The Steele Center for Earth Literacy and Sustainability

The Steele Center for Earth Literacy and Sustainability This is a non-profit, educational organization focusing on earth science literacy, home crafts, organic gardening, and sustainable living skills.

The Steele Center is a nonprofit educational organization focused on teaching earth science, environmental studies, and sustainable living skills to all age groups. The Center will offer a variety of classes, educational activities, and events to the public in order to promote earth literacy. It is our intention to support the science curriculum goals of local school systems by providing field tri

p opportunities and classroom enrichment activities. We will also offer classes in permaculture, sustainable agriculture, organic gardening, herbalism, food preservation, traditional home crafts, etc. The Steele Center will be an advocate for environmental protection, conservation, preservation, and community building.

03/06/2020

“I’d like people to understand that hearing is not only for ears.”

08/09/2019

Bees, butterflies, and other insects are under attack by the very plants they feed on as U.S. agriculture continues to use chemicals known to kill.

Do you like wildlife and enjoy photography? Become a "Beecologist" at https://beecology.wpi.edu/website/home -title.
08/05/2019

Do you like wildlife and enjoy photography? Become a "Beecologist" at https://beecology.wpi.edu/website/home -title.

BIOLOGIST ROBERT GEGEAR wants our help. He wants us to become Beecologists, as in, citizen scientists who help with the [read more…]

“A lot of our modern farming practices unfortunately keep hinging on trying to beat nature,” Watkins said.
08/04/2019

“A lot of our modern farming practices unfortunately keep hinging on trying to beat nature,” Watkins said.

A solution to some of the biggest problems facing farmers, and some of the biggest environmental challenges in the state, has deep roots in Iowa’s past. Roughly 85 percent of Iowa’s 36 million acres were covered with prairie plants when the U.S. frontier pushed into what would become the state o...

06/03/2019

Jason visits John and Molly Chester from Apricot Lane Farms to find out why their biodynamic eggs are one of the most popular items at Erewhon. Plus they ans...

05/23/2019

Native turf-grass alternatives can reduce your environmental footprint while supporting birds, butterflies and other living creatures.

02/13/2019

US agriculture is dominated by large farms that rely on chemical inputs. In contrast, regenerative farming makes land and water healthier by mimicking nature instead of trying to control it.

02/11/2019

A new movement is afoot in Boston to enact a city-specific Wetlands Protection Act, part of the city’s climate resiliency effort.

01/30/2019

There’s been a major shift in how America makes electricity over the past two decades. Each state has its own story.

01/16/2019

This is a great way to grow vegetables in a hot, dry climate and conserve water at the same time.

09/25/2018

Unlike diamonds, zircons are forever. These crystalline time capsules can give us a window into the life-sparking conditions of early Earth.

09/10/2018

This article describes four common types of fungi growing in landscape mulches in the eastern United States: mushrooms, slime molds, bird's nest fungus, and the artillery fungus.

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