Podcasts about protecting pollinators

Tiffany Boyd is known for her work in the area of climate action. Inspired by Greta Thunberg in 2019, Tiffany started Classrooms for Climate Action to connect teachers and students with local climate action. After growing up in Boulder, Colorado Tiffany taught in the Boulder Valley School District for 27 years and understands the unique challenges facing educators today. Throughout her teaching career, she has been passionate about getting students civically engaged and has focused that attention on climate. Some of Classrooms for Climate Action's units of study have focused on: Decarbonization, Electric school buses, Soil health, Protecting Pollinators, Flood mitigation, Fire mitigation, CO animals and migration, Tree planting, Plastic reduction, and raising money for an Anti-racism and Climate Justice mural. Tiffany Boyd is the Executive Director of  Classrooms for Climate Action which is located in Boulder County, Colorado. You can connect with Tiffany at https://classroomsforclimateaction.org/. To cite this episode: Persohn, L. (Host). (2024, Apr 9). A conversation with Tiffany Boyd (Season 4, No. 10) [Audio podcast episode]. In Classroom Caffeine Podcast series. https://www.classroomcaffeine.com/guests. DOI: 10.5240/F6FB-67D9-0477-A54E-B522-7Connect with Classroom Caffeine at www.classroomcaffeine.com or on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

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Pulling weeds around the yard isn't most people's idea of a good time. Busting out a spray bottle of herbicide might be the easy way out, but what's the price we pay for that? Casey and Sara discuss the use of herbicides in agriculture and urban areas, including the recent news surrounding the use of dicamba.    Resources for this episode: Protecting Pollinators from Herbicides: Rethinking Weed Management at Home Benefits and risks of the use of herbicide-resistant crops - Kathrine Hauge Madsen & Jens Carl Streibig How to use herbicides to safely control weeds on farms | OSU Extension Service Different pesticides dominate in different land-use areas Video: Herbicides: A Double-Edged Sword? What We Know about Herbicide Impacts on Pollinators History of Weed Control in the United States and Canada Herbicide Use in the Era of Farm to Fork: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Future Implications - PMC New Study: Agricultural Pesticides Cause Widespread Harm to Soil Health, Threaten Biodiversity Glyphosate-based herbicides and cancer risk: a post-IARC decision review of potential mechanisms, policy and avenues of research - PMC Weed Management in Lawns Guidelines--UC IPMBee Precaution Pesticide Ratings

Environmentalists in New York want Governor Kathy Hochul to sign the Birds and Bees Protection Act that would cut down the use of neonicotinoids. A New Haven homeless encampment was dismantled on Monday. New York's migrant crisis intensifies. And a conversation with U.S. treasurer and Mohegan chief Lynn Malerba.

Miles Dakin from the Pollinator Partnership joins to discuss the importance of protecting pollinators and the efforts his organization is taking to do so. One such program is Bee Friendly Farming and we'll touch on what this program means, it's impacts and how growers may already be taking steps in becoming bee friendly. It's all about bees and butterflies (...and insects, flies, moths, birds bats...); oh, and ALMONDS!

We're all becoming well aware of the huge impact that bees and other lovely pollinators have on our planet, which is wonderful news for local beekeepers & artisan honey producers like Epping Good Honey.Ian & Clare Nichols' passion for all bee species spills out into all they do, and they join Arthur to share how small changes like growing herbs or providing water for bees gives a great lease of life to our ecosystem.In this episode, discover:Why, and how, beehive numbers fluctuate with seasonsThe importance of buying from & supporting local producersHow we can all help fill the ‘June Gap' a critical month for supporting beesThe National Bee Unit's fantastic work tracking information for beekeepersHerbs and flowers that are fantastic for the bee populationPhoto Credit: Joe Woodhouse 

In the European Union, 78 % of native flora and 84 % of crops are either partially or fully dependent on insects for pollination. But significant pollinator loss has been documented over time across the EU. According to the European Red List of Bees, around 9 % of all bee species are threatened in the EU. In this episode, we'll talk about the key role pollinators play in nature, the threats they face and EU action to protect them. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_BRI(2021)696175 https://youtu.be/igbDomuXBUA Source: © European Union - EP

