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4th of July 2018

July 4, 2018

Rick Webb shared this awesome video about vertical forests with me, so I share it with you and wish you a healthy and happy 4th of July celebration!

Vertical Forests

These skyscrapers provide a home for people and plants while healing air pollution!

Posted by We Can Save The World on Wednesday, June 13, 2018

 

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Results of Conservation Congress Hearings – Wisconsin

May 18, 2018

Reference Wisconsin Conservation Congress Spring Hearings — Neonics and Wisconsin Conservation Congress 2018. Hearing results are in and I’m a bit surprised, but not hilariously so with people’s votes. To see the results for all the questions by county and state-wide, go to Summary of Results.

The question 45 to “take up the ‘Saving Wisconsin Pollinators Act,’ and include specific language to ban the use of neonicotinoid insecticides (dinotefuran, clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam) regardless of application method on all state owned agricultural and forest lands, and establish limited use guidelines for continued use on commercial and private agricultural lands” got 4129 yes votes and 719 no votes with two counties rejecting the question entirely. [Read more…]

We Can Do It!

April 11, 2018

I’ve been working with the I.T. Department at the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley to complete the editing of Neil Diboll’s keynote presentation for this year’s Toward Harmony with Nature Conference, The American Garden – A Life or Death Situation. Coincidentally over the weekend I watched an old western that had the same Cree proverb at the end of the show that Neil used in his keynote. I thought I’d share it with you:

“Only when the last tree has withered,
And the last fish caught,
And the last river been poisoned,
Will we realize we cannot eat money.”
— Cree Proverb

What a profound statement. I am so sorry we didn’t listen back then, and sorry still that our government is not listening now. Neil’s last slides are good advice for us all:

We must be leaders in the conversion of the American Garden from a self-serving contrivance to a Living Habitat.

Our landscapes should be a Joint Venture with Nature – Meeting her halfway in a mutually beneficial co-existence in our cities, suburbs, and rural lands.

Let us become Disciples of the Gospel according to Tallamy! Spread the Good Word!

And remain optimistic in the face of seemingly overwhelming odds.

 

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Wisconsin Conservation Congress 2018

April 4, 2018

Reference my earlier post on this year’s Wisconsin Conservation Congress question about neonics. Besides that question, there are several more on which you might be interested in submitting comments. Participating in this citizen advisory opportunity is especially important these days in light of the current political climate. [Read more…]

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