Keep bringing your CLEAN & DRY items for Ridwell! The special item for this pick up is Bread Tags. Please sort and bag all items into their appropriate bin by Monday, June 3 at noon. Contact Kathy (612.590.9606) or Sue (612.703.2297) with any questions. More details on what you can drop off are available here.
Thank you to everyone who attended our What’s the Buzz About Bees event last week! Joyce Eckes compiled this list of resources for those interested in learning more.
Wild Ones (National)
Dwindling biodiversity is a threat to the foundation of life on Earth. In the last century alone, we’ve lost millions of acres of diverse ecosystems to urbanization. Native plants help protect and restore biodiversity, improve air and water quality and provide wildlife with quality food and shelter. Our vision is native plants and natural landscapes in every community.
Promoting environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the conservation, restoration and establishment of native plants.
Board of Water and Soil Resources
The restoration and protection of Minnesota’s water resources and sensitive lands is key to BWSR’s mission and the programs it administers. These programs help to improve water quality, provide wildlife and pollinator habitat, reduce soil erosion, restore soil health, reduce flooding impacts, and mitigate for lost wetland functions.
The Lawns to Legumes program offers a combination of workshops, coaching, planting guides and cost-share funding (individual support grants) for installing pollinator-friendly native plantings in residential lawns.
Metro Blooms partners with communities to create resilient landscapes and foster clean watersheds, embracing the values of equity and inclusion to solve environmental challenges.
Doug Tallamy & Michelle Alfandari
Homegrown National Park® (HNP) raises awareness and urgently inspires everyone to address the biodiversity crisis by adding native plants and removing invasive ones where we live, work, learn, pray and play.
What: Anti-hate banner display where White Lives Matter recently put up racist stickers. Examples are in this short video.
Where: The Pennsylvania Ave. pedestrian bridge over 394. There’s on-street parking 7560 Wayzata Blvd, Golden Valley, MN 55426. It’s on the 645 bus route and is wheelchair accessible.
When: 1-3 p.m. this Saturday May 13th
Who: You, and everyone you’re able to invite. This is a public event, so bring some friends!
Join us for a social hour at JJ’s Clubhouse after we’re done on the bridge.
Please have your donations at UUCM by noon on May 20. This pick up’s Featured Category is yarn and fleece scraps, at least 1’x1′. The response to Ridwell has been terrific but we need your help to follow the rules:
UUCM Happenings 