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Hug a tree, and fight like heck to leave them standing

By Nicole Rivard Even though Americans have been celebrating Arbor Day since 1872—a day to plant,nurture and celebrate trees—the term “tree hugger” is still sometimes useddisparagingly. I wear it like a badge of honor. I often share with people how I actually hug a tree almostdaily when I’m walking my bulldog Lila in the land […]

In Our View on April 26, 2024

Watching, and protecting, nature like a hawk

In Our View on June 3, 2022

The demise of gas-powered leaf blowers can’t come soon enough 

In Our View on May 2, 2022

Go organic & avoid big box stores that have a poison problem

In Our View on April 22, 2022

Go vegan and turn down the heat for Earth Day

In Our View on April 15, 2022

Make way for ‘No Mow May’ 

In Our View on April 11, 2022

It’s time for Connecticut to ban rodenticides

In Our View on April 5, 2022