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I am interested in getting my bird of prey related business more involved in my community. I have several projects in mind. First of all, the Kestrel and Owl nest box program, along with the elimination of the use of rodenticides in our environment. www.birdsofprey.net
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Coloring rice was the project of the day. White rice, water color paints, plastic bags, two teachers, and eight Explorers were the ingredients needed for this plan. Each child was asked, "What color rice would you like to make?"
"Blue, yellow, pink, light green, turquoise, dark green, orange, and purple," were the answers that rang through the classroom.
In teams of…
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New book available from MIT Press about how and why people engage in caring for nature and community in neighborhoods impacted by poverty, pollution, lack of green space, natural disaster, and ethnic conflict.
Krasny, Marianne E and Keith G Tidball. Civic Ecology: Adaptation and Transformation from the Ground Up. MIT Press. January 2015.
Added by Marianne Krasny on February 15, 2015 at 8:55am — No Comments
Tree climbing connects
As a professional tree climbing instructor (yes, there is a such an occupation that requires you to never grow up) and technical tree climber for over 20 years, I've…
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Turkey Vulture -
Turkey vultures are scavengers, eating almost any dead animal’s carcass. Also called buzzards, they win no beauty contests in nature. They have a bald, red head that is tucked into a black-feathered body, and they have a sharp black beak to stab and rip at meat.
They glide low to the ground and smell…
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Cedarsong Forest Kindergarten Newsletter – January 2015
By Erin Kenny ©2015
January in the Pacific Northwest has been unseasonably warm and we have observed many signs of spring. We discovered new buds on the elderberry and the huckleberry. We noticed that the hazelnut catkins (flowers) have released their pollen and that the alder catkins are ready to eat. We are seeing new sprouts of miner’s lettuce and sticky wicky (cleavers) and we are seeing lots of new mushrooms,…
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Cedarsong Forest Kindergarten Newsletter – November-December 2014
By Erin Kenny ©2014
November and December weather was mostly overcast and cool however we are still experiencing warmer than historical temperatures. The forest floor is covered with debris from the windy season. The children are enthralled by the number of items they find in the debris on the forest floor. One of the most interesting discoveries we made was the huge numbers of red alder seeds on the…
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The more I learn about the vital necessity of allowing children daily, unrestricted playtime outside for their whole health, the more I want to make it a routine part of our lives.
Have you heard of The Green Hour? The National Wildlife Federation recommends spending one hour outside each day for our holistic health.
I just took the Pledge to be Out There which says I'll make getting outside a priority for my family.
The…
Added by Julia Cadieux on February 2, 2015 at 7:00pm — No Comments
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