We have a native plant nursery here at Stillwaters that is a part of our fulfillment of our mission — to assist and to support… Continue reading
It’s more critical than ever to keep the waters in Kitsap as clean as possible. We get our drinking water from the ground water in… Continue reading
When we finally have some summer warm weather, we spend even more time outdoors, and we enjoy our wildlife neighbors even more! The migrating birds visiting this summer seem even more abundant than usual, and their songs are delightful.
There are ways to get more birds, butterflies, and other friendly wildlife to your yard or property. It’s fun to have them around and to see them enjoying something you did to help them.
“Once you learn certain things — once you learn to ride a bike, say — your life has changed forever. You can’t unlearn it. Sustainability… Continue reading
I am good at moving to “Plan B” in life. If things aren’t working out as planned — and life seldom does, in my experience… Continue reading
Things have changed. We all know it. Our world surely is not like it used to be! And that’s both good and bad. In this case, I’m speaking of technological advances that have changed our lives forever.
“Nature Deficit” is a term made common by Richard Louv when he chronicled the great loss for our children, in particular, who now tend to spend more time looking at screens and a lot less time soaking in the natural world.
So we are all good about recycling every plastic container we possibly can, right? And we pick up plastic bags from the roadways and beaches and get those to the plastic bag recycling, right? And those nasty plastic rings around six-packs of beverages get carefully cut up and put safely in the garbage, along with plastic bottle caps, right? Great!
This year there is more excitement to watch as the London Olympics become the most sustainable, “green” Olympic Games to date, and a model for sustainability long after the Olympics have gone.
There is a lot to say about ways to recycle and consume less of Earth’s resources.
In the environmental education world, we start many meetings and workshops with the introduction questions, “What started your love of nature? What was your favorite place in nature as a child?”
I get questions about the benefits of the Stillwaters Fish Passage (aka “the Bridge”) at the mouth of the estuary all the time, which is nice. I’m glad folks are curious and concerned about the estuary.
I hear that many people still make New Year’s resolutions. I also hear that by February, many have broken them or given up already.
Right now, there is a very big project going on in Budd Inlet in Olympia, at the southern end of Puget Sound.
You might think some of these questions have been answered years ago. We just got back from a short trip where we discovered there are lots of people still wondering about very simple questions.
One of the things many people love about living around here is that they truly feel at home and know their place here. They have what we call “A Sense of Place” about Kingston or Kitsap.
Did you know that at least 60 percent of the solid waste going to landfills could be recycled?