Developed in the 1990s - Neonicotinoids or “Neonics” are the most widely used pesticides used in agriculture around the world today. Thought to be a safer pesticide, we now know they contribute to bee colony collapse, have decimated fish farms, contaminated water and are a known neurotoxin to humans. One seed treated with this pesticide will kill a small bird. If you have eaten anything non organic - you have ingested this pesticide. Today I am speaking with the Acting Director of NRDC's Pollinator Initiative, Dan Raichel and Dr. Kathleen Nolan, pediatrician and Co Founder and Director of Concerned Health Professionals of New York. We will discuss why it is crucial to our health and future generations that we ban neonics once and for all and how you can be a part of it by getting The Birds and Bees Protection Act passed in NY State.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bethechange-with-christine-dimmick. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Developed in the 1990s - Neonicotinoids or “Neonics” are the most widely used pesticides used in agriculture around the world today. Thought to be a safer pesticide, we now know they contribute to bee colony collapse, have decimated fish farms, contaminated water and are a known neurotoxin to humans. One seed treated with this pesticide will kill a small bird. If you have eaten anything non organic - you have ingested this pesticide. Today I am speaking with the Acting Director of NRDC's Pollinator Initiative, Dan Raichel and Dr. Kathleen Nolan, pediatrician and Co Founder and Director of Concerned Health Professionals of New York. We will discuss why it is crucial to our health and future generations that we ban neonics once and for all and how you can be a part of it by getting The Birds and Bees Protection Act passed in NY State.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bethechange-with-christine-dimmick. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Mike Lewis sits down with Dr. Tom Webster from Kentucky State University Cooperative Extension Services to talk about the role pollinators play in farm ecosystems, how to attract more pollinators, and how to protect them when they arrive. It all comes down to planning, and Dr. Webster offers some great strategies for increasing pollinator health and diversity on your farm.Related ATTRA Resources:A Pictorial Guide to Hedgerow Plants for Beneficial InsectsAlternative Pollinators: Native BeesContact Mike Lewis via email at mikel@ncat.org.Please complete a brief survey to let us know your thoughts about the content of this podcast.Please call ATTRA with any and all of your sustainable agriculture questions at 800-346-9140 or e-mail us at askanag@ncat.org. Our two dozen specialists can help you with a vast array of topics, everything from farm planning to pest management, from produce to livestock, and soils to aquaculture.You can get in touch with NCAT/ATTRA specialists and find our other extensive, and free, sustainable-agriculture publications, webinars, videos, and other resources at NCAT/ATTRA's website.You also can stay in touch with NCAT at its Facebook page.Keep up with NCAT/ATTRA's SIFT farm at its website.Also check out NCAT's Regional Offices' websites and Facebook Pages!Southwest Regional Office: Website / FacebookWestern Regional Office: Website / FacebookRocky Mountain West Regional Office: FacebookGulf States Regional Office: Website / FacebookSoutheast Regional Office: Website / FacebookNortheast Regional Office: Website / Facebook

In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Mike Lewis sits down with Dr. Tom Webster from Kentucky State University Cooperative Extension Services to talk about the role pollinators play in farm ecosystems, how to attract more pollinators, and how to protect them when they arrive. It all comes down to planning, and Dr. Webster offers some great strategies for increasing pollinator health and diversity on your farm. Related ATTRA Resources: A Pictorial Guide to Hedgerow Plants for Beneficial Insects Alternative Pollinators: Native Bees Contact Mike Lewis via email at mikel@ncat.org. Please complete a brief survey to let us know your thoughts about the content of this podcast. Please call ATTRA with any and all of your sustainable agriculture questions at 800-346-9140 or e-mail us at askanag@ncat.org. Our two dozen specialists can help you with a vast array of topics, everything from farm planning to pest management, from produce to livestock, and soils to aquaculture. You can get in touch with NCAT/ATTRA specialists and find our other extensive, and free, sustainable-agriculture publications, webinars, videos, and other resources at NCAT/ATTRA's website. You also can stay in touch with NCAT at its Facebook page. Keep up with NCAT/ATTRA's SIFT farm at its website. Also check out NCAT's Regional Offices' websites and Facebook Pages! Southwest Regional Office: Website / Facebook Western Regional Office: Website / Facebook Rocky Mountain West Regional Office: Facebook Gulf States Regional Office: Website / Facebook Southeast Regional Office: Website / Facebook Northeast Regional Office: Website / Facebook

Spring is in the air, and it's tempting to clean up the yard. Yet, starting too early, or cleaning too thoroughly, can be devastating to our pollinators, including bees, birds and butterfiles. On this week's "Issues of the Environment," WEMU's David Fair spoke with Lisa Denys, a seasonal environmental program assistant for Washtenaw County, about some tips for maintaining a clean and environmentally friendly yard.

