Casey Clemens
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UP TO45minutesspent outdoors
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UP TO45minutesspent exercising
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UP TO145minutesspent learning
Casey's actions
Conservation and Restoration
Learn more about Conservation
I will learn more about conservation efforts in my local community or state.
Resilient Communities
Learn About Trans, Femme, and Nonbinary Experiences
I will spend 15 minutes learning about the experiences of trans, femme, and/or nonbinary people.
Resilient Communities
Get to Know Your Local/Regenerative Food Options
I will spend 15 minutes researching local and/or regenerative food options in my community.
Conservation and Restoration
Learn more about recycling
I will research my local communities recycling programs and options.
Resilient Communities
Learn About Constructive Communication
I will spend 15 minute(s) learning about constructive communication.
Rights to Nature
Take the Intersectional Environmentalist Pledge
Take the Intersectional Environmentalist Pledge to understand your impact.
Rights to Nature
Get Gardening
I will start my own, or join a local community garden in order to lessen my food impact.
Conservation and Restoration
Research my local composting options
I will research my local communities composting options.
Conservation and Restoration
Calculate My Water Footprint
I will calculate my Water Footprint to learn about my tap water use and "virtual water" use.
Rights to Nature
Discover which Native Tribe's land you live on
I will enter my address to find out what Native land I currently live on
Resilient Communities
Take Time to Address Possible Cultural Biases Within your Organization or in your Personal Life
Making lasting change means having diverse voices leading the charge. Learn about and then implement ways to make your workplace/community a more accessible and diverse place.
Conservation and Restoration
Support Pollution Reduction
I will spend at least 15 minutes learning about water and air quality issues in my area, how they are impacting human and environmental health, and how I can help.
Rights to Nature
Take a Hike
I will explore my local hiking trails.
Conservation and Restoration
Repurpose or Repair an Item to Keep it out of the Landfill
I will repair or mend items that would have otherwise been thrown away.
Participant Feed
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Casey Clemens 7/24/2023 6:31 AMOver the weekend, we cleaned up a good chunk of our basement/garage. The previous owners had put an old door on top of an old cabinet and a table, and used that as a workspace - which I also adopted. But, it was getting to be too dangerous and inconvenient to work on top of an old door that was just placed on top of those two surfaces - so we ended up needing to get a new workspace. Rather than buying new tool cabinets, though, we just got a new worktable and have again repurposed the old cabinet as a tool cabinet, and the other table as a potting area! Everything else that was left behind that we don't need will be posted on Facebook for free to see if anyone else could use them for repurposing, crafts, etc, instead of putting them out as trash.-
Michael O'Neil 7/24/2023 10:15 AMNice! Sometimes the temptation to just toss stuff can be hard to resist. I made a table last summer out of an old door, pipes, cardboard, and a floatie my dog had ripped up. Frankentable, but with a tablecloth no one will ever know. -
Debbie Cravey 7/24/2023 6:41 AMThere's something about a potting area that just wants to be made of recycled materials. Such a great re-use of the old table. We also did some garage cleaning over the weekend and found a few nearly-new items to donate. It always feels great to make more space and feel less encumbered by "stuff."
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Casey Clemens 7/20/2023 4:20 AMTalking about a different type of gardening today! Here is my freshly planted native flowering garden - they are still babies! I can't wait to expand these beds to take up more of my lawn, which doesn't do much for the ecosystem.
When planning to transition these to native beds, I learned about wild ginger, which is a lot of the ground cover here. I was so happy to leave it in and hope we can spread it to take over a lot of our grass too! I also learned that mint next to roses can help keep bugs away from the roses. It's really cool that they have been in this bed for years, I wonder who planted them here and if they knew the benefits of them.-
Caroline Gorno 7/20/2023 12:49 PMNative plants are such an awesome way to turn a yard into a thriving ecosystem! Thanks for sharing! -
Maddison Chaffin 7/20/2023 12:46 PM -
Debbie Cravey 7/20/2023 8:16 AM
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Casey Clemens 7/19/2023 4:20 AMI knew we weren't going to have enough time this growing season to build beds and make a full garden (that's definitely the plan for the future) so to make sure we could still grow some of our own produce this year, we found these big planters in the basement from the previous owners and planted as many tomato and pepper plants as we could with them. I'm glad they are happy!
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Debbie Cravey 7/19/2023 4:53 AMThey look delicious! I've lived in places where container gardening was my only option, and there are definitely some advantages (like being able to move them into better sun or shade when needed!)
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Casey Clemens 7/18/2023 1:45 PMI spent some time this afternoon reading "In my day, you were butch or you were femme" from Vox, suggested under the Ecochallenge resources. It was a very interesting perspective that I had not considered before: "Left out of the conversation is how older nonbinary people, many with already established lives, are navigating an increasingly accepting world." The portraits are beautiful and you can feel everyone's soul in their stories. I highly recommend this read for anyone completing the trans/femme educational component!
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Casey Clemens 7/18/2023 5:16 AMWe have so many serrano peppers growing on our plant, it is weighing the plant down! I spent some time looking into recipes we can make and in addition to my normal pickling of hot peppers, I think I am going to try to make fermented hot sauce with some! I love finding ways to make the produce that we get from the plants last much longer for different meals. -
Casey Clemens 7/12/2023 7:23 AMI was lucky enough to spend some time walking around the NCTC campus today learning how to nature journal! It was a great exercise in looking for interesting, beautiful, and strange things about nature that I otherwise would've walked right past.
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Casey Clemens 7/15/2023 4:09 AMI think I would like to continue this practice! When I started birdwatching, it really helped me to slow down and be mindful of what was around me, but I still largely focus on walking and looking for birds. Nature journaling could help me slow down to look for other amazing things, too, and be a creative outlet! -
Maddison Chaffin 7/13/2023 12:14 PM -
Debbie Cravey 7/13/2023 5:46 AMThis is awesome! Do you think you'll make this a regular activity back home? I want to try this. (Though I don't know if my drawings would look as good, lol)
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Casey Clemens 7/11/2023 6:35 AMA powerful reminder of how sustainability and conservation cannot exist without compassion for those who live here too! There are many voices that need to be heard and amplified to make lasting change. -
Casey Clemens 7/10/2023 9:11 AMI spent some time today learning about my water footprint and local water issues. I hadn't thought to check my faucets, showerhead, toilet, etc to see if they were low-flow, but now I realize how important it is to know that and make adjustments to them if needed!
