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Hello Tunza Eco-generation family! Sorry I should?ve report on the event right away, but I wasn?t able to since I was very ill after the event. Anyways, let?s get started. Last Saturday, at Madrona Marsh Preserve and Nature center, (where I do my internship related to environmental conservation) I was able to participate in assisting my manager, Mrs. Tracy, to lead the birding class for the ecology club at Hawthorne middle school from our neighboring city. The class was around 25 students, with some of the parents attending as well. We first talked about the different types of bird beaks and feet. Along with that we explained why we shouldn?t feed the birds in the public places, explaining how ducks with ?white rings? on their neck is due to people feeding human food to them which can be extremely harmful to them while their natural life expectancy is around 12 year, those with white rings only live around 1-3 years. (More visible white ring is unhealthier they are) Then we explained how to observe birds from the field guide. Students learned how to use binocular and distinguish birds based on their field marks. We gave them hour of tour walking around the preserve and showing around how our environment would?ve looked like back in 300 years ago when Native Americans lived without European explorations going on. Students were amazed how interesting nature can be, and some promised to come back. After we came back, I introduced Tunza Eco-generation, encouraged them to apply for the summit next year or read articles on our website, and passed out pamphlets, pens and post-its. I enjoyed going out in the marsh with students. It reminded me of last summer, the time I had to lead Naturalist/Bird, Mammal, and insect camp and teach younger age group how to appreciate nature and be out there! It was great to see more people appreciate and interact with nature. I hope more people around my neighborhood would come out and be motivated to protect our environment! |
   
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Great job done, Yuna. Keep it up
Posted 28-03-2016 20:50
@Minjoo,
Thank you so much for your encouragement! I love seeing variety of age groups come out and simply enjoy being around the nature, everyone out here is so willing to step up(:
Posted 28-03-2016 01:05
@kamaldeen,
Thank you! I definitely believe that everyone can be a good leader as long as they have passion and motivation :) I hope to see them grow and become eco-leaders!
Posted 28-03-2016 00:49
@John,
Thank you :3 and I agree! especially for our future(:
Posted 28-03-2016 00:48
@Reshma,
Thanks for reading as well and Thank you so much for your encouragement, it was nice talking to you the other day haha hope to get to know you more!
feel free to talk to me, I'll respond asap when i'm available :)
Posted 28-03-2016 00:47
Greatly impressed by your work Yuna! From your article, I realized how important is education to the youngs. Simply knowing why it is not a healty thing to give foods to the birds can be one of the actions to preserve the habitat and the environment. Ones who have also experienced the natural beauty could realize the necessity and become more cautious when dealing with the environment. Thanks for posting and keep up the good work :-)
Posted 27-03-2016 01:05
Great work, Yuna Tae! The younger generation needs someone who can shape them upright. Indeed, we are all leaders of today!
Posted 26-03-2016 21:35
Involving the young kids to participate in environmental conservation is the right step towards a better world
Posted 26-03-2016 21:32
The report is of great environmental info
Posted 26-03-2016 21:29
Thanks for sharing Yuna and also encouraging youngers to take part in tunza which really inspires people towards nature conservation. :)
Posted 26-03-2016 17:22
@Nilanjan, I'm glad you enjoyed reading! I guess I was too stressed out, I've been feeling nauseous and havent been able to eat much for a week, but I still try to stay positive^^
Posted 26-03-2016 16:25
@Heonjun, our city has been promoting environmental conservation impressively through recycling work, environmental-awareness days and events, and cooperation with the local oil company and non-profit organizations like Madrona Marsh Preserve and Nature center.
At Madrona Marsh so many age group volunteers, from 4 up to 92, come and interact with nature and participates in variety of events! I really appreciate everyone involved in Madrona Marsh for their work :D and I love being part of them!
Posted 26-03-2016 16:12
@Rahul,
I hope to recover soon! I haven't really been eating this week haha, but it's amazing i was still able to manage to do go to school and get work done :) I really need to learn to take care of myself now, a lot of my friends nag about it (I appreciate the care!)
and definitely, I always love going out in the marsh every week, I'm going again tomorrow morning!
Posted 26-03-2016 16:09
@Arushi,
unfortunately it's getting worse, but I'm able to keep up with work so its good:)
I really enjoyed my birding event, I loved seeing students being out there and truly appreciate the nature. and yeah a lot of people feed birds just to interact with them more but really its very unhealthy to them, and I'm sure this applies to a lot of park animals as Abdessamad informed us! Thanks for encouragement, hope you enjoyed reading!
Posted 26-03-2016 16:07
@Jean, Thank you so much for your encouragement! I'm glad you enjoyed my article, I'm rather inspired from other ambassadors and everyone else around here, I probably should be more active and hard-working! haha:)
Posted 26-03-2016 16:04
@Abdessamad,
that is very upsetting to hear!
(wow, seeing monkeys in the national park sounds so nice, but I hope they're in good health!) Thank you for reading!(:
Posted 26-03-2016 15:48
Thank you for the great report Yuna! I hope you're better now :)
Posted 26-03-2016 14:04
Hi Yuna! Not many young kids, including me when i was younger :p, have opportunity to experience the nature as it is these days! Even playgrounds are covered with soft sponges providing zero soil to touch and play with. The activity at the marsh looks enough interesting to stir up interest to nature! thanks for posting!
Posted 26-03-2016 13:47
Hope for your quick recovery and healthy life. Health comes first. ANd your visit must have been great :)
Posted 26-03-2016 03:17
Hope you are feeling well now. I can make out that you enjoyed the birding event. Thanks for sharing your lovely experience. Oh! I din't know that we should not feed birds in public. I knew that human food is not good for them but through your report I know not to feed them in public. Thanks. Keep up the good work.
Posted 26-03-2016 01:14
thank you for the report Tae. You did a great job to make Tunza recognized. I think we all should take example from you. keep up!
Posted 25-03-2016 20:44
Thanks for sharing Yuna, hope you are fine and in good health,
In Algeria, some of the monkeys suffered from chronic diseases in a national park in the north, due to visitors feeding human food to them
Posted 25-03-2016 20:34