by Bonnie Pond | Jun 4, 2019 | Education, Recycling & Upcycling
If you’re not at least a little concerned about the environmental crisis facing all of us here on good ol’ planet Earth, I have a small request. START PAYING ATTENTION!! Things are getting pretty ugly. And scary. But the good news is that every one of us...
by Bonnie Pond | May 13, 2019 | Community Building, Food & Water Security, Hope
Lots of us look forward to getting outside every spring and digging in the garden. I call it “dirt therapy.” Whether it’s planting a row of marigolds along the front sidewalk or landscaping the back yard, there’s something relaxing and...
by Bonnie Pond | May 11, 2019 | Education, Recycling & Upcycling
Poor Mother Earth. She’s suffocating under the millions of tons of plastics, paper, and all the other garbage we toss out every day. The latest statistics say we’re producing more than 3.5 million tons of trash daily in the US. Yes, you read that right. Every....
by Bonnie Pond | Mar 28, 2019 | Climate Change, Community Building, Education, Food & Water Security, Recycling & Upcycling
Unless you’ve been living in a cave somewhere for the last few years, you understand that Earth’s climate is changing — and not for the better. Sadly, some of our political leaders still insist that it’s all a big fat lie. They tell us...
by Bonnie Pond | Mar 9, 2019 | End Bullying
My child a bully? No way! Immediately the defenses go up and the denials begin. How could your sweet little kid be a bully? I spent a couple of decades teaching elementary school and I know that bullies are not always the biggest, loudest kids in class. Even...