S3E4 - Plugging Away at the South Salish Lowland Prairies

S3E4 - Plugging Away at the South Salish Lowland Prairies

In this episode we talk to Kelli Bush, SPP Co-Director and Carl Elliot, SPP Conservation Programs Manager about the Conservation Programs and the Conservation Nursery at the Sustainability in Prisons Project.

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S2E5: A shady way to use your skills for good!

S2E5: A shady way to use your skills for good!

For our final episode this season, we interviewed GIS (and all around) superstar Tonya Kauhi. We learned about how she volunteered to help her community with her GIS Skills at the Hilltop Urban Gardens. While on the surface, this episode appears to be pretty GIS focused, it’s also about thinking outside the volunteer box to identify unique projects where your skill set can help make your community a better place.

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Episode 19: Surfriding to a Cleaner Environment

Episode 19: Surfriding to a Cleaner Environment

We share more about impacts of plastics seen in remote places 20 or so years ago and then we meet up with Liz, the Volunteer Coordinator of the Olympia Surfrider Chapter, discuss Surfrider and their programs, the impacts of plastic bans on plastics in environment, and opportunities for you to connect and volunteer!

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Episode 13: Knights of the Nearshore

Episode 13: Knights of the Nearshore

We talk about how we almost didn’t make it out alive in the San Juan Islands, the impacts of our armored shorelines, how to coax the hard armor off, how to use GIS to find your identity, and opportunities for shoreline monitoring.

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