Posted: December 9, 2021
Have you ever thought about entering your school’s science fair? It’s a big question, because it requires that you have an idea for a project. You need a hypothesis. In very simplified terms, it means that you think if you take an action, then it will affect something in a certain way. You have no
Continue Reading “Clouds Help Some Forests Keep the Earth Cooler”
Posted: November 25, 2021
In this season of Thanksgiving, we find joy in getting together with family and friends. We like eating all the delicious food that is part of the Thanksgiving season. What if we also took a few minutes during Thanksgiving to thank a tree for all it does for our community? You don’t have to do
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Category: Blog
Tags: family, food, gratitude, list, magic marker, material, thank a tree, Thanksgiving
Posted: November 12, 2021
Jane Goodall is famous for her work with chimpanzees and for her efforts to protect great apes and their habitat. She is a conservationist and primatologist. A conservationist helps to protect and preserve the environment and wildlife. A primatologist scientifically studies primates. Apes, monkeys and human beings are among the primates. Now Jane has launched
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Category: Blog
Tags: contribute, ecosystems, Jane Goodall, plant trees, restore lost forests, stop deforestation, Trees for Jane, United Nations
Posted: October 27, 2021
It’s fun to get to know trees. It’s fun to climb in them, to sit near them and enjoy their shade. It’s fun to watch birds flit in and out of their branches and squirrels scamper along their trunks. Just like people, trees eventually get old. Sometimes they get hollow inside. Then they could fall
Posted: September 29, 2021
With fall colors beautifying the landscape, some people drive through mountains, where spectacular bursts of color cloak many trees. For people who can’t or don’t want to travel, there are easier ways to see the changing colors. Yesterday, I took a walk along the riverine corridor through part of Farmington, New Mexico, where I live.
Posted: September 14, 2021
Do you have trees in your yard? Are there trees in your neighborhood? If you don’t have trees nearby, perhaps there are trees around your school. If you can find a nearby tree where it is safe for you to spend some time, take a notebook and a pen or pencil with you. Sit under
Posted: September 2, 2021
A unique and delightful quilting store draws customers from far and near at 201 S. Church in Aztec, New Mexico. Called Quilt It! Ya Ya, it contains just about anything a quilter’s heart could desire. To me, what is also fascinating about the store is the maple tree that stands in front of it. That
Posted: August 19, 2021
Just as mothers help to make a family strong and connected, mother trees in forests do the same thing for other trees and vegetation. Ecologist Suzanne Simard recently wrote a book about that called Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest. She works at the University of British Columbia. Her book has
Continue Reading “Mother Trees Keep Forests Healthy”
Category: Blog
Tags: carbon, climates, connection, film rights, Finding the Mother Tree, forests, heal, mother trees, nurture, resilient, share, shelter, survive, Suzanne Simard, water
Posted: August 3, 2021
There is an interesting farming experiment going on in England. It wants to find out how planting trees on farms will benefit the soil and livestock. Andy Gray, who owns Elston Farm in Devon, is part of that experiment, which involves seven farms in southwest England. Devon is located 196 miles south-southwest of London. Gray
Continue Reading “Does Combining Trees with Farmland Improve Crops?”
Category: Blog
Tags: agroforestry, biodiversity, carbon, cattle, deer, drought, England, experiment, farming, flooding, Guardian Weekly, robots, Rothamsted Research, silvopasture, Soil Association, tractors
Posted: July 15, 2021
I learned a new word when I read some articles in the Treehugger newsletter. It is a wonderful newsletter that helps you find all kinds of information about more natural and earth friendly ways of doing things. Find out more about it at https://www.treehugger.com/ The word I learned is coppice. It is pronounced cop (as
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Tags: coppice, crafts, family project, fence posts, grow, harmony, natural, permaculture farming, sprouts, Treehugger, woodlands