Shalom family.   Holy Spirit revealed this evening a weapon of our warfare found in the living word of God in Jesus mighty name (2 Corinthians 10:4, Ephesians 6:12, Deuteronomy 7:20)! Praise God also my software worked past 20 something minutes without incident! :D See the link below (Blue Letter Bible Link) for more information concerning the hornet of the Most High God in Jesus name (there are 3 scriptural references included in that link).  A link is also provided to show the parallel between occurrences in the natural realm and spiritual realm in regard to this type of spiritual weapon and spiritual warfare.  Notice the spiritual implication(s) detected in the natural realm concerning the hornet... first time ever recorded-the Asian Giant Hornet sighted in the United States specifically the state of Washington in the winter of 2019 *correction; which, was also the location for the first documented outbreaks of the pandemic in the U.S. in 2020.  Spiritually speaking this pandemic could be considered a hornet of the enemy; however, God's word is sovereign over the kingdom of darkness in Jesus name.  Moreover, the Living Word of God has revealed tonight that God Almighty has a hornet he has used to fight and destroy his enemies (even the enemies that went into hiding were located and destroyed by his mighty Holy Ghost hornet).  For it is written in John 6:63: "The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing: the words I have spoken to you-they are spirit and they are life."  Praise God family! Let us learn to dispatch the hornet of the Most High God in due time and season as Holy Spirit leads in Jesus name. Love you all! It is written: "the sting of death is sin and the power of sin is the law but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! Therefore my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable.  Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."  1 Cor 15: 56-58 H6880 - ṣirʿâ - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (KJV) (blueletterbible.org) Protecting Pollinators from A New Threat – First-Ever U.S. Sightings of Asian Giant Hornet | USDA Praise & Worship, Declare and Decree: See A Victory | Live | Elevation Worship - YouTube; Promises (feat. Joe L Barnes & Naomi Raine) - Maverick City | TRIBL - YouTube 

18:29 wind and water pollination 18:43 AI bees AI, Big Data, and Bees 19:12 Native Bees in NM Resources20:40 Native Plant Guide for the High Desert in NM 21:00 Monocropping is the agricultural practice of growing a single crop year after year on the same land, in the absence of rotation through other crops or growing multiple crops on the same land. Maize, soybeans, and wheat are three common crops often grown using monocropping techniques. 21:51 neonicotinoids are a class of insecticides related to nicotine 22:28 NSMU Guide to biological control of pests in your yard24:00 DIY native bee hotel building guide25:37 Track the Senate bill on eliminating neonicotinoid SB 103 26:43 Register for the NM Beekeepers Assocation Conference here! 28:15 Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup, a chemical herbicide used widely in agriculture and commonly in lawn care produced originally by agribusiness giant Monsanto--which was acquired by Bayer in 201828:35 The Green Amendment in NM 31:15 Quivira coalition 31:50 License plate to protect pollinators in NM32:28 Burque Bee City USA designation 35:54 A food desert is an area that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food, in contrast with an area with higher access to supermarkets or vegetable shops with fresh foods

Have you ever wondered what a pollinator garden is and why do we need them?  I am interviewing Green Women Leader Melisa Quire, Master Gardner, Artist, Soul Collage Coach who creates eco-friendly habitats including pollinator gardens.  We will discuss why we need them, what attracts pollinators to a plant and how we can help save pollinators?  Melisa also has recommended a couple of books to get some information on pollinator gardens, why it is so important for the eco-system and existence of our planet, Mother Earth.1)  Pollinator Victory Garden  by Kim Eierman  (2) Protecting Pollinators:  How to Save the Creatures That Feed Our World     by Jodi Helmer

