“Nature Pod” Fall Field Trips
Does school look a little different for your crew this fall? Whether you’re remote learning, sending the kids in person or something in between, we want to help support you
August 24, 2020
Does school look a little different for your crew this fall? Whether you’re remote learning, sending the kids in person or something in between, we want to help support you
The Paul Pierotti Scholarship Fund was established in 2006 by Forest Preserve District of DuPage County then – President D. “Dewey Pierotti, Jr. and his wife Leslie in memory of
Thank you to all of the participants who logged in to the 202 Environmental Summit held on Thursday, January 18th. Participants were energized by the wealth of information shared on
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently released its latest report, issuing a “code red for humanity” by their own description. For the past 50 years, The Conservation Foundation, through
With so much that was familiar in their little worlds crumbling around them this year, it has been incredibly important to still serve the youth of our communities and connect them to
Winter in Illinois means snow and usually a lot of it. Good for recreation if you like skiing, snowshoeing, making snowmen, and throwing the occasional snowball. Not so good for
“Community” is a powerful word. Community members help each other, have each other’s backs, and help strengthen our lives through cooperation and love. We use this word a lot around here to
Picture Courtesy of University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Agrivoltaics is the use of land for both agriculture and solar energy generation. It attempts to solve multiple problems at once –
Photograph by Nannette Abate, Courtesy of the artist A preserved tree standing defiantly with a fence forced to go around it symbolizes how art and conservation benefit each other.
The use of ‘innovation’ and ‘technical transformation’ to deal with climate change has recently gotten a lot of mindshare. These solutions are physical, using something like hydro-panels. They are also
Image created by Steve Stawarz using DALL-E 2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize conservation efforts by providing new tools for monitoring and protecting wildlife, identifying and
Farming is one of the oldest and arguably most important human pursuits. People have come a long way over the millennia in how we farm and grow crops with the
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to deal with climate change has been a hot topic for several years. In 2021, I did a blog on using AI for conservation.
Prior to the Arctic blast and a day after a fresh fallen snow, my wife and I visited one of our favorite forest preserves on a Saturday in January- Russell
Source of Picture: Arbor Hills Tree Farm Most people think charcoal is only meant for use in a BBQ. But there is a version of charcoal called biochar that