From fa2eeea7ee7a3eb46460cc7667ae01f1d1553e13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ubuntu Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 14:30:08 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] automated commit from wiki --- 2022-02-17.md | 28 +--------------------------- bioregional knowledge.md | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) create mode 100644 bioregional knowledge.md diff --git a/2022-02-17.md b/2022-02-17.md index 4ad91ff..8261652 100644 --- a/2022-02-17.md +++ b/2022-02-17.md @@ -6,30 +6,4 @@ Of course, even the author [elsewhere likes the idea of playing with the functio [This](https://subconscious.substack.com/p/wiki-as-a-commons?utm_source=url) would certainly be of interest to y'all -- considers [commonses](#the commons) and [wikis](#wikis)... -Via [kottke](https://kottke.org/22/02/do-you-know-where-youre-at): - -> In 1981, Coevolution Quarterly published a 20 question quiz written by Leonard Charles, Jim Dodge, Lynn Milliman, and Victoria Stockley that is designed to reveal how well you know your local natural environment. Here are the questions: - -> Trace the water you drink from precipitation to tap. - How many days til the moon is full? (Slack of 2 days allowed.) - What soil series are you standing on? - What was the total rainfall in your area last year (July-June)? (Slack: 1 inch for every 20 inches.) - When was the last time a fire burned in your area? - What were the primary subsistence techniques of the culture that lived in your area before you? - Name 5 edible plants in your region and their season(s) of availability. - From what direction do winter storms generally come in your region? - Where does your garbage go? - How long is the growing season where you live? - On what day of the year are the shadows the shortest where you live? - When do the deer rut in your region, and when are the young born? - Name five grasses in your area. Are any of them native? - Name five resident and five migratory birds in your area. - What is the land use history of where you live? - What primary ecological event/process influenced the land form where you live? (Bonus special: what’s the evidence?) - What species have become extinct in your area? - What are the major plant associations in your region? - From where you’re reading this, point north. - What spring wildflower is consistently among the first to bloom where you live? - - -I feel *emotionally troubled* about how few I can answer! I wonder if anyone else is similarly spurred to put this together for [Seattle](#seattle)... They're obviously not all of equal weight; it's far more embarrassing that I can't tell you the dates of first and last frost than our shortest-shadow date. \ No newline at end of file +Ashamed of my lack of [bioregional knowledge](#bioregional knowledge). \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/bioregional knowledge.md b/bioregional knowledge.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8a284ce --- /dev/null +++ b/bioregional knowledge.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +Via [kottke](https://kottke.org/22/02/do-you-know-where-youre-at): + +> In 1981, [Coevolution Quarterly](#coevolution quarterly) published a 20 question quiz written by [Leonard Charles](#leonard charles), [Jim Dodge](#jim dodge), [Lynn Milliman](#lynn milliman), and [Victoria Stockley](#victoria stockley) that is designed to reveal how well you know your local natural environment. Here are the questions: + +> Trace the water you drink from precipitation to tap. + How many days til the moon is full? (Slack of 2 days allowed.) + What soil series are you standing on? + What was the total rainfall in your area last year (July-June)? (Slack: 1 inch for every 20 inches.) + When was the last time a fire burned in your area? + What were the primary subsistence techniques of the culture that lived in your area before you? + Name 5 edible plants in your region and their season(s) of availability. + From what direction do winter storms generally come in your region? + Where does your garbage go? + How long is the growing season where you live? + On what day of the year are the shadows the shortest where you live? + When do the deer rut in your region, and when are the young born? + Name five grasses in your area. Are any of them native? + Name five resident and five migratory birds in your area. + What is the land use history of where you live? + What primary ecological event/process influenced the land form where you live? (Bonus special: what’s the evidence?) + What species have become extinct in your area? + What are the major plant associations in your region? + From where you’re reading this, point north. + What spring wildflower is consistently among the first to bloom where you live? + + +I feel *emotionally troubled* about how few I can answer! I wonder if anyone else is similarly spurred to put this together for [Seattle](#seattle)... They're obviously not all of equal weight; it's far more embarrassing that I can't tell you the dates of first and last frost than our shortest-shadow date. \ No newline at end of file