How to Organize a Community Planting Day The big day is coming. Get ready for it now. Planting day may be the most visible part of your mini-forest project, but it shouldn’t be the day when you figure out how everything will work. When the volunteers arrive, the site should be ready, with tools and… Continue reading More Than a Crowd with Shovels:
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Is a Miyawaki Mini-Forest Right for Your Community?
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?
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