Environmental News

A curated set of environmental news stories brought to you by the Gottlieb Native Garden team.

Championing Its Heritage, Canada Inches Toward Its Goal of Planting 2 Billion Trees

Championing Its Heritage, Canada Inches Toward Its Goal of Planting 2 Billion Trees · October 2, 2022

Two years into a reforestation campaign, the country has yet to meet 1 percent of its objective, sowing worry about the level of financial commitment from the government. And some fret that planting trees may not be an optimal strategy for countering climate change or fulfilling other environmental goals.

In California, a Race to Save the World’s Largest Trees From Megafires

In California, a Race to Save the World’s Largest Trees From Megafires · September 23, 2022

Wildfires killed up to a fifth of the world’s giant sequoias in just two years, but stopping the devastation requires lighting even more fires in their groves.

The flower industry has a thorny environmental problem — and plastic is just part of it

The flower industry has a thorny environmental problem — and plastic is just part of it · September 23, 2022

Becky Feasby, a sustainable florist and owner of Prairie Girl Flowers in Calgary, said she had two thoughts when she saw the royal tributes. First, that the bulk of those flowers was likely imported. Second, she was struck by the “sheer volume of plastic wrapping.”

California Has Provided Incentives for Methane Capture at Dairies, but the Program May Have ‘Unintended Consequences’

California Has Provided Incentives for Methane Capture at Dairies, but the Program May Have ‘Unintended Consequences’ · September 19, 2022

Scientists and environmentalists appeal for more data, noting that research on the ammonia emissions from processed manure raises troubling questions about a vital element of California’s climate change strategy.

Growing Things: Saving seeds with some help from the library

Growing Things: Saving seeds with some help from the library · September 16, 2022

Methods to save your own seeds, and contribute to the EPL’s Seed Library (which you can borrow from too.)

Montecito Residence Wins WaterWise Garden Recognition Contest

Montecito Residence Wins WaterWise Garden Recognition Contest · September 9, 2022

Beauty, efficiency go hand-in-hand with native greenery at home of John and Teri Keating

Milkweed giveaway to attract Monarch Butterflies Sunday

Milkweed giveaway to attract Monarch Butterflies Sunday · September 9, 2022

Capone and the Tule River Parkway Association in conjunction with the Alta Peak Chapter of the California Native Plant Society are doing their part to try to save the Monarch Butterfly, which was declared endangered over the summer.

There will be 100 Narrowleaf Milkweed plants given away from 10 to 11 a.m. Sunday, September 11 at the Tule River Parkway.

Fall flora

Fall flora · September 8, 2022

The North Coast Chapter of the California Native Plant Society will hold its annual fall plant sale Sept. 24 and 25 at its volunteer-run nursery at Freshwater Farms Reserve (a North Coast Regional Land Trust property), 5851 Myrtle Ave., Eureka.

Ornamental shrub grows out of control, pushes out native plants

Ornamental shrub grows out of control, pushes out native plants · September 2, 2022

“Bad plant, bad!”

Now, it’s not a very good idea to speak out loud to shrubbery, unless you are sure that nobody can hear you. But that is about the most appropriate thing you could say to this gorgeous plant, which has seduced many of us into growing it for its great ornamental value and for its usefulness as a source of wildlife food.

‘Sage is your friend, not your smudge stick’: Taking back a native plant

‘Sage is your friend, not your smudge stick’: Taking back a native plant · September 2, 2022

In their short documentary “Saging the World,” filmmakers Rose Ramirez and Deborah Small explain the importance of the plant in pollination, how the native plant differs from the herb found in supermarkets which originated in Albania, and the threat to its existence as the land on which it grows is being shared by non-Native people contorting its use.

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