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Achieving 30x30: Percentages Matter, We’re All in This Together, and What You Do to Help Counts Big-time

Green space in the Chicago region (credit:  Chicago Wilderness Alliance ) Did you know that back in December, one of the most important planetary environmental agreements in history got approved in Montreal? This would be the “Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework” (GBF), approved by the 15th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, which clearly states the goal of protecting, conserving, and restoring 30% of Earth’s lands and waters by 2030. Not only was another opening created for the concept that non-human species have the right to exist and live their lives according to their kind in appropriate habitats, but indigenous peoples were included and given their due as primary keepers of land. If countries actually follow through on commitments (one of the biggest ifs) there might be a chance that biodiversity could start recovering, and we might have a chance of getting to half-earth by 2050. By providing enough habitat for 80% of species on earth, t

“Farming with Native Beneficial Insects” Means Solving for Pattern

Where Do We Find Beauty in a Landscape?

An Afternoon Walk Along the North Branch of the Chicago River

Summer Notes: Birds, Pollinators, and Prairie Flowers Over Six Feet Tall

"Pollinators of Native Plants" is a Great Resource for Creating Pollinator Habitat

Butterweed, Butterwhat?

Three Weeds You Can Eat

A Backyard Plant Species Count

Spring Notes: Plants, Birds, and Bumblebees

April is Poetry Month 2014: Kumin's "The Brown Mountain"

Foraging for Blackberries along a Hedgerow in Norfolk