This article about The BirdHouse and the ERC appeared in the November-December 2023 US edition of alive magazine. To view or download a pdf of the ILLUSTRATED print version, CLICK HERE. by Laura Bolt While enjoying the feeling of sand under our feet, running our fingers through a gurgling stream,
A road trip through California’s worst drought in 1,200 years, and the folks working to restore broken ecosystems and rewild lost landscapes. by Joel Caldwell This is an excerpt from the original article, which was published in November 2022 Read the entire article here: https://www.patagonia.com/stories/restoring-paradise/story-125867.html CAMP BIRDHOUSE | Los Angeles
Kuuyam means “guests” in the language of the Tongva, who are the Indigenous and ongoing stewards of Tovaangar, a place now more commonly known as Los Angeles. The BirdHouse is committed to the work of exploring our responsibility as guests on this land and how we can raise the visibility
[RADICLE] The Radi-cle is the first part of a seedling to emerge from a seed during the process of germination. Radi-cal, coming from the word ‘root,’ may be perceived as a means to reconnect with what grounds us, paying attention to what connects us to where we have been. We recently concluded
We’re so grateful to have the counsel of John D. Liu at The BirdHouse. Mr. Liu is an advisor to the UN’s Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030, and also serves on The BirdHouse’s advisory board. Ecological Program Manager Cameron Miller recently sat down with Liu to talk about the global
BirdHouse Garden 2018 BirdHouse Garden 2022 Los Angeles was once a basin of woodland, chaparral, riparian, and coastal floodplain ecozones, populated by numerous, strategically placed villages of Tongva people. They moved with the land as it changed through the seasons, tending to the diverse spaces, from the sea to the
Frank and Nanci installing a ‘Tea-composition’ test, measuring the decay of organic material over time. For two weeks in June, 2021, Frank Pascoe and Nanci Toltschin Pascoe, from Corvallis, Oregon visited the BirdHouse to assist us in taking baseline measurements for five parcels, which The BirdHouse is currently stewarding. We
On May 2, 2021, John D. Liu brought his crew to the BirdHouse to film for his upcoming TV series, The Flourishing Path. A pilot film will be launched in tandem with the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, for which John is an Advisory Council member. The BirdHouse is the first
Starting the Community Apothecary has probably been a different undertaking for each of us in The BirdHouse’s core team. For me, it has been about reclaiming the knowledge of my grandparents. I was raised in Basque country, where we had a very simple approach to self care in the village,
Pale purple bracts and fern-like foliage on our French Lavender at The BirdHouse garden. “It is an aroma simultaneously fresh, floral, sweet, pungent, haylike, woody, piney and reminiscent of citrus, with perhaps an elusive hint of mint.” So writes author Robert Kourik, in his excellent monograph, The Lavender Garden: Beautiful
Do you love honey? Do you live in Beachwood Canyon or the surrounding area? Do you have a backyard or undeveloped hillside that doesn’t get much foot traffic? Chip Clements, registered Beekeeper With the help of Beachwood beekeeper, Chip Clements, we have for the past several years rescued local hives
I was recently invited to give an interview for a French Podcast, “Wake Up, Rise Up and Shine”, where Christine Lewicki invites people to live their lives fearlessly. For this episode, she wanted to meet people who’ve chosen to focus on positive, regenerative practices. All that in French. The BirdHouse had