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The Butterfly Effect
Featured March 16, 2020First thing you need to know: The Butterfly Effect is real and I am living proof. I am obsessed with Monarch Butterflies – plain and simple. I’m obsessed with attracting them to my yard, preserving them as the magnificent species that they are, and with planting milkweed in my yard to make sure I see them up close AND personal so that I can observe every stage of their lifecycle! (Mini lesson on the four stages of the Monarch Butterfly life cycle: The egg, the larvae (caterpillar), the pupa (chrysalis), and the adult butterfly. In March and April, the eggs are laid on milkweed plants.…
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Get moving for a happier, healthier mind
March 15, 2020A healthy body and healthy mind go hand in hand. In other words, if your body feels good you will too. Which means it’s…
Learn MoreConfessions of an Exhausted Eco-Mama: How I Found the Most Important Way to Teach My Daughter to Love the Earth
February 17, 2020CONFESSIONS I admit it. I use Ziploc bags. There. I said it. Not because I want to but because they’re so dang convenient and…
Learn MoreIt’s time to talk to your kids about e-cigarettes
February 17, 2020E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that deliver nicotine, flavorings and other ingredients to the user. The use of e-cigarettes is also known as vaping. Contrary…
Learn MoreFaces of the Climate March: Arizona
January 27, 2020Will this youth-led movement be a tipping point in the climate crisis? (Jake Meyers/University of Arizona). “We need to prepare the next generation…
Learn MoreManaging diabetes during holiday travel
January 9, 2020Things that come with a holiday trip – trying new foods, eating at different times and being more active (or less) than normal –…
Learn More5 Actions You Can Take This Week
December 18, 2019“There is nothing magical about the flip of the calendar, but it represents a clean break, a new hope, and a blank canvas.” –…
Learn MoreThe scoop on croup
December 10, 2019A child’s barking cough and labored breathing in the middle of the night is enough to send any parent running for the Emergency Department.…
Learn MoreA Different Kind of "Thanksgiving"
November 26, 2019Recently, I came across an article published by the University of Arizona, that really got my attention. It opened with this thought-provoking quote: "For many…
Learn MoreEco-Friendly Holiday Season - Let's Do This!
November 26, 20192019 certainly has been quite an interesting year for Mother Earth, eh? There has been historic flooding across the planet, massive extreme wildfires, record-shattering…
Learn MoreGood Reads with Mrs. Green: Nature, Culture and the Sacred
November 26, 2019I remember the first time I encountered Nina Simons, the author of Nature, Culture and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership. She was…
Learn More5 Actions You Can Take This Week
November 26, 2019“Gratitude is not only the greatest of all virtues, but the parent of all others.” Marcus Tullius Cicero Ready to do some good for…
Learn MoreThe Power of Partnerships: Picking up the Renewable Energy Pace
November 14, 2019Reflecting On Our Current Climate Reality As I sit to write this post, it's accurate to state that significant parts of our world are …
Learn MoreWhat you should know about the flu
November 13, 2019Many people recover from a bout with the flu in about a week with no complications. But for those over the age of 65,…
Learn MoreDisruptor for Good Spotlight Eleven: Trish
October 20, 2019Where Even the Mountains Swim I have no distinct memory of falling in love with the outdoors, I just remember always playing outside. I…
Learn MoreDisruptor for Good Spotlight Twelve: Helene
October 20, 2019Accidental Adventures I grew up in a somewhat rural suburb of Philadelphia, where a majority of my childhood was spent outdoors. My brothers and…
Learn MoreDisruptor for Good Spotlight Thirteen: Sue
October 20, 2019Surprise Yourself When I was approached about contributing to Mrs. Green’s Disruptor for Good series, I have to admit, I felt intimidated. I’ve read…
Learn MoreKeep medicines up, away and locked.
October 20, 2019Approximately 60,000 young children are brought to emergency departments across the nation each year because they got into medicines that were left within reach.…
Learn MoreThe Wolf Watchers
October 7, 2019The Back Story I can’t remember when I first became obsessed with wolves – with their beauty, their playfulness, with their amazing commitment to…
Learn MoreWolves on Top of the World
October 7, 2019Key to Ecosystem Health Wolves and predators in general play a fundamental role in maintaining ecosystem health. Research strongly supports the contributions of wolves,…
Learn MoreSustainability Planning is for Everyone
September 3, 2019Everything is interrelated and connected. That is true at any scale, from the universe down to the microscopic. It also applies to sustainability planning,…
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