I wanted to take a few minutes to write about a few things that have been on my mind lately (always); animal welfare, supporting local agriculture, and waste management.
This year, the Great Backyard Bird Count is taking place from Friday, February 12th through Monday, February 15th. There are still two days left to participate! It’s easy, fun, and helps scientific research.
On March 2, Rhode Island residents will have the opportunity to vote in the Special Election. Mail-in ballot applications are beginning to land in the mailboxes of community members statewide.
Although birds are perfectly capable of surviving without human assistance, we can certainly help make their lives easier during the cold months. Birds really only need the essentials to survive.
The pandemic has introduced a serious increase of single-use face masks, rubber gloves, face shields, takeout containers, alcohol bottles, shipping packaging, plastic bags, cleaning wipes, and other items into our local environment.
In honor of National Pollinator Week (June 22-28, 2020) I wanted to share some of the things I have learned about pollinator animals and the importance of supporting them and the ways you can help from your very own home, no matter how big or small.
In an effort to figure out how to make this day meaningful for the Mom’s in my life, I decided to put together a small selection of gift ideas that not only support local businesses during this time but will make the loved ones in your life feel special. I
On the topic of re-purposing, I wanted to show you how to turn your old newspapers into seed starter pots. After all, it is Springtime and the best part about Spring is watching nature come to life! It’s even more special when you watch something come to life that started as a tiny seed.
Birding has easily become one of my favorite hobbies. In a short period of time, the art of finding, photographing, and identifying birds has taught me so much.
Wrapping gifts is so much fun but the holiday season can be extremely wasteful. Between the shipping, shopping, gift paper and bags, bows, tissue paper, gift tags and ribbons, our landfills are inundated with these low-value materials during the giving season.
Have you ever thought about where exactly all that storm water runoff goes? Long story short, all that runoff ends up in our local streams, rivers, and eventually, the ocean— and it isn’t filtered or treated in any way.
