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Birds Are Big Responsibility

Maintaining feeders, houses must be part of promise AMANDA BANCROFT Making Ripples This sentence might be your first encounter with the knowledge that uncleaned nest boxes, suet cages, bird feeders,

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Rain + Plants = Perfection

Groundcovers are win-win for humans and nature AMANDA BANCROFT Making Ripples Spring is on its way, bringing lots of rain and flowers. Maybe you want less mud and more flowers!

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Let The Sun Shine In

Entrepreneur finds solar is his super-power AMANDA BANCROFT Making Ripples Do you dream about doing something different with your life, but feel too afraid to go for it because resources

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Always More To Do

Every little bit helps save the environment AMANDA BANCROFT Making Ripples There’s always more to do. When applied to one’s work, this sentence can overwhelm the well-intentioned. But in the

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Birds Of A Feather

Always something new to see in nature AMANDA BANCROFT Making Ripples We’re lucky to live at a time when people can still encounter and explore the natural world. Even a

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Putting An End To The Stigma

Real question isn’t menstrual pads, it’s stigma AMANDA BANCROFT Making Ripples Myths about menstruation propagate less sustainable products and cause harm to those in developing parts of the world. Beneath

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Taking Wing

Like barn swallows, we all can fly AMANDA BANCROFT Making Ripples What if we could fly? What if, without luggage, passports or even a water bottle, we could flap around

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Safe Ways To Stay Upright

Salting isn’t best solution for winter’s ice AMANDA BANCROFT Making Ripples Everybody loves penguins, right? It’s fun to watch them waddle along. When things get icy, they simply flop onto

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What Does The Deer Think?

Woodland creatures inspire rumination AMANDA BANCROFT Making Ripples Sometimes it seems like yards are for growing grass and deer. White-tailed deer bound over Ozark mountains as though they were jumping

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Pests Or Private Gardeners?

Moles more boon than bane in most yards AMANDA BANCROFT Making Ripples Northwest Arkansas can boast (or bemoan) several species of moles, voles and shrews. Of these, you’re most likely