APES 23 - 24

I thought we had to choose some and do them every day for at least 14 days not 14 different challenges.

I learned about how saving the ocean can help with many things like providing jobs and livelihoods to people who need them by employing them to help save the ocean and spread awareness about it. Probably the conversation I had with my mom because she's more aware about our plastic consumption and is looking into ways to save.

Freshwater is a critical resource for all living things, and the focus for my research in water conservation this month. Freshwater is the fundamental need for all terrestrial beings and any freshwater species. Human expansion has diverted and cut the flow of groundwater, meaning it does not make it to ecosystems that need it, while cutting...

I tend to be somewhat of a frugal person. my family isn't extremely poor or anything, but I have a lot of personal money anxiety from observing how hard my parents work and my own lack of self confidence. That all made this challenge fairly easy, as I already tend to not indulge my wants very often. That said, analyzing some of the more passive...

I planted some sage and monkeyflower --- they look really pretty right now because it's spring!

In my (admittedly somewhat excessive) research on coyotes, I learned a good deal about wolves. I already knew a bit about wolves in the US, but I wanted to look into how they fared before colonialism, and their outlook in the modern day. Wolves weren’t always negatively perceived in Europe. Rome’s founding story tells the tale of Romulus and...

Keeping up with this one was a little difficult. I am not a very attentive person, so I miss a lot of things. However, I made a concentrated effort to find anything I could and clean it for the entire month. Litter is, to put it bluntly, a complete eyesore. Beyond the greater environmental impacts, it makes a place look dirty. In many places,...

I have learned that cleaning products can contain chemicals such as phthalates, phosphates, VOCs, methylisothiazolinone, and triclosan which have varying affects on the health of the environment, can bioaccumulate, are generally extremely toxic to most life and cause multiple health issues.

Coyotes are a common species in San Diego. You might nor be able to see them on the day to day, but they are an ever present force in the region. They are scavengers and hunters, as much a threat to a pen of chickens as to a stray dog, and are a fixture of American culture. Though they may seem like lesser wolves, there’s more to them than...

No my diet choices dont since I dont eat any of the fish that are on the list as I only eat like 3 or 4 things from the sea as it is. I don't need to take any steps seeing as I don't eat from the list anyways.