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.  

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 to other countries by the purchases we make For example we went grocery shopping yesterday and I was trying to find hazelnut spread that has ethically sourced palm oil. My mom did not know that trees are being torn down in the rain forest to farm palm oil trees. I want to change my goal to, making my mother a more environmentally conscious shopper, because right now she is not the most environmentally conscious shopper. 

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 the end of this process, I will be able to have a honey bee home to pollinate my lavender plants, I am very excited to put this together. 

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.