Commentary: Freedom lawns should be the norm
Lawns of natural plants mean freedom from watering, fertilizing, reseeding and pesticide use.
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Commentary: Why fight nature by mowing lawns?
Why are we fighting nature by growing lawns when we are losing habitat for our native plants and wildlife?
Plants like company to thrive
Plants need each other. When lonely shrubs are spaced apart and surrounded by mulch, they cannot connect.
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Commentary: How to get past our Williamsburg bubble and help our planet
We need to look beyond the safety of home and see what we can do to help the planet.
Commentary: A native tree for wildlife
This native tree with its yellow and white flowers can get pretty tall - over 100 feet!
![The ultimate goal for Earth Day 2024 is to build a future free of plastics, starting with a 60% reduction in plastic production by 2040. How can we do this? There are many ways us consumers can begin NOW to modify some of our habits. The goal of marketing has always been to create customer dissatifaction – with our cars, clothes, kitchen gadgets – our new is better than your old. It’s difficult to ignore the moving ads on TV, print media and catalogs appearing too often in our mailboxes. But why do we allow ourselves to be so influenced […]](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/VWLN7PK5OJFSTLGEAIX6DZ5KWA.jpg?w=132 "The ultimate goal for Earth Day 2024 is to build a future free of plastics, starting with a 60% reduction in plastic production by 2040. How can we do this? There are many ways us consumers can begin NOW to modify some of our habits. The goal of marketing has always been to create customer dissatifaction – with our cars, clothes, kitchen gadgets – our new is better than your old. It’s difficult to ignore the moving ads on TV, print media and catalogs appearing too often in our mailboxes. But why do we allow ourselves to be so influenced […]")
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Commentary: Earth Day is approaching. How are we helping the planet?
The ultimate goal for Earth Day 2024 is to build a future free of plastics, starting with a 60% reduction in plastic production by 2040. How can we do this?...
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Commentary: Trees or tissues?
we are beginning to realize that our throwaway society is not sustainable; landfills are unnecessarily crowded with plastic straws, fast fashion textiles and paper.
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Commentary: Christmas without plastic
Traditions are not set in stone — Christmas in America is only 150 years old. Now is a good time to start new, sustainable traditions.
Commentary: The leaves are falling – let them be
The regular recycling of nutrients when trees drop their leaves is critical for us and for the health of our planet.
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Commentary: Turn off the lights and other things to do to protect animals
Being aware of the needs of all the other life forms that share the earth with us.