Mid Willamette Earth Challenge

It encourages a connection to nature and the community in which that environment exists in. 

The ocean supports my life on earth by maintaining an ecosystem that brings life into clean and fresh water areas. Encourage the government to place more environmental restrictions on waste dumping from corporations and cities as there are many chemicals that are dumped into our waterways that make their way into the ocean and kill marine life...

Final was able to get some native plants started in my back yard. Still a lot of work to do, but it was fun to get some in the ground.  

being more mindful of waste i contribute to the landfill by reducing and recycling more and avoiding products or packaging i'm unable to do this with. 

Connecting with people right now is vital - whether it is through text, video chat, or on the phone. Reaching out and connecting can help us feel not so alone and isolated. It reminds us that we are all in this together and that we still have friends and family that care about us. And helps others feel cared for as well, when someone checks in...

For my project in my Enivormetnal Communications class, I wanted to teach my mom these dashboard challenges but I realized that these would be to easy for her. I have decided that I want to teach her about the daily products she uses every day and how they can affect the environment if these products are recyclable, and teach her what happens...

I realized that I had some bamboo that is rotting so I decide that I am going to make a DIY bee house out of the bamboo shoots. To start this project I have to soak the shoots in water for two weeks so that the circular shape does not go away. I am waiting for the sun to come back so I can start the drying process of the bamboo. Hopefully, by...

For Earth Day my 7-year-old daughter wrote a poem for the Earth: Roses are red, You are green and blue, We like you.

Tried the find your watershed challenge and was surprised that at the 6th level my home falls into the McCarthy Slough-Willamette River watershed.  This looks to be part of the Calapooia watershed, but it didn't come up in my list of watersheds.  I thought that was strange.

The documentary I watched was Cowspiracy. I learned some really interesting things about the non-governmental environmental organization that we all love. This was frustrating to learn that most of these organizations do not consider the meat/dairy industry to be detrimental to the environment. We have evidence that the meat/dairy industry is...