Monday, November 18, 2019

November 2019 monthly post

fall nature classes, 40 sustainability categories, pumpkins, leaves changing colors, and more.  

Check out my daily blog for the month of November 2019 (Zhazaw 2019). Each day shows some various activities that I do in science, art, nature, culture, land stewardship,
culture, education, ecology, economy, health, and in learning about holistic good, morals, and beyond. I post a photo every day. Enjoy!


See more photos:
My Daily Blog for 2019 November / Zhazaw: Daily Blog   

         In September, October, and November, I teach nature classes for the fall semester, through the Galien Valley Nature and Culture Program.  This semester, I'm teaching Community and Landscape: Eco Workshop (CLEW), Nature and Community Arts (NCA), and Phone Apps Nature (PAN).  (See photos of class activities, in my daily blog.)

        Class lessons include activities related to the 40 Sustainability Categories.  
Check out the 40 Sustainability Categories, on my z-hub website.   
www.z-hub.org/zle-blog/sustain.html

        In November, in ecological restoration work, once most leaves fall off trees, it's the beginning of burn season.  Burn season is from November to May.  (See photos of prescribed fire of a prairie, in Michigan, in my daily blog.)

        The dramatic changing color of leaves and maximum fall color is the last two weeks of October and first week(s) of November, here in southwest Michigan. In my Daily Blog, see many photos of leaves changing colors over the past few weeks.   (See photos of the changing colors of trees, in my daily blog.)

        By now, mid-November, most trees have dropped all their leaves.  Meanwhile, in mid-November, many oaks, beeches, and silver maples still cling on to many of their withered leaves.  It's not winter yet, but southern Michigan usually gets a little snow in the fall and spring. Just recently, there was 2-inches of snow on the ground, for 5 days. It's melted now.
         Enjoy the fall season, pumpkins, pumpkin pie, etc.  Happy Thanksgiving.