Saturday Tweets: Bees, Fireflies and Food Waste

June 16, 2018

#longlivetheswarm https://t.co/ecdgLZTF9S pic.twitter.com/Kzj5577b0u — Natural BK Trust (@NaturalBeeTrust) June 15, 2018 I’m watching hundreds of fireflies in my small yard filled with plants, no chemicals used. Over my next door neighbor’s fence, not a single firefly. They spray weekly for mosquitoes. Here’s how to help fireflies https://t.co/j3Vfurc11Z — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) June 13, 2018 “The promise of the car is a myth, and we can...

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Saturday Linkages: Beetle Party, Floating Homes and Cilantro

Mr. Homegrown

June 9, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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Beetle party on this wild Rosa species. Mating and getting covered in pollen in the process! Plant-insect interactions are so cool.#beetles #rosa #iamabotanist #mating #NaturePhotography #naturelovers pic.twitter.com/qyCoOB9MNw — Dr. Cassandra Quave (@QuaveEthnobot) June 7, 2018 As Lyme goes global, a new book sees it as ‘first epidemic of climate change’. I check myself at least twice a day, as well as spraying my ankles w/insecticide before goi...

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Saturday Tweets: Rocket Stoves, Cheese Museums and a Round Earth

Mr. Homegrown

May 26, 2018

Saturday Linkages

The Watchman rocket stove: https://t.co/XgtZKwYW3g — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 26, 2018 Imsil Cheese Theme Park @atlasobscura https://t.co/TEhL4hFloV — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 26, 2018 9 years post sowing the Tonbridge prairie is becoming extraordinary, Baptisia australis var. minor is first to flower in May. James Hitchmough and Tom Stuart Smith Design, Joe Ransley management pic.twitter.com/2XGjQypCq3 — James Hitchmough (@HitchmoughJa...

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Saturday Tweets: Compressed Air, Digging Down and Orange Marmalade

Mr. Homegrown

May 19, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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Compressed air energy storage: https://t.co/Vb4IEKGScf — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 19, 2018 U.S. cities are losing 28.5 million trees every year, the equivalent of 138,000 acres of urban forest, according to a study published in the journal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. https://t.co/eZw5XXnE5c via @AnthropoceneMag — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) May 17, 2018 'A pool in the basement is a clear marker of wealth': how the super-rich...

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Saturday Tweets: From Zines to Hedgehogs

Mr. Homegrown

May 12, 2018

Saturday Linkages

“zines are really any folded piece of paper with information on it. it’s powerful for the community to have zines to show that their voice counts, that their voice matters” thanks @MeganPanatier for the link! https://t.co/vRhkCEDfnN — Malaka Gharib ملكة غريب (@MalakaGharib) May 10, 2018 “There’s Plenty of Street Space for All the People– But Not for All the Vehicles.” General Electric ran these ads…in 1940. Over three-quarters of a century later,...

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