Pollinators and more

Pollinators, like the flowers they pollinate, come in different shapes, colors, and sizes. Some lesser known pollinators include ants, flies, beetles, bats, birds, and wasps. As we continue to evolve and remember our interconnectedness with the other inhabitants of Mother Earth (or Gaia) within the Web of Life, we will hopefully realize that what impacts one strand of the Web will eventually affect the whole thing. If our landscape decisions in our back and front yards, in parking lots, in roadway medians and on the sides of highways, around houses of worship, in our parks, etc. are detrimental to wildlife, including, but not limited to pollinators, then possibly the same is true for us—as many of us live in cookie-cutter neighborhoods with no native vegetation or mature trees. The lack of biodiversity and diverse ecosystems are detrimental to wildlife and our knowledge of the environment.

Pollinators (and other wildlife) not only need food to eat, but also habitat and water. Habitat cannot be provided properly without varying ecosystems that existed prior to urbanization. If we want to protect pollinators, we must undo the thinking that has us believing that manicured lawns with non-native grasses and no food for humans or non-human animals is rational. Also, we must do what we can to protect water, especially in the master plans of our respective communities.

Obiora Embry, Founder of EConsulting™ (https://www.EConsultingllc.org)

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