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Juniper Berry Jingle, a Nature in a New York Minute Video
Junipers are the source for a whole suite of products from gin to natural insecticide to…contraceptives? Biologist Kelly Rypkema shows us the real plant behind all these claims and shares her own special recipe for spicing up the holidays. Trouble more »
Posted in Plants, Trees, Videos, Winter
Tagged berries, cedar chest, cedar tree, Christmas, Christmas recipes, cider, cones, contraceptives, evergreens, gin, herbal remedies for cellulite, home remedies for moths, juniper, juniper berries, juniper tree, Juniperus, kelly rypkema, medicinal use plants, medicinal uses of juniper oil, mulling mix, mulling mix recipe, mulling spices
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Juniper Mulling Mix Recipe
Spice up your apple cider, or other winter beverages, with juniper berries, appearing right now on the juniper trees (aka cedars) in your neighborhood. 1 tsp juniper berries 1 tsp whole allspice 1 tsp whole cloves fresh orange peel 1/4 more »
Posted in Nature by the Seasons, News, Plants, Trees, Winter
Tagged cedar tree, juniper, juniper berries, Juniperus, mulling mix recipe, mulling spices, recipe
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Nature Minute makes the HuffPost
Nature Minute episodes will now be appearing in the Huffington Post Green section. Find them by becoming a Fan of Kelly Rypkema (that’s me!), and please comment, tweet, or share the posts. With enough activity, we might get featured – more »
Posted in News
Tagged Huffington Post, HuffPost, kelly rypkema, Nature in a New York Minute, nature minute
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Burdock, a Nature in a New York Minute video
A plant quietly grows in our city that incited a revolution in how we fasten things together. Host Kelly Rypkema shows us what it looks like and shares this story of nature-inspired design involving Swiss engineer George de Mestral, some more »
Posted in Fall, Nature by the Seasons, People and Nature, Plants, Videos
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Behind the Scenes of the next Nature Minute
While on set, one of the crew gets a little stuck on nature, and needs some rescuing with help from Kelly Rypkema. New Nature in a New York Minute released on Thursday. Check back to see what the sticky business more »
Posted in News, Photos
Tagged Behind the Scenes, burdock, kelly rypkema, Nature in a New York Minute, nature minute
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Gifts from Sandy
I hope everyone is faring better from the effects of Hurricane Sandy as time passes. My neighborhood is slowly making progress. Dry wall, insulation, and sofas, all heavy with water, are being loaded into dumpsters. Downed limbs are being trimmed more »
Posted in Animals, Articles, Birds, Fall, Mammals, News, People and Nature, Photos, Plants, Story Bites, Trees, Weather and Sky
Tagged Benefits of Natural Disasters, Hurricane Sandy 2012, Hurricane Sandy Aftermath, Hurricane Sandy flooding, Hurricane Sandy gifts, Hurricane Sandy Lessons, Hurricane Sandy New Jersey, Hurricane Sandy New York, Hurricane Sandy power outage, Hurricane Sandy Recovery, Hurricane Sandy Relief, Hurricane Sandy wildlife, Inspiration from nature, Lessons from Hurricane Sandy, Natural Disasters, Rejuvenation from nature
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Monarch making a Pitstop on his 3000-mile Journey
The Monarch Butterflies appearing right now in your park or floating by your skyscraper window on wafts of air are worth special notice.These are the long-distance athletes of the species, heading down to their winter roost in Mexico. It takes more »
Posted in News, Photos
Tagged butterflies, fall, generations, insect, Mexico, migration, Monarch butterfly, Monarch migration, Monarchs, nectaring, Sierra Madre, spring, summer, where do Monarchs go, winter roost
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School Greens teens need your Vote to win a $1000 grant
The high school students featured in our last Nature Minute episode have entered the Make Food More Awesome Challenge. Their ranking – and their win – depend on the # of votes they get. We hope you’ll vote so they more »
Posted in News
Tagged garden, gardening, green living, green roof, nature minute, North Star Academy, rooftop garden, School Greens, urban garden, vegetable garden
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School Greens in the news
The latest episode of Nature Minute is featured on EdibleSchoolyard.org. Stay tuned next week for your chance to vote for these students and their club, School Greens, to help them win a $1000 grant to continue bringing healthy food and more »
Posted in News, Uncategorized
Tagged gardening, green living, green roof, nature minute, North Star Academy, rooftop garden, School Greens, urban garden, vegetable garden
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Strawberry Fields
While stretching before a workout in Central Park, I was delighted to find myself face to face with a strawberry growing wild….Okay, I lie. It wasn’t really a strawberry, but a mock strawberry. (And I wasn’t really in Strawberry Fields more »
Posted in News, Photos
Tagged Central Park, mock strawberry, nature minute, nature up close, New York City, strawberry, strawberry fields
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