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NATIVE GARDENING:
A FREE Deep Roots Virtual Series
Finding Stress Relief in the Garden with
The Resilient Activist
Discussion and guided meditation with our founder, Sami Aaron, focusing on the healing benefits of time spent in your native garden.
For the duration of #StayHomeKC, Deep Roots will present short live online sessions (20-30 minutes) with some of our many knowledgeable partners. Presentations are free, with interactive Q&A, and recordings will be available after. Watch for more details on how to register – sessions begin April 2 at 4pm!
Visionary Activist
Julie Koppen
Founder of Greenability Weekly
Julie Koppen, owner of Greenability Weekly, first began publishing the paper version of Greenability in 2007. The bi-monthly magazine featured in-depth stories about the sustainability efforts of individuals and organizations in the Kansas City metro area. Topics ranged from organic and local food to renewable energy projects and one-of-a-kind stories — like green burials.
The magazine won numerous awards for content and sustainability efforts, including second place in the national Green America’s Better Paper Project, which considers 17,000 magazines annually for sustainability efforts. In 2015, Julie transitioned Greenability from a paper to digital format and began publishing Greenability Weekly, a free online alternative to the paid subscription and newsstand options.
Julie also serves on the Kansas City, MO Environmental Management Commission.
“At the time, I took a chance that a free, digital Greenability could reach more people. It worked! Subscriptions went from about 3,000 to 15,000, and we now can reach readers across the country.”
Greenability’s Awards & Honors
Greenability has won several environmental, printing, and digital publication awards, including:
Top 75 Sustainable Living Blog by FeedSpot.com, 2017
Printing and Imaging Association of Mid-America Award of Excellence, 2014
Printing and Imaging Association of Mid-America People’s Choice Award, 2014
Arctic Action Teams and Polar Bears International Award, 2013
Green America Better Paper Project, Runner-Up, 2012
Bridging the Gap Environmental Excellence Award for Business, 2011
Missouri Small Business & Technology Development Centers Stars of Innovation & Entrepreneurship Award, 2011
Sierra Club Award for Outstanding Achievement, Kansas Chapter, 2009
Creating Pollinator Habitat at Home
With the NE Kansas Beekeepers Association’s Fun Day!
This is an all-day event featuring everything you ever wanted to know about beekeeping.
Sami Aaron with The Resilient Activist will offer a one-hour presentation from 11-noon central on Creating Pollinator Habitat At Home.
This presentation offers simple ideas on how your home garden can be modified to support not just honeybees, but solitary bees, bumblebees, butterflies, moths, and other pollinators! Attracting a wide variety of pollinators will bring more birds at the same time. You’ll learn step-by-step gardening information from planning to implementation and maintenance.
Take a look around your yard before the Fun Day and have an idea of an open, sunny area that might be suitable for some pollinator habitat!
Gardening For Pollinators
Come join The Resilient Activist and Stitching Change at the First Baptist Church of KCK to learn all about how to garden for wildlife, taught by the gardening aficionado and Extension Master Naturalist, Anna Graether!
Anna is on The Resilient Activist’s Board of Directors and has successfully created, planted, and maintained many native gardens in her time–including her backyard and detailing a gardening plan as laid out in her blog post.
Bring your questions and she will be happy to guide you!