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  • Not just for schools!

    Focus the Nation is a great opportunity to participate in a national conversation on this important issue for ANY group or organization.

    The national plant group Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes has endorsed FTN because global warming directly impacts our mission of promoting native plants and natural landscapes. The January program for my local chapter of Wild Ones will talk about the things gardeners can do in their own yards to prevent global warming (National Wildlife Federation has a great resource on this topic.) We'll focus especially on raising our own vegetables in our suburban yards to reduce "food miles" and buying produce from local farmers.

    The faith community also is involved since global warming is an environmental issue, but it's also a justice issue. The national Interfaith Power & Light organization has endorsed FTN, as has New York Interfaith Power & Light and other faith organizations. On January 27, my own church's worship service will explore this connection between environmental and social justice, and in the afternoon we'll be hosting a sustainability fair, showing the movie Kilowatt Ours 2007 (excellent!), then having a panel discussion with local experts. Then on Wed night Jan 30, we'll show the webcast The 2% Solution.

    If your congregation or other organization would like to put on a FTN event, it's not too late. It's simple to show a DVD such as Kilowatt Ours (www.kilowattours.org) or one of the other videos such as Too Hot Not to Handle. The important thing is to start the conversation - for our children's sake!!
    -- Janet AllenOn Eban Goodstein invites you to join in the largest climate teach-in ever posted 1 year, 10 months ago 36 Responses

  • Creating a wildlife habitat

    Hi Folks,
    Creating a National Wildlife Federation Backyard Wildlife Habitat (now called Certified Wildlife Habitat) has been one of the most rewarding things I've done. It not only has been very enjoyable watching various creatures, but it's helped reconnect me to the natural world. Observing nature in my yard has taught me a lot about ecology and about the world beyond my yard. And there's always more to enjoy. My latest efforts have been providing habitat for pollinators, and creating a Monarch Waystation. More info and photos of my yard are at www.stewardshipgarden.org.
    Janet
    On Umbra on attracting wildlife posted 2 years, 3 months ago 14 Responses