SDG 15.5 Promoting Bees with Backyard Garden

For over half of my life, my family has promoted sustainable living through a healthy diet, at home agricultural practices, and promoting the health of our environment around us. My father enjoys shopping local and having an at home garden with varies things like herbs and vegetables. I chose this photo specifically because it is depicting how his efforts are reintroducing pollinators in our neighborhood which were have been on the decline. In recent years our neighboring town, Ellicott City, has seen a decline in pollinators "due to habitat loss, climate change, and the impacts of widespread pesticide use" (patch.com/maryland/ellicottcity/howard-county-become-one-...). If the pollinators were to ever go extinct, biodiversity and species richness, the number of species in an area, would ultimately crumble. Pollinators work to germinate plants which are then consumed by animals and humans and run our ecosystems. Because bees and other pollinators hold such great value in flourishing our biomes, many nonprofits and other volunteer groups are working to boost pollinator populations in order to save our planet. That is why I am proud of my family's garden because it is contributing to the betterment of our neighborhood. From my perspective my family is achieving goal 15,5 of the sustainable development goals which states we need to "take urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species" (sdgs.un.org/goals/goal15). With our plants and other crops we are diminishing the harsh impact of biodiversity loss and giving the environment a chance to bounce back. Next spring we are hoping to see more bumblebees darting from flower to flower spreading pollen everywhere they go.

Taken on: November 30, 2021

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