline News – November 2021
We’ve scanned the media – in print and online – for items of interest to ELA’s ecologically focused audience:
- Xerces Society Bee City Reports
- Create a Low Maintenance Gravel Garden
- Some Good News! Western Monarch Numbers Rising
- Save Farmland: Synthesize Starch from CO2
- Beyond Extinction: A New Emphasis on Species Recovery
- Growing Figs in a Cold Climate
- Light Pollution Glare Threatens All Wildlife
- A Pioneering Garden Designer Inspired Vogue’s Fall Fashion Fantasy
- InsectXaminer Video Series
- Colorado River Delta Springs To Life!
- What’s a Forest Worth?
- Kill All Leaf Blowers
- Mosquito Spraying Kills Pollinators
- Refugees in Cameroon Plant a Forest
- Rhode Island Plants New Street Non-Native Trees on Purpose
Gleanings from Headline News – October 2021
We’ve scanned the media – in print and online – for items of interest to ELA’s ecologically focused audience:
- Take Notes Now for a Healthier Garden Next Year
- What Does Organic Mean?
- Plant Hope for the Future
- Growing Wildflowers Isn’t Difficult. And It’s Urgent.
- Landscapes for a Living World
- Can The Wealthy and Well-Connected Play an Outsized Role in Climate Action?
- How Adding Rock Dust to Soil Could Help Get Carbon into the Ground
- Biden Restores the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments
- Google Bans Ads With False Claims About Climate Change
- Invasive Spotted Lanternfly Found in Massachusetts
- Bumblebee Has Vanished from Eight States!
- Ozone Pollution: An Insidious and Growing Threat to Biodiversity
- Philadelphia Chefs Combat Hunger Through Gardening
- We Need to Stop Treating Soil Like Dirt