1) Learn about the world around you.
Your phone can be a helpful instrument. Download plant identifier apps to your phone and start the habit of learning the names and origins of plants, insects, and birds you see and hear:
Plants
Plantnet https://identify.plantnet.org/
Inaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/
Planta https://getplanta.com/
Picture this. https://www.picturethisai.com/
Birds
Merlin Bird ID https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/
Insects:
Pictureinsect https://pictureinsect.com/
2) Bookmark Resources.
Canadian Networks:
Nature Conservancy of Canada https://natureconservancy.ca/who-we-are/
Environmental Defense Canada https://environmentaldefence.ca/
Ecology Action Canada (Nova Scotia) - critical environmental issues from biodiversity protection to climate change to environmental justice. https://ecologyaction.ca/
Yellowhead Institute https://yellowheadinstitute.org/
CLEAR Lab (OISE) The Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR) is an Indigenous-led feminist and anticolonial laboratory conducting research on social and natural sciences related to environmental justice, especially plastic pollution. https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/collaborativeindigenousresearch/research/clear-civic-laboratory-environmental-action-research
NiCHE Network in Canadian History & Environment | Nouvelle initiative Canadienne en histoire de l'environnement
3) Find Data Sources:
Canada
Canadian federal government’s climate change page: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/climatechange.html
Wildfires: https://climate.esri.ca/pages/wildfire
US
Climate.US – rebuilt government site https://www.climate.us/ See especially https://www.climate.us/climatedashboard
NOAA climate https://www.noaa.gov/climate
Heat.gov https://heat.gov/
Indigenous Environmental Network: https://www.ienearth.org/
Wildfires
4) How much carbon do you use? Try some calculators: