Planting for Pollinators
by Russ Henry Monarch butterflies love milkweed! Pollinators are creating a big buzz in media around the world. Pollinators are facing a perfect storm of intersecting catastrophes including loss of habitat …
Beyond Pesticides
Beyond Pesticides works with allies in protecting public health and the environment to lead the transition to a world free of toxic pesticides. Beyond Pesticides seeks to protect healthy air, …
Why the Bees are Disappearing
Honeybees have thrived for 50 million years, each colony 40 to 50,000 individuals coordinated in amazing harmony. So why, in 2006, did colonies start dying en masse? Marla Spivak, University …
VERGE Talk: BeesLoveSolar
Fresh Energy’s Rob Davis gave a 10-minute talk about how large-scale solar can save bees, monarchs, and other important pollinators. Fresh Energy is a leading voice in helping stakeholders recognize …
Pollinator-Friendly Solar: Everybody Loves It!
By Fresh Energy | May 15, 2017 Connexus Energy’s pollinator-friendly community solar garden is not only producing renewable energy, it is now producing honey. On April 24, 2017, Bolton Bees installed 15 beehives …
Pollinate Minnesota
Pollinate Minnesota is working toward a better Minnesota for pollinators and people. They teach immersive education classes, establish educational hives with community partners, and advocate at the local, state and …
Xerces Society
The Xerces Society is a science-based conservation organization, working with diverse partners including scientists, land managers, educators, policymakers, farmers, and citizens. Core programs focus on habitat conservation and restoration, species conservation, …
Bee Squad at the University of Minnesota
Inspired by Dr. Marla Spivak at the University of Minnesota Bee Lab, the Bee Squad helps beekeepers and the community in the Twin Cities area foster healthy bee populations and …
Bees Love Solar
Stacking the benefits of America’s rapid deployment of solar — by using the land under and around the panels for biodiverse pollinator habitat — is an idea worth sharing IGNITE 10 …