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Bumble bee on fennel flowers in the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance garden

Bring Nature Home: Part 10

Help us celebrate Biodiversity Day with a love letter to your favorite bird, tree, mushroom, or insect on May 22nd.  Either get outside (safely) and visit that favorite tree or patch of flowers in your neighborhood or go searching online for something you have always loved or wanted to learn more about. Let us know why you love it so much in a simple post with the hashtag #BiodiversityDay.  Don’t forget to tag us @vcpalliance on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter so that we will see it. Make it fun for your kids by practicing ways to describe what you see while...

Bring Nature Home: Part 9

Be an earth superhero this week and take simple steps to do your part to improve your local environment. There are many things even the youngest around us can do to take steps to live more sustainably. Maybe you have seen garbage on the street and want to help clean it up, or make signs reminding people not to litter. Maybe you can make sure to turn off the water while your brushing your teeth or take shorter showers or wash dishes faster to conserve water. You can plant a garden, or even a few seeds in a pot on...

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