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Two often misunderstood members of the Asteraceae family that can be found throughout much of the United States are ragweed and thistle. The reason these plants are considered misunderstood is that even though they are native and extremely helpful towards their surrounding environment, human encounters do not usually end well with the results ranging from severe allergic reactions to sore hands and fingers. Hopefully the information below will shed a more positive light on

Asteraceae Family is one of the largest families of native plants and globally includes nearly 1,620 genera, within which there are nearly 23,600 species.

Recently, the National Wildlife Federation's Sacred Grounds program supported a native plant giveaway at my church by providing hundreds...

Source: RepStack - Azhar Siddiqui (unaltered and permitted by the following license ) The expanded use of virtual meeting platforms such...

Used toner and printer cartridges represent another significant source of waste for electronics and office supplies. It is estimated that...

With the onset of spring, I wanted to return to the topic of native plants. I have been reading a book titled "Bringing Nature Home" by...

In a previous article, I mentioned that one solution for reducing the amount of microfibers that are released into the water when doing...

Image taken from Wikipedia (Horia Varlan) under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. It seems that plastic straws and other single-use plastic products are on the comeback as of 2025 when President Trump signed an executive order to encourage the use of plastic straws by the federal government as well as the general public. As part of the answer to the President's comments, plastic straws are more of a concern compared to most other single-use plastic product

You may wonder what clothing has to do with plastics. Much of our clothing is made from polyester, which is a synthetic fiber derived...

Source: Wikipedia (Sustainablebill) under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license Although it is often recommended from a sustainability perspective to minimize the consumption of single-use plastics (or any type of single-use packaging), there are situations in which they can fulfill a critical need. One alternative that I would like to explore is water packaged in aluminum cans. A quick introduction to this concept can be found in the follow