2024 Update: the Community Eco Store owners have retired and begun a new adventure, so their location is no longer a TerraCycle drop-off point. However, I am still personally collecting – email admin@naturenutproject.com to coordinate drop off of recyclable items (ONLY the items listed below, please). 2023 Update: I can no longer accept snack and …
I stepped outside on this blustery Tuesday to water some plants when I remembered that I wanted to check in with my red maple tree that has been infested with Spotted Lanternflies for the past two years. As many of you may know, the Spotted Lanternfly is an invasive fly that arrived in Berks County, …
COVID-19 is causing anything from mild inconvenience, to economic devastation, to potential life threatening illness. In this challenging time of shut down and stay-at-home orders, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day with parades, conferences, and group gatherings isn’t possible. Despite being confined mostly to our homes, we can still observe Earth Day 2020 and …
2021 Update – I started creating short videos about these flowers and posting them to YouTube. You can check them out by clicking the video below, or read on for more info! I had penned this post a few months ago in eager anticipation of April and May wildflower season — unfortunately some of the …
My prior post was about ways to handle COVID-19 anxiety through connecting with nature. If you are feeling anxious, upset, or groundless, please read that post instead of this one. Another way to handle difficult emotions is through humor. Using humor in this way does not diminish the seriousness of the situation, but rather gives …
With COVID-19 making its dreaded circumnavigation of the globe, governments and municipalities are introducing lock-down measures aimed at containing the virus. We know that the novel coronavirus has the potential to spread among people like the flu via close contact and respiratory droplets, so measures banning large gatherings, cancelling school, and directing employees to work …
Zero waste living seems like a far off aspiration for this day and age, and I am certainly nowhere close to zero. But after reading the book “Plastic-Free” I was inspired to lower my environmental footprint and felt empowered that my choices can make a difference. The author, Beth Terry, went from living a …
This is the first in a series of posts about decluttering without contributing to more waste by trashing unwanted things. The adage, “One person’s trash is another person’s treasure,” can be the mantra of eco-friendly cleaning house. Some suggestions to greenly get rid of things you no longer want are really obvious, like donating used …
On New Years Eve, we were looking for a short hike to get some outside time in before ringing in the next decade. The Christmas holiday is wonderful to reconnect with family, but sometimes it can lead to social overload — I needed some nature R&R to recharge before getting back to the work grind. …
Recently I’ve been doing a lot of work managing invasive plant species in a preserved tract near to my house. Besides the ever-present threat of deer ticks, many of the invasives bare literal teeth at land managers trying to eradicate them – Mile-A-Minute vine, Japanese Barberry, and Multiflora Rose all feature thorns, some which are …
