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How the Celtic Day of the Dead Became Hallowe’en
October 29, 2020
by Michael Ellis, LandPaths’ Board of Directors and Footloose Forays Hallowe’en is my favorite American holiday. This celebration evolved from the ancient Celtic Day of the Dead. …
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Tags: autumn, board, fall, halloween
A Wild Foraging Adventure
September 25, 2020
At the end of August, Jesica Rodriguez participated in TrekSonoma’s Wild Foraging Adventure at LandPaths’ Ocean Song Preserve. Located on the traditional homeland of the Coast Miwok, …
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Tags: Ocean Song, Treks, TrekSonoma
Fire, Grief, and Recovery at Riddell
September 4, 2020
As the Walbridge fire bore down on Riddell, LandPaths’ 400-acre preserve west of Healdsburg, firefighters carefully swept the deck of the dry leaf litter around Steve’s cabin. The simple …
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Tags: community care, community resilience, growing community with nature, Healdsburg, riddell preserve, walbridge fire, wildfire
Our Response to Covid-19/ Nuestra Respuesta a Covid-19
August 20, 2020
[En español abajo] As Sonoma County (and much of California) grapples with the onset of wildfire season during the pandemic, our hearts go out to you. We hope that …
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Tags: Covid-19
The Power of LandPaths’ Community Gardens in Pandemic Times
July 23, 2020
When LandPaths broke ground at Bayer Farm in 2007 and kids from the neighborhood began planting seeds on a neglected plot of land in Roseland, we knew …
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Tags: Bayer Farm, branching out conservation for everyone, Community Garden, Covid-19
Strawberries, Chickens, Pickles, and Creeks: Otherwise Known as Just Another Magical Day at Owl Camp North!
July 9, 2020
Two Fridays ago marked the end of another exuberantly successful two weeks of Owl Camp North at Preston Farm. For the second year, LandPaths partnered with Lou …
Tags: Food, Healdsburg, Nature Camp, Owl Camp, Preston Farm
Cosechando Con La Comunidad/Harvesting for the Community
July 2, 2020
[In English below] Los jardineros de nuestra comunidad en Bayer Farm están en el centro de nuestra misión de fomentar el amor por la tierra en el …
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Tags: Bayer Farm, Community Garden, Roseland, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, Volunteer
¿Cómo se ve la cuidado popular de La Tierra durante una pandemia?
June 29, 2020
En LandPaths, el cuidado terrestre impulsado la energía popular se encuentra en el centro de nuestra misión. Nuestros voluntarios regresan una y otra vez para cuidar la …
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What Does People-Powered Land Stewardship Look Like In a Pandemic?
June 24, 2020
At LandPaths, people-powered stewardship of the land lies at the core of our mission. Our volunteers return time and again to tend the land at our preserves and community gardens across Sonoma …
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Tags: Covid-19, stewardship, Volunteer
IOOBY Goes Digital: How our Youth Team Brought the Joy, Wonder, and Awe of Nature to the Screen
June 11, 2020
When schools across Sonoma County closed down for in-person learning in March due to the coronavirus, teachers, students, and parents were suddenly faced with a series of …
Tags: environmental education, iooby, Rooting Youth in Nature
An Update on LandPaths Preserves and Partner Properties
June 3, 2020
LandPaths exists – if for nothing else – then to harness community power to protect healthy land on which to experience and be inspired by nature, where …
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Tags: Bayer Farm, Bohemia Ecological Preserve, Coronavirus, grove of old trees, LandPaths, Ocean Song, rancho mark west, riddell preserve, Sonoma County
Children Still Need Community: How iREAD Outside shifted online during the pandemic
May 13, 2020
Guadalupe Casco, Senior Bilingual Field Specialist, runs iREAD Outside, one of LandPaths’ hallmark programs for children. Recently, she’s taken on the challenge of shifting a completely outdoors-based …
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