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Fall Webworms: Friend or Foe?
There is a spectacle that occurs in summer each year around Yellow Springs that generates both amazement and concern among citizens and...
Don Cipollini
Jan 30, 20233 min read
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'Keystone Species' Vital
My love of the land started very early, on a small farm in Miami County, Ohio. My Dad, a third-generation vegetable farmer, was a very...
Catherine Zimmerman
Jun 27, 20223 min read
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The Free Advice of Birds
“The ability of the birds to show us the consequences of our own actions is among their most important but least appreciated attributes....
Bethany Gray
Jun 7, 20223 min read
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‘Capture the positive’ on Earth Day
In 1960, my father bought a 15-foot travel trailer following my mother’s declaration that she would agree to camping vacations only if we...
Mayor Pam Conine
May 26, 20224 min read
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The allure of local nature
My heartfelt appreciation to all the environmental activists and stewards of nature in our community. I suppose we have a higher number...
John Baldasare
Mar 13, 20223 min read
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Tecumseh Land Trust and affordable housing
“Affordable housing, farmland preservation and native habitat conservation — are they mutually exclusive?” Affordable housing, farmland...
Marianne MacQueen
Jan 3, 20224 min read
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Meet the Sustainability Champions
The Sustainability Champions, from left, are Reilly Dixon, Alexandra Klug, Florentina Rodriguez, Zach Bollheimer and Nancy Lineburgh. Not...
Piper Fernway
Oct 21, 20214 min read
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Help to craft sustainability plan
Yellow Springs has an impressive history of supporting the environment, including climate action studies, Council resolutions,...
Piper Fernway
Sep 3, 20213 min read
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Recycling confusion
The throwaway plastic that holds our takeout food and wraps our dry cleaning is widely seen as one of the world’s biggest environmental...
Victoria Hennessy
Jul 25, 20214 min read
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Down to Earth Launches
There is no Planet B. No escape possibilities, no magical solutions to save us from a world ailing from human destabilization of earth’s...
Catherine Zimmerman
Jul 6, 20214 min read
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Earth Day 2021— Ecologically conscious villagers share efforts
As Faith Morgan told me in a recent interview, it is difficult to wrap our heads around the magnitude of the problems we have created...
Marianne MacQueen
Apr 22, 20217 min read
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