andersene
@andersene.bsky.social
Two focuses: women's empowerment from the inside out, and rewilding our yards to heal the planet. Author of Rebuilding Nature: Yard by Yard. South Michigan habitat builder, writer, speaker.
Amazing news! One of Michigan’s last rare prairies may be saved. Conservation groups are raising funds to protect Sibley Prairie and its threatened pollinators. Hope in action. 🌱
#RebuildingNature #SaveOurPrairies #NativePlants #Pollinators #GoodNews
#RebuildingNature #SaveOurPrairies #NativePlants #Pollinators #GoodNews
February 11, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Amazing news! One of Michigan’s last rare prairies may be saved. Conservation groups are raising funds to protect Sibley Prairie and its threatened pollinators. Hope in action. 🌱
#RebuildingNature #SaveOurPrairies #NativePlants #Pollinators #GoodNews
#RebuildingNature #SaveOurPrairies #NativePlants #Pollinators #GoodNews
Winter looks quiet.
But it isn’t empty.
Under leaf piles, hollow stems, beneath bark—
insects wait for spring.
Birds depend on them.
Native plants protect them.
When we rake leaves or cut back,
we don’t just “clean up.”
We remove shelter.
Food.
Future life.
#RebuildingNature #LeaveTheLeaves
But it isn’t empty.
Under leaf piles, hollow stems, beneath bark—
insects wait for spring.
Birds depend on them.
Native plants protect them.
When we rake leaves or cut back,
we don’t just “clean up.”
We remove shelter.
Food.
Future life.
#RebuildingNature #LeaveTheLeaves
February 10, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Winter looks quiet.
But it isn’t empty.
Under leaf piles, hollow stems, beneath bark—
insects wait for spring.
Birds depend on them.
Native plants protect them.
When we rake leaves or cut back,
we don’t just “clean up.”
We remove shelter.
Food.
Future life.
#RebuildingNature #LeaveTheLeaves
But it isn’t empty.
Under leaf piles, hollow stems, beneath bark—
insects wait for spring.
Birds depend on them.
Native plants protect them.
When we rake leaves or cut back,
we don’t just “clean up.”
We remove shelter.
Food.
Future life.
#RebuildingNature #LeaveTheLeaves
We live in a time of quiet loss.
Bird populations are shrinking.
Insects are disappearing.
Native plants are being replaced by turf and pavement.
It’s tempting to look away.
But looking away is how we arrived here.
Bird populations are shrinking.
Insects are disappearing.
Native plants are being replaced by turf and pavement.
It’s tempting to look away.
But looking away is how we arrived here.
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 PM
We live in a time of quiet loss.
Bird populations are shrinking.
Insects are disappearing.
Native plants are being replaced by turf and pavement.
It’s tempting to look away.
But looking away is how we arrived here.
Bird populations are shrinking.
Insects are disappearing.
Native plants are being replaced by turf and pavement.
It’s tempting to look away.
But looking away is how we arrived here.
People often think restoration requires grand gestures.
It doesn’t.
It doesn’t.
February 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
People often think restoration requires grand gestures.
It doesn’t.
It doesn’t.
Since 1970, we’ve lost one-third of our birds.
Butterfly populations dropped 22% in just 20 years.
Insects — the foundation of our food web — are down 40–60% or more.
This is happening in our backyards.
Please carry these facts with you.
They matter.
What we plant, protect, and notice matters.
Butterfly populations dropped 22% in just 20 years.
Insects — the foundation of our food web — are down 40–60% or more.
This is happening in our backyards.
Please carry these facts with you.
They matter.
What we plant, protect, and notice matters.
February 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Since 1970, we’ve lost one-third of our birds.
Butterfly populations dropped 22% in just 20 years.
Insects — the foundation of our food web — are down 40–60% or more.
This is happening in our backyards.
Please carry these facts with you.
They matter.
What we plant, protect, and notice matters.
Butterfly populations dropped 22% in just 20 years.
Insects — the foundation of our food web — are down 40–60% or more.
This is happening in our backyards.
Please carry these facts with you.
They matter.
What we plant, protect, and notice matters.
