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Sylvabiota™ recent posts:- Advice from Nature Mom and more May 20, 2013Take a “Signs of Fall” Walk | from the Nature Mom blog. This applies in any season, of course. See also Nature Mom’s posts about Signs of Spring. A quote from Nature Mom’s (Linda) post: Allow your child to lead the walk. Give them the space and time to discover Autumn [or any time] on […]
- Taking Action for George Washington National Forest & US Forest Service May 15, 2013Here’s something you can do to help leave the forests better than you found them. In this case, “better” would mean allowing the U.S. Forest Service to follow through on its proposal to protect the George Washington National Forest from toxic activity. In a situation like this, “better” may also mean our being better informed, […]
- .Announcing the Sylvabiota Honor Roll May 14, 2013In the Sylvabiota™ Honor Roll we express our special gratitude and respect for people and organizations whose efforts bring great value to our mission to always leave forests better than we found them, or who are themselves engaged in kindred ethics, measures and objectives that we find especially admirable, inspiring or helpful to our cause. […]
- Kids Discover the Forest May 13, 2013One of the most important things we can do to leave the forest better than we found it is to teach it to kids (and other adults). This will help to ensure that forests continue to be respected well beyond our tenure among them. I often feel that “I am my best person” when immersed […]
- Our Future Forest Stewards May 13, 2013A post packed with resource information on raising the next generation of people who will leave the forests better than they found them. Unplug the kids and turn them on to forest life. If you can’t pry them away from the computer, drag them to DiscoverTheForest.org, explore it with them, and THEN unplug the computer. […]
- Happy Mother's Day! May 12, 2013Reblogged from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region: Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLyIlokg3us&feature=youtu.be I regret that this great post included no human mothers and children in nature.
- Aldo Leopold Quotes & Biography April 22, 2013We update this post as we come across Aldo Leopold quotes and information that we liked or used in the blog. For more information about Aldo Leopold, see: Wikipedia article on Aldo Leopold. Aldo Leopold Foundation Center for Humans and Nature Most recently added quotes are on top. “I have purposely presented the land ethic […]
- Carry Out, Carry Out April 22, 2013Here is a tip for how to leave the forest better than you found it, and to merge forest life into your life: Collect human artifacts from the woods! That is, always carry a trash bag and carry out something that somebody else carried in and left where it does not belong. A typical grocery […]
- Sylvabiota Launch on Earth Day 2013 April 22, 2013I have purposely presented the land ethic as a product of social evolution because nothing so important as an ethic is ever ‘written’… It evolves in the minds of a thinking community. -- Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There (1949) Sylvabiota™ is about forming a personal, family, group and community […]
- Advice from Nature Mom and more May 20, 2013
Tag Archives: Weather
Winter Wonderland
I shot these pictures today, 12/25/2012. I have better winter pictures from February 2012, coming soon to a blog scribblement near you, but today I wanted to share pictures taken today. This has nothing to do with Christmas, but boy-oh-boy … Continue reading
Way – Scribblement 20121222
Saturday, December 22, 2012. The second day of winter. I meant to write something yesterday, to celebrate winter solstice, but I exhausted myself out in the woods being The Balsamean, celebrating for real, not just on paper. Er … I … Continue reading
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9/11/12: First Frost is ICE!
Despite the sobering remembrances of another 9/11, I’ve declared 9/11/12 a holiday at Balsamea, in honor of our first frost coming five days earlier than the average (9/15) AND it was not merely FROST, but ICE! I had a … Continue reading
