Years ago, I went to a career talk that focused less on work goals and more on self-care.One of the exercises we did that day stuck with me. We were told to illustrate each aspect of our lives (family, fun, work, health etc) as a bucket and draw a line to show how full each […]
conservation
Could your city save monarch butterflies?
In 2017, the Illinois nature center I work with achieved something wonderful. It teamed up with the local mayor to build a pollinator garden for insect populations and to inspire a city to help monarch butterflies. You can read about it here. In good eco news, mayors and other local and tribal government chief executives […]
How to stop deforestation as a consumer
We like to think humans are the most important species on the planet but nature doesn’t need us, we need nature. A healthy ecosystem provides us with clean air, water, and food. But in 45 years we have killed 60% of earth’s wildlife (Source: WWF) and somewhere between 75% and 95% of all flowering plants […]