Local litter cleanups; You can help clean up the environment by picking up litter along your neighborhood streets and around paths or shorelines when you’re going on a walk around local parks and nature trails.
Plant native and pollinator friendly plants; Planting trees, shrubs and flowers that are native to where you live, and pollinator-friendly plants without harmful pesticides encourages wildlife that play ecological roles, that you could study, learn about, admire or be inspired by, naturalizing your own area establishes micro habitats that can create havens and lend to wider wildlife corridors.
Remove invasive, noxious and harmful plants;
Improving the quality of the immediate local environment can help quality of life. Earlier this summer I saw a monarch butterfly trying to lay eggs on a dog-strangling vine near train tracks. Inspired by this, within our immediate neighbourhood, I planned to and successfully removed dog-strangling vine from all public areas. Voluntary work and service including this can substantially help natural wildlife habitat, natural systems health and communities.
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