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Tips to Use Less Water

Academy of Natural Sciences

Conserving water is vital to protecting plants, animals, ourselves and the planet, and this practice has the added benefit of reducing energy use and decreasing pollution. Consider a commercial car wash that recycles water. Install drought resistant native trees and plants and pour a mulch around them to retain moisture. In general.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

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Block III - Outdoors Writer Established Legacy Of Conservation -- PennDOT, DEP, State Police, DCED, Keep PA Beautiful Call On Pennsylvanians To ‘Fight Dirty’ In New Anti-Litter Campaign; Litter Summit Nov. 26-27 -- Academy Of Natural Sciences Of Drexel University Hosts Bug Fest! . -- FracTracker Alliance: New Film Tells Story Of Grant Twp.,

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GIANT Foods, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Award 45 Healing The Planet Waterways, Community Improvement Grants

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The following organizations are the recipients of a 2022 Healing the Planet grant from The GIANT Company and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful: Maryland The High 5 Initiative, Inc., The following organizations are the recipients of a 2022 Healing the Planet grant from The GIANT Company and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful: Maryland The High 5 Initiative, Inc.,

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

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4-6 Chesapeake Watershed Forum [PaEN] -- Erie Times: 650 New Trees Take Root In Erie’s Downtown, On Mercyhurst Campus On Arbor Day -- Scranton Times: Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. Springton Manor Farm, Glenmoore.

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Recent Acquisitions to the Academy’s Archives

Academy of Natural Sciences

Covers of what i found in the forest: a poem with photographs (January 2024) and Planet Plastic (spring 2024), 2024-05 Zines on plastics pollution and nature observation were purchased for the Archives at the annual printPHILLY! Planet Plastic by Wisconsin based artist Jesse Solberg is a six-page zine with a cover made of recycled paper pulp.

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The GIANT Company, Keep PA Beautiful Announce Award Of 42 Healing The Planet Grants In PA, MD, VA, WV

PA Environment Daily

All projects selected for funding will connect people and families with community green spaces through park improvements, park builds, watershed restoration, recycling infrastructure and related programs, beautification and greening, community gardens, vacant lot restoration, outdoor classrooms, and tree plantings.

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Create a Water-Wise Garden

Academy of Natural Sciences

Some soaker hoses are made from recycled rubber materials that may leech into the ground, so be sure to look at your options. The perfect way to literally conserve water, even if you live in a water-rich place, is to use a rain barrel! They feature tiny pores that gently release less to deeply water the roots. Install a rain barrel!

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