Just read The Ten Year Affair—a tender, wry look at marriage, desire, and the lives we don’t choose. A lovely companion to Albom’s Twice. Highly recommend.
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Just read The Ten Year Affair—a tender, wry look at marriage, desire, and the lives we don’t choose. A lovely companion to Albom’s Twice. Highly recommend.
The Everglades Detention Camp is inhumane, and DeSantis must shut it down immediately. Add your name now. sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Stop the Everglades Detention Camp!
The Everglades Detention Camp is inhumane, and DeSantis must shut it down immediately. Add your name now.
sign.moveon.org
July 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Everglades Detention Camp is inhumane, and DeSantis must shut it down immediately. Add your name now. sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
"It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research. Time to stop apologizing when we were NOT wrong. Time to stop surrendering when we need to fight," J.B. Pritzker's speech to Dems on April 29, 2025.
April 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research. Time to stop apologizing when we were NOT wrong. Time to stop surrendering when we need to fight," J.B. Pritzker's speech to Dems on April 29, 2025.
Hey everyone, 👋 hope today treats you kindly. Drink some water, take a breath, and do something that makes you smile. You got this.
March 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Hey everyone, 👋 hope today treats you kindly. Drink some water, take a breath, and do something that makes you smile. You got this.
If our courts are the last line of defense, yet they stand unarmed—who will protect justice when power comes with force?
February 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
If our courts are the last line of defense, yet they stand unarmed—who will protect justice when power comes with force?
“Truth sings to you with an absence of conflict, a lightness that requires no defense and offers no offense.”-- Kerri Lake
February 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“Truth sings to you with an absence of conflict, a lightness that requires no defense and offers no offense.”-- Kerri Lake
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." ~ Bertrand Russell
January 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." ~ Bertrand Russell
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U.S. universities are embracing sustainability in campus dining with USEFULL, a reusable container program featuring stainless steel containers and advanced tracking technology to eliminate single-use packaging while significantly lowering costs.
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Universities Drive Sustainability with Reusable Container Program - Environment+Energy Leader
Universities are slashing waste and costs with USEFULL, a reusable container program using smart tech to revolutionize campus dining sustainability.
environmentenergyleader.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:32 AM
U.S. universities are embracing sustainability in campus dining with USEFULL, a reusable container program featuring stainless steel containers and advanced tracking technology to eliminate single-use packaging while significantly lowering costs.
environmentenergyleader.com/stories/univ...
environmentenergyleader.com/stories/univ...
Jean, it's so good to find a like-minded spirit. I'm building a habitat in my backyard and watching the birds and squirrels visiting my birdhouse and suet. Happy New year!
All during the growing season I lament that black-eyed Susans don’t seem to benefit wildlife. They are mostly ignored by pollinators. But then comes winter and the American goldfinch finds the seeds delectable. #birds #nativeplants
January 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Jean, it's so good to find a like-minded spirit. I'm building a habitat in my backyard and watching the birds and squirrels visiting my birdhouse and suet. Happy New year!
“I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over,” he told Georgians in his inaugural speech. “No poor, rural, weak, or Black person should ever have to bear the additional burden of being deprived of the opportunity of an education, a job, or simple justice.” J. Carter
December 30, 2024 at 12:35 PM
“I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over,” he told Georgians in his inaugural speech. “No poor, rural, weak, or Black person should ever have to bear the additional burden of being deprived of the opportunity of an education, a job, or simple justice.” J. Carter
On December 16, President Biden honored Frances Perkins with a new national monument. As FDR's secretary of labor and the first woman in a Cabinet role, she fought for workers’ rights, securing a 40-hour work week, minimum wage, and ending child labor. Her vision shaped history.
December 17, 2024 at 1:20 PM
On December 16, President Biden honored Frances Perkins with a new national monument. As FDR's secretary of labor and the first woman in a Cabinet role, she fought for workers’ rights, securing a 40-hour work week, minimum wage, and ending child labor. Her vision shaped history.
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Leave the billion on the nightstand and me love you long time.
December 11, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Leave the billion on the nightstand and me love you long time.
