Explore our collection of Urban Ecology quests.
19 quests found
Your neighborhood harbors more species than you think—and scientists need your eyes on the ground.
Document and map wildlife in your city while contributing to real scientific databases. Learn identification techniques and join the citizen science movement.
Your city sidewalks grow more free food than most people realize.
Discover edible plants growing in urban spaces. Learn to identify dandelions, clover, plantain, and wood sorrel on city streets, parks, and vacant lots.
Your city block has more wild neighbors than you think—this system helps you find them, understand them, and see your concrete jungle differently.
Build a repeatable system for spotting, documenting, and understanding urban wildlife patterns in your neighborhood using sensory mapping and citizen science protocols.
The loudest hour of the day, and almost nobody's listening.
Grab a friend, set an early alarm, and go meet the birds in your area. With a pair of binoculars and a free app that names singing birds out loud, you'll spend two hours finding ten different species, pigeons and house sparrows included.
That 'weed' growing through the sidewalk crack might be your next dinner ingredient.
Learn to identify, harvest, and preserve edible wild plants in your city, then transform them into shelf-stable foods using traditional preservation techniques.
The tree is singing. Want to know who?
Grab a friend and walk your campus for 45 minutes with a free bird ID app in your pocket. You'll learn five birds you can name on sight, hold the app up to a chirp in a tree, and watch it tell you who's singing.
Your city's sidewalks, parks, and vacant lots produce more food than most grocery store aisles—once you know what to look for.
Build a sustainable system for foraging edible plants in urban spaces across all four seasons using ethical harvesting techniques and identification tools.
Your neighborhood park holds scientific secrets—and researchers need your eyes to uncover them.
Join a global network of citizen scientists documenting urban biodiversity. Use proven observation protocols to track wildlife, plants, and environmental changes in your city while contributing to real scientific research.
Turn city sidewalks into grocery aisles with professional wild edible training.
Get certified in urban foraging through hands-on training. Learn wild edible identification, sustainable harvesting practices, and city-specific plant knowledge from experienced instructors.
The dandelions in that vacant lot might be free, but are they safe—and legal—to pick?
Master the safety protocols and legal landscape of urban foraging. Learn identification techniques, contamination risks, and municipal regulations before harvesting city plants.
The coyote den is three blocks from your apartment—you just haven't looked for it yet.
Transform vacant lots, parks, and green corridors into living ecology labs. Document wildlife patterns, map micro-habitats, and connect fragmented urban ecosystems.
Transform your city into a wild pantry and discover the edible landscape hiding in plain sight.
Master the art of identifying, harvesting, and using wild edibles in urban environments through this comprehensive foraging certification quest.
The ocean steps back for two hours. Go meet the neighbors.
Grab a friend and head to a rocky beach on the lowest tide of the month. You'll pick one shelf about the size of two parking spaces, sketch it on paper, and hunt down every kind of creature living on it before the water comes back.
Your city is a free grocery store if you know where to look.
Learn to safely identify and harvest edible wild plants in urban environments across all four seasons with expert foraging techniques.
Your city grows more free food than you think—you just need to know where to look.
Learn to identify and harvest wild edibles growing in urban spaces—from parks to abandoned lots—with safety protocols and regional guides.
The fox den under the parking garage sees more action than most nature reserves.
Transform overlooked city spaces into wildlife observation zones. Learn to track urban animals, create interaction points, and document biodiversity in unexpected places.
Your city has more wild neighbors than you think—time to meet them.
Turn your city into a wildlife discovery zone. Learn to spot, identify, and document urban animals and plants in unexpected places.
Your city is a living field guide—learn to read it.
Learn to identify birds, insects, trees, and urban wildlife in your neighborhood. Train your naturalist eye with field guides and citizen science apps.
Your city's sidewalks hide more edible plants than your local grocery store.
Learn to identify edible wild plants growing in your city. Discover safe foraging techniques, recognize common urban species, and harvest responsibly.
