The Science Behind Nature - in Layperson Speak
I heard an amazing speaker last month here in Redlands CA - Peter Raven - a world leader in conservation who TIME Magazine has described as a "Hero for the Planet." Awarded the highest U.S. award for scientific accomplishment (Medal of Science), Raven is the long-time president of the Missouri …
Continue Reading about Helping Ourselves through Conservation
During the last year I've read about the importance of cork trees and recently read another article on the topic in Living Bird magazine, which expressed concern that wine bottlers were replacing cork stoppers with plastic or screw caps. Main takeaway: The cork stopper in your wine bottle …
Here in southern California, and especially in our city of Redlands, which is bestowed with 100+ year old trees, we have an epidemic of terrible tree trimming. Also, tree topping or pollarding -- where main branches are trimmed to stubs -- seems to be rampant. Here are two good references on what …
