Pollinators

Webinar: Protecting Pollinators Nurturing Sustainable Communities with Pollinator Gardens

Without pollinators, like bees and butterflies, the world would be a dull and bland place. How can we make sure these creatures are always fluttering, soaring, and buzzing around us? And how does their presence make our communities more sustainable overall?

Webinar: Protecting Pollinators

The birds and the bees need our help. Pollinators help to feed us and make our world more beautiful, but their habitats need protecting. Backyard gardeners to big companies alike know this and some are creating strategies to safeguard these precious creatures. This webinar shows how you can protect pollinating bees, wasps, bats, and birds on various scales. You'll hear strategies that are being implemented in small to large scale gardens. You'll be informed of best practices and inspired by the work that's being done.

#ForewordFriday: Protecting Pollinators

By Jada Mosley / On April 26th, 2019

Threats to pollinators abound, but so too do the everyday conservation efforts being taken to protect them.

Protecting Pollinators: A Conversation with Jodi Helmer

By Jada Mosley / On April 18th, 2019

We sat down with Jodi Helmer to discuss pollinators, their decline, and what is being done to save them.

Designing Your Own Landscape: Tips from Margie Ruddick

By Margie Ruddick / On March 21st, 2016

Many years ago, when I was first pegged as a "sustainable landscape designer," I gave a talk to a group of students enrolled in one of the world's first sustainable design courses at Schumacher College in England. I was surprised during the question and answer period that almost all the students' questions were not about their work, but revolved around how they could address issues of sustainability in their personal lives. How they could conserve energy and water in their households, for example—it was these questions that started me on the path to writing and publishing my book,