Category: Conservation

Which Way Does the Wind Blow?

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Outside Your Door, Weather OYD

What do the Clouds Tell Us?

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Outside Your Door, Weather OYD

Taking Weather to Extremes

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Outside Your Door, Weather OYD

Wonderful Wall of Water

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Outside Your Door, Water OYD

How to Clean Dirty Water

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Outside Your Door, Water OYD

Top 5 Trees Outside Your Door

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in Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Outside Your Door, Trees OYD

It’s Tree Time!

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Outside Your Door, Trees OYD

All the Parts of a Tree

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Outside Your Door, Trees OYD

Where does soil come from?

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Outside Your Door, Soil and Compost OYD

Soil Treasure Hunt

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Outside Your Door, Soil and Compost OYD

Seed Balls: Planting all Rolled into One

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Outside Your Door, Soil and Compost OYD

The Power of Pollinators

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in Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Outside Your Door, Plants OYD

Plant People

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Outside Your Door, Plants OYD

The Busy Buzzing Bee

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Insects OYD, Outside Your Door

Names Can Be Deceiving

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Insects OYD, Outside Your Door

It’s Tool Time!

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Gardens OYD, Outside Your Door

Butterfly Garden

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Gardens OYD, Outside Your Door

Sticks and Stones

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Games OYD, Outside Your Door

Homemade Hopscotch

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Games OYD, Outside Your Door

Where Does the Rain Go?

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Conservation and Environment OYD, Outside Your Door

Litterbug Pickup

Aug 20, 2021

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Conservation and Environment OYD, Outside Your Door

The Birds Outside Your Door

Aug 20, 2021

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Birds OYD, Conservation, Outside Your Door

A Nest to Call Your Own

Aug 20, 2021

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Birds OYD, Conservation, Outside Your Door

NYT’s Article “What to Save? Climate Change Forces Brutal Choices as National Parks.” Recommend by Anne Dor

May 22, 2021

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Anne Dor

“What to Save? Climate Change Forces Brutal Choices at National Parks. For decades, the core mission of the Park Service was absolute conservation. Now ecologists are being forced to do triage, deciding what to safeguard — and what to let slip away.” New York Times, By Zoë Schlanger May 18, 2021

NYT’s Article: “Americans Have Discovered the Garden, and Celebrities Want In” Recommended by Suzy Titcomb

May 1, 2021

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in Articles, News and Updates, Conservation, New York Times Referral, Outside Media

NYT’s Article: “Americans Have Discovered the Garden, and Celebrities Want In” Recommended by Suzy Titcomb

NYT’s Article: “Why Diversity Is an Advantage in a Vegetable Plot” Recommended by Suzy Titcomb

May 1, 2021

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in Articles, News and Updates, Conservation, New York Times Referral, Outside Media

NYT’s Article: “Why Diversity Is an Advantage in a Vegetable Plot” Recommended by Suzy Titcomb

NYT’s Article: “Plant a Love of Nature in Your Kids” Recommended by Suzy Titcomb

May 1, 2021

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in Articles, News and Updates, Conservation, New York Times Referral, Outside Media

Suzy Titcomb Recommends NYT’s Article: “Plant a Love of Nature in Your Kids” select here

The Spectacular Sunflower

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Outside Your Door, Plants OYD

The Water Cycle

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Outside Your Door, Water OYD

The Early Bird Gets the Worm

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Birds OYD, Conservation, Outside Your Door

Amazing Ants

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Insects OYD, Outside Your Door

Greeting Giants

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Outside Your Door, Trees OYD

Super-charged Scavenger Hunt

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Games OYD, Outside Your Door

Build a Rock Tower

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Gardens OYD, Outside Your Door

Capture a Cloud

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Outside Your Door, Weather OYD

Triple R Ranger

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Conservation and Environment OYD, Outside Your Door

Magical Mud Pies

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – 6 to 12 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Outside Your Door, Soil and Compost OYD

Attract a Fairy

Feb 13, 2021

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in Ages – 1 to 5 yrs, Ages – all, Conservation, Gardens OYD, Outside Your Door

“Yale Climate Connections” recommended by Suzy

Jan 17, 2021

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Feature articles Investors flee Big Oil as portfolios get drilled by Karin Kirk Even as Earth’s climate has warmed, years of lackluster profits have cooled the investment climate for oil and gas producers. Drought-stricken Colorado River Basin could see additional 20% drop in water flow by 2050 by Jan Ellen Spiegel The region is transitioning…

“How to Heal a Building” by Bloomberg News, Recommended by Joan Harkins

Dec 23, 2020

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Joan Harkins

How You Can Help Count and Conserve Native Bees

Dec 9, 2020

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Susan Potts

The Social Life Of Forests and Susan Simard

Dec 4, 2020

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Tire dust killing coho salmon returning to Puget Sound, new research shows – The Seattle Times

Dec 4, 2020

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New Portage Bay Waterfront Park in Seattle

Oct 17, 2020

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Susan Potts

in Articles, News and Updates, Conservation, Landscape Design, Parks

Burke Museum Video: Flora of the San Juan Islands

Oct 2, 2020

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Kim B

in Articles, News and Updates, Conservation, Horticulture

Presented by the Burke on Sept. 22nd, 2020: FLORA of the PACIFIC NORTHWEST “The San Juan Islands hold a remarkable amount of vascular plant diversity for its relatively small footprint. Over the course of five years, David Giblin and his colleagues have visited 100 of the islands to document the diversity and distribution of plants…

GCA Conservation Project Spotlight

Aug 6, 2020

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“This newsletter is meant to provide a small taste of recent projects in each zone and helpful education for our committees. Some projects happened before the pandemic and included gatherings and some are great examples of conservation while isolating.” Summer 2020 – GCA Conservation Project Spotlight & Need to Know 2020 Summer GCA Conservation Spotlight…

“Enjoy Those Vegetables, but Don’t Forget to Save Some Seeds” NY Times, By Margaret Roach

Aug 6, 2020

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in All Club Importance, Articles, News and Updates, Conservation, Gardening, Hort Resources, Horticulture, Member Posts

New York Times Article – Save Those Seeds – select here “Enjoy Those Vegetables, but Don’t Forget to Save Some Seeds” By Margaret Roach Aug. 5, 2020 “After the unprecedented demand for seed last spring, gardeners may want to plan ahead for the next growing season. It’s easier than you think.”

“‘Nature Deficit Disorder’ Is Really a Thing”, NY Times, by Meg St-Esprit

Aug 6, 2020

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“‘Nature Deficit Disorder’ Is Really a Thing” By Meg St-Esprit McKivigan, June 23, 2020

7/30/20 “Last Child in the Woods” by Richard Louv, Book Group

Jul 30, 2020

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