I propose that it is possible to help recover and restore healthy and sustainable natural, social and economic environments but we must focus on helping to re-establish healthy natural systems in the natural environment which help enable good weather, ozone integrity, clean water, fresh air, birds, bees, butterflies, wildflowers, healthy local produce, lovely lakes and pine or maple forest to camp by, lakes or rivers to swim in, to enjoy fishing in, fireflies in the meadow and turtles in the pond to enjoy with and show to family, but only if we take care of it and also help provide access to and connect others with nature, as well as to consider our impacts on the environment, help nature and encourage decision makers, and political and corporate influencers to take environmental accountability. Consider that in most urban environments it is generally difficult to find a place to sit by the stream, nonetheless sit by a garbageless shoreline and enjoy seeing wild beautiful songbirds in tree boughs, or native turtles basking on logs and see butterflies and bumblebees visit wildflowers – but it is possible, if people help to clean up litter, help provide greater access to parks, natural areas and trails, learn about and take interest in birds, old growth forest, wetlands, where or how animals migrate and natural systems and how to help protect them. Whether you cultivate native plants at home or whether you help pick up litter, or email or lobby politicians and decision makers, or plant trees and native plants at events, or volunteer, or enjoy wildlife photography, or enjoy reporting wildlife sightings to community science efforts, steward a nature reserve, just enjoy wildlife or help nature and the environment around your area there are ways that we all can help nature and the environment. Here’s how I am helping nature locally for Earth Day and Earth Week this year.
Earth Week Log 2024;
On Saturday, two days ago, I installed two bluebird nest boxes in the open meadow near the forest at the cottage, to help renaturalize the meadow which was once used for tilling and grazing and now has a healthy returning diversity of wildlife including goldfinches, red-tailed hawks as well as bobolinks and bluebirds in the area too, which will hopefully also one day reinhabit the shrubby field of grasslands there.
April 15 2024
Litter removal from local ravine:
60+ trout lilies seen several little yellow and orange flowers in bloom
5lb of garbage removed from the creek and ravine today that flows into the pond where turtles, ducks, dragonflies, songbirds and more wildlife lives – including;
corded earbuds, pop bottles, chocolate bar and chip bag wrappers, plastic shopping bags, takeout condiments, styrofoam packaging, commercial styrofoam waste, aluminum foil, various wires, metal scraps, cigarette packages, cigarette butts
