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Category: Save the Planet

How to Build a Monarch Garden

April 1, 2020 AnnMarie Kennon

IT’S IMPORTANT BECAUSE… In the mid 90s, more than 1 billion butterflies made an annual 2,000-mile migration from Canada to…

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Posted in: Columns, Save the Planet Filed under: butterfly garden, monarch garden, pollinator support

Pollinators in Your Yard—how you can help

March 2, 2020 AnnMarie Kennon

We are sharing this space. It’s not just ‘our’ yard—we share with the pollinators. Reducing Chemicals or adding plants to…

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Posted in: Columns, Save the Planet Filed under: integrated pest management, pollinator decline, pollinators

Creating Less Trash

January 31, 2020 AnnMarie Kennon

According to the EPA, the average American produces 4.4 lbs of waste daily. There is a great movement on to…

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Posted in: Columns, Save the Planet Filed under: bamboo toothbrush, bar soap, beeswax wraps, create less trash, less landfill

Save the Planet • Happily Ever After

January 3, 2020 AnnMarie Kennon

No, you don’t have to walk down the aisle in a hemp dress, but there are myriad ways to be…

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Posted in: Columns, Save the Planet Filed under: eco-friendly wedding, green weddings, wedding planning

I’ll Have a Green Christmas

December 2, 2019 AnnMarie Kennon

Often, we find ourselves thinking about the choice between a real Christmas tree or an artificial one that will last…

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Posted in: Columns, Save the Planet Filed under: balled and burlapped, real christmas trees, renewable christmas trees

Save the Planet • Earth-Friendly Celebrating

November 5, 2019

We’ve known for some time that throwing birdseed is better than rice or confetti, but did you know latex balloons,…

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Posted in: Columns, Save the Planet Filed under: earth-friendly ways to celebrate, giant bubbles, kids craft bar, ribbon dancers, save the planet, seed bombs

Save the Planet: Have an Eco-friendly Halloween

October 2, 2019

With more than $9 billion spent each year—costumes, candy, and decorations—Halloween makes no small footprint on the planet. Being mindful…

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Posted in: Columns, Save the Planet Filed under: eco-friendly halloween, halloween tips, save the planet

Save the Planet • Monarch Butterfly Heroes

August 30, 2019

Monarch butterflies are perhaps one of nature’s most beautiful and peculiar creatures. Science still struggles to explain the complexity of…

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Posted in: Columns, Save the Planet Filed under: kimberly garrett, milkweed, save the monarchs

Save the Planet: Oxygen-rich Plants

August 14, 2019 AnnMarie Kennon

In the high heat of summer, when a passing breeze feels more like a giant hair dryer, we spend a lot…

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Posted in: Columns, Save the Planet Filed under: air quality, indoor health, NASA plants, oxygen plants

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