ReWild Urban Landscape

Welcome to Playful Learning Landscapes Action Network on ChangeX! It’s time to reimagine how the ordinary can become extraordinary.

We share space with many wildlife species in cities. They are all connected to us in same way. A large tree can pump around 100 gallons of water a day in the air and this moist is essencial for us to breathe. Grasslands and soil's insects are important to help creating a way for the water drainage through the soil. Trees depends on pollinators to survive, and we too for our food security. Creating awareness about species that coexist with us, and how we impact them everyday, can help us to think of better strategies to coexist.

Can you imagine yourself directly contributing to save a endangered species? For example, transforming your lawn into pollinator garden, and connecting to other gardens can provide vital habitat for the critically endagered Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee. This species' range includes the city of Chicago, and it is about to disapear. If you don't have a lawn, you can help colonize alley spaces with native flowers. Or plant in vases. Or help to keep the leaves, which are very important for reproduction of many insect species. We can also act by protecting our waters and demanding companies to remove roundup and other bad pollutants from their shelves.

Connecting everyday with nature is known to be related to levels of happiness, and very important for menthal health. It is amazing to engage family and neighbours about the species we can observe and help right around us.

Time is short and we must act now to protect wildlife. With this project, we are going to use art and technology to promote urgent awareness about nature conservation and actions to improve coexistence with wildlife in cities.

Welcome to Playful Learning Landscapes Action Network on ChangeX! It’s time to reimagine how the ordinary can become extraordinary.

Samantha Waldron joined ReWild Urban Landscape a Urban Thinkscape group over 1 year ago

Hailey Kierse joined ReWild Urban Landscape a Urban Thinkscape group about 2 years ago

Renata Pitman

over 2 years ago

Renata Leite Pitman
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We have been working on a public system of education for the identification of trees and other wildlife at the Jens Jensen Gardens at the Lighthouse in Evanston.

We used the iNaturalist application to record our efforts. Up to date 80 observers made 449 observations. 163 species were identified by 152 identifiers. See: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/jens-jensen-gardens?tab=species

Renata Pitman

over 3 years ago

World Ocean Day 2021 - Girls Scouts of Chicago Contest

We can't continue damaging rivers and seas with polluted waters. To raise awareness of this issue, we are planning an Art on Drain contest with the Girls Scout Troops of the Greater Chicago Area. To participate:

1) Join your troop at the ReWild Urban Landscape project: www.changex.org/us/urban-thinkscape/715-seward-st-evanston-il-60202-usa-cook-county. The "join" button is located on the bottom left of the page.

2) Paint around a water drain ONLY USING CHALK the troop art, take a picture, and post it on THIS PAGE, Facebook, or Instagram with the hashtag #WOD2021-Art-on-drain. Before planning your drawing, imagine the impact of pesticides in all species from Chicago to the Mississippi River and then to the Ocean.

3) The arts will be judged by famous experts, soon to be announced. There will be one winning troop per county, which will be announced on June 30, 2021.

4) Winning troops will be awarded a camera trap, which is an outdoor camera used to capture footage of the wildlife that surrounds us. I will train the troops to work remotely to observe species on their cameras and upload them to iNaturalist (a wildlife observation app). Leaders and scouts will gain a better understanding of the wildlife in our area encouraging teamwork between troops.

6) Get ready to shine in defense of our planet!!

https://www.changex.org/us/urban-thinkscape/715-seward-st-evanston-il-60202-usa-cook-county/events/world-water-day-2021-eco-conscious-art-installations-and-paintings

Renata Pitman

over 3 years ago

Please consider signing and sharing this petition to advocate that businesses plant natives to attract pollinators to their gardens. Thank you!

https://www.change.org/supportRPBB

#RustyPatchedBumbleBee #bumblebee #bees #beesofinstagram #BumbleBees #RedList #IUCN #NatGeoCertified #pollinators #pollinatorswelcome #pollinatorgarden #pollinatorfriendly #pollinatorplants #pollinatorhabitat

Theodore Fusco joined ReWild Urban Landscape a Urban Thinkscape group over 3 years ago

Leslie Wheeler Valenti joined ReWild Urban Landscape a Urban Thinkscape group over 3 years ago

Julie Fusco joined ReWild Urban Landscape a Urban Thinkscape group over 3 years ago

Simone Athayde joined ReWild Urban Landscape a Urban Thinkscape group almost 4 years ago

When?

Every sunday morning (online)

Where?

Evanston Illinois, USA, Cook County

Help Needed!

1) Documenting wildlife in cities using iNaturalist (www.inaturalist.org) https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/tracking-evanston-wildlife; 2) Planting natives. 3) Participating in our contests

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At this point we look for volunteers taking pictures of wildlife, and entering at our project at the naturalist site.

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