Save the bees & go solar
Designing pollinator friendly habitats into solar farms offers a win-win.
Save the bees
As bee populations drop around the world, endangering ecosystems and food production alike, we’re working to give bees the space they need to thrive.
Bees play a crucial role in our lives. But as our society uses more pesticides, their populations are plummeting. Fortunately, we know how to help them: protecting already-existing bee habitat, expanding habitat by planting pollinator-friendly plants in our own gardens and on public lands, and ending the worst uses of the pesticides that are killing them. Together, we can save the bees.
The Latest on Save the bees
Statement: Baltimore City bans toxic pesticides
The American bumblebee is on the decline
Updates
Baltimore Bans Toxic Pesticides
Featured Resources
Guide to planting a pollinator-friendly garden
The buzz about coffee and bees
Save the Bees Web-Bee-Nar
We’re calling on Amazon to help save the bees
Did You Know?
Around the world, 75% of all food crops and a full 90% of all wild flowering plants rely on bees for pollination.
Want to learn more about the ways our world relies on bees? Check out this link for more information.
The Latest
Year in review: environmental victories in 2021
Environment America and its state partners made important headway on a broad range of environmental issues in 2021 – from protecting wild spaces and our drinking water to speeding our transition to clean energy and reforming our transportation system.
Showing gratitude for bees this Thanksgiving
Many Thanksgiving favorites wouldn’t be the same without bees
Infrastructure for Insects: Congress Should Invest in Bees and Butterflies
The new infrastructure bill would fund new habitat for pollinators — and help people and wildlife in the process.
Meet the bees we’re working to save
Bees of all kinds are facing a triple threat of pesticides, habitat loss and climate change. As we work to save them, let’s get to know them a little better.
Team
Blackledge
Steve
Blackledge
Senior Director, Conservation America Campaign, Environment America