In our April issue (which hits newsstands March 14), we're using Earth Day as an excuse to tackle some ambitious green changes. You know, the ones you've talked about for years but haven't gotten around to because you don't have the time, haven't made the effort, or simply don't know where to start.
Pick up the April issue (or check out the story online) for tips on how to make things happen: Things like bringing fresh food to your kids' schools, reducing your carbon footprint, and getting your office to recycle, to name a few. You can even see how Editor-in-Chief Alex Postman painted her Brooklyn brownstone white (well, the rooftop anyway) and beautified her block.
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Permalink Reply by 4streegrrl on March 25, 2011 at 3:43pm Invasive species have a HUGE impact to native species and ecosystems. In addition to "guerrilla digging" Canada thistle out of my neighbours' gardens and lawns, my husband and I volunteer every summer to go on an invasive plant dig (for Field Scabious). Field Scabious can produce thousands of seeds from one plant, and is terribly invasive. A small group of us are attempting to eliminate the species from getting a foot hold along an important river and riparian ecosystem. The Dig was a load a fun last year, as we waded, thigh deep, up the river for a couple of kilometers in warm sunshine, listening to a pack of timber wolves howl around us, while we tenacious folks thrashed through the woods, digging up plants as we went. It's a rewarding experience that everyone, you and old, can participate in. We are slowing winning the Field Scabious battle in this one area, but there are many more species out there that are impacting native ecosystems. Unless people educate themselves on invasive plant species, and use a critical eye in their own gardens and yards and neighbourhoods to identify and eliminate invasive plants, the war is a hard one to win. Keep up the good work, Michelle!
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