In this episode we learn more about community gardens with a twist. We speak with Holli Prohaska from the Urban Farm Collective in Portland, where you don’t have to own land or even rent a community garden spot in order to participate in growing your own food, and where you may have been excited to see slugs in the past. We say, bring back the slugs!
Read MoreTiare Gill and Jordyn Egbert from City Fruit in Seattle join us to talk about gleaning fruit from Seattle’s public orchards and private fruit trees and providing it back to the community.
Read MoreFor this episode, we interviewed the previous farm manager of the Mother Earth Farm, Liam McNamara, about the Emergency Food Network and the unique niche that the Mother Earth Farm plays in providing fresh local food to those who need it.
Read MoreWe dive into the Puget Sound Partnership and the 2019 State of the Sound Report, how GIS dashboards make life easier and the Call to Action from the State of the Sound Report.
Read MoreThe Magical Mapper talks about tracking snails with tiny GPS. Then we discuss how Washington got European Green Crabs and how to treat them. In our GIS segment, we talk about the buffer tool and how to communicate data with maps. Finally, we talk about Crab Team and how cats can become crab spotters.
Read MoreWill We Make It Out Alive is a hilarious and educational bi-weekly podcast that engages people, inspires participation in the restoration of the environment, cultivates enhanced use of GIS (geographic information systems) tools, and increases awareness of citizen science opportunities.
A GIS workflow for analyzing hours of shade for a potential new (or existing) garden, using the Shadow Impact Analysis tasks provided from Esri in their Development Impact Analysis solution.
We’re on break, but we’re coming back this summer and we’re gonna be better than ever!!!
We’re postponing our episode until June 16th and we plan on having it be a shorter episode that will talk about the Plastic Free July Challenge
I struggled a lot with cartography when I was starting out. TBH, I still struggle with it today, after doing it for almost 25 years. I’m not an expert, but I’d like to share some resources that have been helpful for me over the years.
In this month’s episode, we cover how to use the Routing tool to be more efficient in your recycling collection.
Flow networks (also known as geometric networks) help prioritize fish passage barrier removal.
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Find out how Jen the Magical Mapper has been doing on her Plastic Free July challenge!