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Mary Embleton

King Conservation District

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 193 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    60
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    110
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    1.0
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    4.0
    locally sourced meals
    consumed

Mary's actions

Community

Learn About Local Environmental Justice Concerns

I will spend 60 minutes researching environmental justice concerns that effect people and the connection to downstream fish and wildlife, their causes, and local initiatives to address these concerns.

UNCOMPLETED
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

Food

Meet My Local Farmers

I will visit my nearest Puget Sound farm to learn about locally produced food and the quality of life of all involved in producing it to make better choices for Puget Sound when I shop.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

I will find out how I can limit single-use items and do my best to limit the waste I generate, so long term, it stays out of the Puget Sound and/or the Pacific Ocean.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Waste

Support Pollution Reduction

I will spend 30 minutes learning about water and air quality issues in my area, how they are impacting orca and environmental health, and how I can help.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Locally-Sourced Meals

I will source 2 meal(s) per day from local Puget Sound producers.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

Do Nature Activities

I will engage in nature-based activities alone, or with my friends or family, for 30 minute(s) each day to connect with the shared ecosystem in which I live and rely on. (This can be anything from going on a walk or hike, to noticing the leaves changing color, to reading a book with nature themes.)

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

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

Create a Backyard Wildlife Habitat

Learn how and take steps to certify my yard or common outdoor area as a backyard wildlife habitat to improve our Puget Sound or other regional ecosystem.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Nature

Leave No Trace

I will practice the seven principles of Leave No Trace when doing nature activities alone or with family and friends to minimize my downstream impact in my watershed.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Nature

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.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.

To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Nature Leave No Trace
    Educator Stephanie Kaza advises her students to focus on what they care about most when addressing the enormity of ecological problems. Is there a specific area you feel particularly called to work on?

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    Mary Embleton 10/26/2020 11:49 AM
    Protecting our wild and natural places, and our working agricultural lands. Always taking a garbage bag to the woods or shorelines to pick up trash, and helping farmers address natural resource issues.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Nature Do Nature Activities
    What did you observe while spending time outside -- through sight, sound, smell and touch?

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    Mary Embleton 10/26/2020 11:47 AM
    The beauty, and freshness of fall. Changing colors and textures in the woods, the sound of streams and so many birds!
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Meet My Local Farmers
    When you know who produces your food, you are connecting personally to your complex regional food system. What are the advantages of knowing who produces your food and where it comes from? Do you think this might enable someone to advocate for a better quality of life for those who produce their food, both near and far?

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    Mary Embleton 10/26/2020 11:45 AM
    When you can speak directly to the farmer, you know their growing practices, what is important to them about the natural resources they maintain, and their contributions to community. This will absolutely help people advocate for local food, we've seen that abundantly during the Covid pandemic.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Locally-Sourced Meals
    If you were to only eat what is in season locally, what would be the hardest food item for you to give up?

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    Mary Embleton 10/26/2020 11:42 AM
    I really look for to asparagus when it is in season, roasted in the oven, made into soup, baked with butter and Parmesan, in Risotto, or in  bread pudding!