MICROVOLUNTERING FOR NATURE

YOUR ORGANIZATION IS:

A nonprofit advocating for environment protection, nature and conservation.

YOUR CAUSE IS:

Defending the environment and educating people to treasure the natural wonders of the world.

@ Raico Rosenberg Flickr

Suggested Microvolunteering Actions for Nature

CREATE

photograph or film a wild species in your area

create ART for ecology: *land art, *sand or ice sculpture, *botanical illustration, *landscape photography *record nature sounds

@ Jos van Wunnik

build a feeder, nester or pond in your garden

share your pet “love story”

@ jeffreyw Flickr

SHARE

help a beginner with eco farming advice

offer useful advice to plant or pet owners

share calls for adoptions or lost animals

sign a petition against hunting, poaching or animal abuse

exchange flowering plants and seeds

ORGANIZE

review a vet in your area

map wildlife in your area

@ I Am birdsaspoetry.com flickr

map green areas in your neighborhood

report pollution and habitat emergencies

collect soil, water or rock samples to help scientists

scan&upload archive material about your area

INTERACT

organize a max 1 hour webinar teaching gardening skills

share a car ride with a pet owner who must reach the vet

help a volunteer team clean a park, beach or lake

participate in a community tree planting event

@ https://www.flickr.com/photos/kingcountyparks/

donate a potted plant to a sick person

foster a sick animal to help him recover

@ https://www.flickr.com/photos/tim_ellis/

help with pet sitting during holiday season

leave food and water for wild animals

spend one hour interacting with a lonely animal at a zoo

donate extra food to a shelter

Ideas, trends and experiments:

Urban gardens have the power to bring nature back into the city. These can be as miniaturized as possible.

Trends:

micro roof gardens

balcony or small indoor gardens

vegetable community gardens& urban farms

guerilla gardening in the heart of the city

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Crowd-powered environmental monitoring.

Volunteers could help monitor local weather as well as pollution, wildlife, climate change and environmental damage in their communities.

@ Jeremy Brooks Flickr

Each volunteer could be assigned a small area to watch for: a park, a river segment, a forest zone, a city district, etc.

• short reports could be created on themes such as: *climate, pollution and toxicity, *environmental damage *wildlife, *urban plants
• the reports should be easy to fill in and quick to submit.
• the tasks may also benefit from gamification.