This morning when I woke up I saw seven mourning doves on our swing set. That made me think of all the other birds I see. Birds are always around, but this is a great time of year to see them as they start their migration! I like to watch them feeding. All it takes
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The big environmental thing is a street lamp made to run on dog poop. The designer is named Mathew Mazzota and he’s working on the lamp as part of the Park Spark Project (www.parksparkproject.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/The-Park-Spark-Project/129696893712378). The lamp is installed in a dog park in Cambridge, Massachusetts and it works like this: The
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During a day long ceremony at her school in Siaya, Kenya, AFN’s Eco-Hero, Winne Owade, was awarded her certificate by the Area Councilor. Winne won the prize for organizing a program at her school to feed the local monkeys in the trees around the campus with food left over from the school cafeteria. She also
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