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Mark Dostal

King Conservation District

POINTS TOTAL

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participant impact

  • UP TO
    20
    minutes
    spent outdoors
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    1.0
    documentary
    watched
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    90
    minutes
    spent learning

Mark's actions

Food

Watch a Documentary about Food Sovereignty

I will watch 1 documentary(ies) about food sovereignty: the right of local peoples to control their own food systems including markets, ecological resources, food cultures and production methods.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Participate in a Cover Crop Planting at Hillside Gardens Parking Plots

Participate in one of three upcoming Cover Crop Planting Days Join World Relief at Paradise Parking Plots community garden to prepare their garden beds for winter! Even through a pandemic, the seasons continue to change and the soil still needs to be protected from winter rains. During this work party they will be tilling garden beds, amending with compost, and planting winter cover crop.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Remove invasive weeds

Recruit 2+ friends/family/neighbors and together remove invasive vegetation from our home/apartment building/neighborhood that is in a watershed upstream of downstream salmon and orcas.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Nature

Organize a Trash Cleanup Event

I will organize a trash clean up effort with friends, family, and neighbors at my favorite local trail or salmon stream to keep trash from flowing downstream via storm drains to Puget Sound and/or Pacific Ocean.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Start or Tend a Garden

I will tend to a garden each day, or work on starting one to keep my food local, minimize my climate carbon footprint and therefore reduce my impact to the Puget Sound and/or Pacific Ocean.

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DAILY ACTION

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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Watch a Documentary about Food Sovereignty
    In what ways does your community practice food sovereignty and what would happen if you could not access those foods?

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    Mark Dostal 10/27/2020 4:20 PM
    The film Gather https://gather.film/ covers a wide swathe of indigenous people taking steps to reclaim move forward indigenous relationships with food and wildlife.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Start or Tend a Garden
    Have you ever had a significant experience in nature that altered your perspective or focus? If so, please describe it.

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    Mark Dostal 10/27/2020 4:17 PM
    I just planted cover crops for the first time to retain soil nutrients over winter.

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    Mark Dostal 10/13/2020 4:32 PM
    If you're still looking for a way way to get out and experience a safe and positive community event, Hillside Paradise Parking Plots are looking for help on the 15th and 17th to plant cover crop (supplied by KCD)! https://worldreliefseattle.org/events

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    Mark Dostal 10/12/2020 10:20 AM
    On Orca Recovery Day, don't miss this opportunity to hear Native voices from Puget Sound and the Columbia River  share ways that cultural practice and traditional ecological knowledge support our ecosystem.


    https://www.confluenceproject.org/event-post/orca-recovery-and-the-columbia-river-ecosystem/?fbclid=IwAR1JKAe2vjTcYBlizlmceDNKaywnOxM6F73YvY9d3gFrC7YkAfaWzt5fYZk

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    Mark Dostal 10/09/2020 10:00 AM
    Thank you to everyone for taking so many great actions to help our environment! Share your accomplishments through the EcoChallenge dashboard. Include photos, stories, and comments to help motivate the rest of your team. 
     
    Or share directly on social media and tag #OrcaRecoveryDay #EcoChallenge and @KingConservatonDistrict so we can highlight the great work you’re doing!

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    Mark Dostal 10/04/2020 9:23 AM
    The EcoChallenge launches tomorrow! KCD will be working to recruit more people to get signed up either on our team or to form their own. 

    We encourage you to share your actions on the EcoChallenge dashboard here. Include photos, stories, and comments to help motivate your team. 
     
    Or share directly on social media and tag #OrcaRecoveryDay #EcoChallenge and @KingConservatonDistrict so we can highlight the great work you’re doing!

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    Mark Dostal 9/29/2020 9:22 AM
    Thank you for joining the King Conservation District EcoChallenge Team! KCD is excited to connect people with the actions we can all take in our lives to improve soil health, water quality, and ultimately create better environments for wildlife, including our orca populations.