Here are a few stories, posts, and resources I’ve read, learned about, and enjoyed over the past month.
Hope you enjoy them, too!
What I Found Interesting
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After buying a suburban home in 2021, Christopher Lancette and Won-ok Kim have turned their yard into a wildlife habitat by rewilding the yard do-it-yourself style and bringing their neighbors onboard.
One hundred percent of our front yard and expanding parts of our backyard grass are now gone, replaced by wildlife habitat that serves Mother Earth and doesn’t make our neighbours mad.
What an amazing transformation Lancette and Kim have made to their Washington DC yard as they put their environmental ethics into action.
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If you have a personal website but aren’t sure how to improve it or struggle to find something to write about, James Gallagher’s 100 things you can do on personal website will inspire you.
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I’ve heard of Loose Ends before, for folks who knit, crochet, embroider, quilt or are experienced in other handwork crafts finishing unfinished handmade projects.
Loved reading the personal stories of the finishers on Prince Edward Island in Canada who volunteer to pick up where beloved hands left off.
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Hmmm, who doesn’t want to live in a simulated Mars mission for a year? And get paid for it?
If you have a background in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics, NASA is looking for volunteers for its second yearlong mission.
Applications are due April 2, 2024, the project is based in Houston, Texas, US.
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March is Women’s History Month in the United States, a month focused on honoring women’s contributions in American history.
Did you know less than 20% of biographies in English-language Wikipedia are about women?
You can help change that by participating in the Smithsonian Museum’s sponsored Becoming Visible Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon on March 27, 2024.
The event is free and online via Zoom.
Pre-registration is required; the two-part event includes a one-hour session on getting started with Wikipedia edits, followed by a two-hour edit-a-thon.