Mike Jenkins, City of Edmonton, will talk about native species as pollinators, how to encourage them, and why they're important even if you aren't interested in honey. #UU #YEG 1 Welcome by Beth Jenkins 0:00 2 Congregational Call by Gloria Krenbrenk 0:34 3 Prelude “Gathering the Dew” by Gordon Ritchie 2:22 4 Lighting the Chalice words by Mark Causey 5:05 5 Sharing Abundance / Stewardship 5:54 8 “From you I receive, to you I give” 7:35 9 Reading “A Seed Knows How to Wait” 8:12 10 Musical Interlude “Mist of Cape Breton” by Gordon Ritchie 11:31 11 Guest Speaker Mike Jenkins “Protecting Pollinators” 14:27 12 Closing Words 45:33 13 Extinguishing the Chalice 46:04 14 “Carry the Flame of Peace and Love” 46:45 The Unitarian Church of Edmonton is a liberal, multi-generational, religious community. We celebrate a rich mosaic of free-thinking, spiritually-questing individuals joined in common support and action. We welcome diversity including diversity of beliefs from divine believers to humanists, from pagans to atheists and agnostics. We believe in the compassion of the human heart, the warmth of community, the pursuit of justice and the search of meaning in our lives. We gather with gratitude on traditional Cree lands that are now a part of Treaty Six and shared by many nations. A treaty is an inheritance, a responsibility and a relationship. May we be good neighbours to one another, good stewards to our planet and good ancestors to our children. UCE - https://www.uce.ca/ Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/41659071349/ Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/UnitarianChurch/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/EdmUnitarian Twitter - https://twitter.com/UnitarianUCE Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/unitarianuce/ SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/user-189401827/

Good day and welcome to Tractor Time, brought to you by Acres USA, the Voice of Eco-Agriculture. I’m your host, Ryan Slabaugh, and it feels like a spring day here in Greeley, Colorado, where we are recording episode 27 on this 20th day of March in 2019. It’s been a very interesting week in eco-agriculture, and while I don’t want to get too much into the news, it’s worth mentioning that we have a bunch of customers lose buildings to the heavy winds and flooding in the Midwest and out near our offices, we are following another Monsanto trial that decided the behemoth is responsible for informing its users about the potential risks, including cancer, and the European Union has decided to investigate both Monsanto and Exxon’s involvement in climate change denials. So the pressure’s on. A lot of people I’ve talked to think a vacuum is coming, where Roundup will be replaced by something … and we know the toxic race is on, but we sure hope some farmers can find a way to use nutrient-based farming techniques on part of their land. At least, that’s why we are here today. We are going to talk to Jodi Helmer, a journalist, gardener and author of six books, who with Island Press is releasing a new book, Protecting Pollinators (Island Press, available in the Acres U.S.A. bookstore.) We wanted to take this chance to talk bees and butterflies … and even long-nosed bats. We haven’t had an episode dedicated to this topic yet, so we needed one, as we know pollinators are one of the secret ingredients for growing food that we’ve neglected to include in a lot of our commercial agriculture systems. We’ll learn more about where we are with this today, how the protect the bees movement is doing, and what we can do with the land we own, rent and work at to help foster a better environment.

A Taste - "The Argument for Protecting Pollinators is So Much Stronger. It's Protecting Ourselves, Our Future, and Our Kids' Future..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 307 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 307 features an ecologically astute perspective shared by Regular Contributor Environmental Law Attorney Michael Harris. Michael is the Director of the Wildlife Law Program for Friends of Animals. He and I discuss - Monarch Butterflies, Their Declining Population, Indicators of the Health of Our Natural Environment, Habitats, Milkweed. Rachel Carson, Corporate Political Influence, Accepting Science, the Spiritual Place of Butterflies, the Endangered Species Act, Whaling, Moby Dick, Cultural History, Status Symbol Eating, Black Market Whale, a Rare Goat in Afghanistan... Episode 307 also includes an EW Essay titled "Oklahoma." We share an essay by the great John Gould titled "Going to Haul." We have a poem called "Projecting." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, David Bowie, Citizen Cope, Marvin Gaye, Lobstah Box, the Magnetic Fields, Allison Moore, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted In the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell your Friends and Neighbors...

