Saturday, June 29, 2024

4th of July 2024

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Happy Birthday America! 4th of July, our country's birthday, is definitely one of our biggest national holidays in the US.  Parades, pic...
Saturday, June 22, 2024

Fun With Fonts @ Google Labs GenType

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I'm a bit of a font fanatic. I love the ability to jazz things up with the digital creation of some tweaked typography. Perhaps then it...
Saturday, June 15, 2024

Happy Father's Day: June 16

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I always like to pay tribute here at GTG to seasonal holidays--both traditional and environmental ones. Mother's and Father's Day in...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Graduation Season

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School years are wrapping out and both teachers and students are getting out of school. One of my favorite times of the year as it is like s...
Saturday, June 8, 2024

Watching Wildlife

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As the weather is growing nicer in a lot of parts, here's some great advice from the National Park Service for anyone who may be out an...
Wednesday, June 5, 2024

World Environment Day: June 5th

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Annually, June 5th is World Environment Day. Led by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), this date is meant to unite people across...
Saturday, June 1, 2024

Marveling at Monarchs & Their Migration

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As the days warm up, I'm definitely outside more. Sitting at my patio table or lounge chair: sipping a cool beverage, reading a book, li...
Sunday, May 26, 2024

Simple Ways to Make Your Memorial Day More Sustainable

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As mentioned in my last post , he semi-official start to summer is Memorial Day weekend . Fun in the sun for everyone. With both summer and ...
Saturday, May 18, 2024

The Carbon Footprint of Your Cookout

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Summer's a-coming and that means so is barbecue and cook out season. A little al fresco, picnic style eating--what's not to love in ...
Sunday, May 12, 2024

Happy Mother's Day

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"Maycember" is a fairly new term (thank you social media) referring to the crazy busy time of May....relating in some ways to the ...
Sunday, May 5, 2024

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week 2024

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The first full week of May is always Teacher Appreciation Week.  For all of you teachers out there.... I know how hard you work, especially ...
Sunday, April 28, 2024

Earth Day: A Week Later

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It's a week after Earth Day, and I'm still thinking about it. Really, at this point in the venture, it shouldn't be just Earth D...
Sunday, April 21, 2024

Eight Ways To Celebrate Earth Day

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Happy Earth Day 2024 If you are still looking for ways to celebrate your Earth Day, here are 8. Take care of Mother Nature today in order to...
Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Jane Goodall's 90th Birthday--Environmental Champion

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Lately, with life events, I've been living the Meg Ryan Lines in the 1991 movie "When Harry Met Sally" and I've been ...
Saturday, April 13, 2024

Earth Day 2024: Planet Vs. Plastics

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Earth Day is on its way, swiftly approaching on April 22nd . Since its first one in 1970 , Earth Day has been a day dedicated to the better...
Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Visualizing the Ripple Effect of Climate Disasters

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I ran across this amazing data visualization graphic on FutureEarth's Instagram page .  Created by Federica Fragapane (whose entire gall...
Sunday, April 7, 2024

Eclipse Fever 2024

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The eclipse is coming...the eclipse is coming.... It's the 2024 version of "Chicken Little." Everyone right now has Eclipse Fe...
Wednesday, April 3, 2024

"Bee" Kind to Bees 🐝

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Someday we may be the proud owner of some bees and a bee box (or two). My husband's been looking into it with some county education clas...