Community Team

I joined this challenge to check my awareness of environmental issues in our PNW region, and to expand my understanding.  Each of us contributes individual action, but community coordination is important too.  I wanted to learn how to harmonize my personal efforts with those of the community.

Orcas communicate through sounds that they send to each other. Sound waves travel underwater and are received by receptors in an  orca's head, in a center called the melon.  Orcas can locate landmarks and send and receive signals through series of clicks and whistles.  Just as a conversation between humans can be interrupted or even drowned out...

My "created action" for the Nature topic will actually take place next Spring.  My neighborhood has several green spaces that I'll seed with native wildflowers that attract pollinators.  Like everywhere, our community has suffered from the decrease of bee activity this year... but we also don't provide much to attract them.  In...

My "created action" for the Nature topic will actually take place next Spring.  My neighborhood has several green spaces that I'll seed with native wildflowers that attract pollinators.  Like everywhere, our community has suffered from the decrease of bee activity this year... but we also don't provide much to attract them.  In...

Planning to research the tribal lands my home is located on, during today.  We can identify the tribes whose land we use by entering our addresses at native-land.ca.  We can then learn about the tribes, their current status and issues, and how we can promote their health and sovereignty.  One action can be to pay rent to the tribes for the use...

Just contacted 5 legislators to respectfully urge them to continue prioritizing orca recovery and Chinook salmon habitat reclamation.