Kim Eierman is the founder of EcoBeneficial!  She is an Environmental Horticulturist specializing in ecological landscapes and native plants. Kim teaches at the New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Native Plant Center in NY, Rutgers Home Gardeners School and several other institutions.  She is an active speaker on many ecological gardening topics, presenting at industry conferences, garden clubs, nature centers, Audubon Society chapters, beekeeping groups, and other organizations interested in environmental improvements.  Kim also provides horticultural consulting to homeowners and commercial clients. In addition to being a Certified Horticulturist through the American Society for Horticultural Science, Kim is a Master Gardener, a Master Naturalist, an Accredited Organic Landcare Professional, a Steering Committee member of The Native Plant Center and a member of the Garden Writers Association. Kim was awarded the Silver Award of Achievement by the Garden Writers Association for their 2014 and 2015 Media Awards Program. 

Matthew Shepherd is the Director of Communications and Outreach for the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. Jeff and Kim invited Matthew to  Beekeeping Today Podcast to discuss the Xerces Society's various programs including Protecting Pollinators, Monarch and Bumble Bee Conservation, and finally Xerces' various Citizen Science undertakings. Afterwards, Kim provides his perspective on invertebrate conservation programs and their importance to beekeepers, in his Inner Covered. Xerces Society - www.xerces.org     Questions/Comments: questions@beekeepingtodaypodcast.com   Thanks to Bee Culture, the Magazine of American Beekeeping, for their support of The Beekeeping Today Podcast. Available in print and digital at www.beeculture.com  Thanks for listening!   Podcast music: Young Presidents, "Be Strong"  

Does your garden or landscape attract pollinators? Attracting – and protecting – pollinators is something many of us have become more concerned about in recent years and for good reason. The combination of wide-scale pesticide use and habitat loss are two of the biggest culprits to the problem. While it’s unfortunate that we are facing […] The post 023-Attracting and Protecting Pollinators with Eric Mader appeared first on joe gardener® | Organic Gardening Like a Pro.

We offer two features on today's show: Protecting Pollinators (start time: 0:58): Hills, prairies and gardens are neon green and in full bloom. A pollinator's paradise, at least it should be. Birds, bees, butterflies, beetles and other pollinators rely on the nectar from flowering plants. We humans rely on them; roughly one out of every three bites we take comes from food that would not exist if not for pollinators. National Pollinator Week is June 19 - 25.  It will celebrate pollinators and promote how humans can help protect them.  Vicki Wojcik, research director at Pollinator Partnership, an organization that focuses on conservation, scientific research and education aimed at preserving pollinators, talks with host Susan Moran. Resources: Bee Safe Boulder (People and Pollinators Action Network), Colorado State Beekeeper Association, and Butterfly Pavilion. Testing Drinking Water (start time: 14:00): Two years ago Flint, Mich., turned the issue of lead in drinking water from a little known, or distant-past, hazard into a national scandal. Human error and coverups resulted in many Flint homes showing staggeringly high levels of lead in their drinking water. What happened in Flint has afflicted other cities. Water districts, which are required to monitor a sampling of homes in their districts for lead in drinking water, are stepping up efforts to prevent more Flints from happening. Here in Colorado, water districts use soda ash and other chemicals to keep their water from being overly corrosive, which was the problem in Flint. How On Earth's Shelley Schlender interviews Michael Cook, district manager of the Little Thompson Water District at the Carter Lake Water Filtration Plant near Loveland. The plant was recently out of compliance, meaning that samples from water district have shown higher levels of lead than what the state health department considers safe. Cook discusses what the district has done. (Boulder has its own water-filtration plant and has not been out of compliance at least in recent years. But all water districts must address similar concerns.) Hosts: Maeve Conran, Susan Moran Producer: Susan Moran Engineer: Maeve Conran Executive Producer: Susan Moran Listen to the show:

Dr. Dave Smitley is a professor and researcher at Michigan State University. He works with the turf grass and nursery industries to deal with emerging pest problems, and the greenhouse industry to grow plants in ways that are safe around pollinators. In this episode we talk about practical tips as well as national initiatives to protect pollinators in urban landscapes. For more, visit us at pollinationpodcast.oregonstate.edu.

The EPA recently came out with a report on chemical pesticides and the impact on pollinators. According to Lori Ann Burd from The Center for Biological Diversity, the report may be a step in the right direction, but it is far from complete.