Saving Energy At Home LearnWater + Energy

Saving Energy At Home

Buildings and homes generate 63% of our regionโ€™s greenhouse gas emissions. Finding ways to decrease our energy use and use renewable energy resources as much as possible is a strategic way our region can lower the impacts of climate change. Here's a few quick tips to help homeowners easily identify…
lesliebarland
September 27, 2023
Celebrating Monarch Migration & Hispanic Heritage Month GeneralLearnNewsWildLands

Celebrating Monarch Migration & Hispanic Heritage Month

Monarch Butterflies and Their Connections Labor Day may be the unofficial end of summer, but September brings changes in our natural world as well. As the air (hopefully) turns cooler, there is a breathtaking natural wonder that unfolds every year: the monarch butterfly migration. Coincidentally, this event aligns with another…
lesliebarland
September 11, 2023
Saving Trees During Construction LearnTrees

Saving Trees During Construction

Land is constantly undergoing development throughout the Kansas City area. Apartments are built on formerly โ€œvacantโ€ lots, farmland is turned into suburbia, ranch-style homes turn into mansions, garages are added, driveways are repaved, irrigation is installed and patios double in size. Whatever the reason for construction, letโ€™s observe what is…
Bridgingthegap
September 6, 2023
The True Cost of Fast Fashion Climate ChangeEnvironmental JusticeGreener LivingLearn

The True Cost of Fast Fashion

More clothing made more quickly: a forward march that culminates with the modern โ€œfast fashionโ€ industry. As the name suggests, todayโ€™s โ€œfast fashionโ€ industry places the utmost importance on speed of production and consumption. The consumer fashion industry now produces double the amount of clothing it did 20 years ago…
Bridgingthegap
September 5, 2023