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Pollinator Policy: Casting Our Net Across The World And Australia
Pollinators are Earth’s little champions. Bees, birds, butterflies and other pollinators are key to the reproductive success of 75% of flowering plants around the world. They are integral to ecosystems, soil and water health. They ensure global crop productivity and nutritional security. And yet, we know pollinators are in trouble and their numbers are declining […]
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From Our ArcHIVES - Part 1: Un-Bee-Lievable Facts About The Honeybee (Apis Mellifera)
Join us for a new trilogy delving into cognition and other cool facts about highly social insects. It’s no surprise that here at PlantingSeeds we are simply buzzing about bees and all that they do for us. The team is constantly surprised and excited about their impact on biodiversity and food security. We have always […]
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Plastics In A Pandemic
This plastic-free July, we have one big question: how have our sustainability efforts been impacted by the global Covid-19 pandemic? Patrício Silva, A.L. (et.al. 2020) argues that “with public health now being of utmost priority, along with close monitoring of economic and social impacts, the implications of COVID-19 in the environment remains largely undervalued” (pg.2). […]
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Unlocking Nature In Lockdown
With COVID-19 lockdowns meaning more limited access to nature, it is important to find ways to encourage children, teens – in fact, all of us – to reconnect to biodiversity and all it offers. PlantingSeeds’ B&B Highway’s new citizen science session and resources, developed in collaboration with the CSIRO’s Atlas of Living Australia, is focusing […]
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Hoverflies: The Underrated Winter Pollinator
Considered the most important pollinators in the world (LaSalle & Gauld, 1993), bees tend to take most of the pollinator limelight. However, there are dozens of other pollinators that don’t always get the attention they deserve. Such is the case of the hover flies - the small, underrated pollinators with a little quirk. Hoverflies are […]
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It’s Not Easy Being Greener – Or Is It?
Green technology has been in the headlines a bit lately. Some, thanks to the recent G7 meeting held in Cornwall, UK to specifically showcase them as a leader in Green technologies and others because there’s some brilliant developments. One of the G7 agenda items was also global action on climate change. So, with commitments being […]