Attleboro Pocket Forest Series Perhaps you’ve been hearing about Miyawaki forests and wondering whether one might be good for your community. This post will help you decide and begin to plan. Rather than starting with a solution and trying to persuade others to support it, you can use a design-thinking process to learn first, involve… Continue reading Is a Miyawaki Mini-Forest Right for Your Community?
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How Good Ideas Grow
How a Pocket Forest Took Root in Attleboro Attleboro Pocket Forest series, Post 3 “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” — attributed to Margaret Mead The people of Attleboro, Massachusetts, took an unused baseball diamond behind Attleboro High School… Continue reading How Good Ideas Grow
Attleboro Pocket Forest:
One Community’s Climate Action Can one community really do anything about climate change? I was skeptical. Then I read about how people in Attleboro, Massachusetts, started a small project in their community to tackle one local part of this huge global issue. They turned an abandoned baseball diamond behind Attleboro High School into a densely… Continue reading Attleboro Pocket Forest:
Small Projects, Real Impact
How Local Action Can Tackle Global Problems “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”— attributed to Margaret Mead A lot of important problems feel too big for ordinary people to solve. Climate change is one of them. When a… Continue reading Small Projects, Real Impact