Mendel here with an exciting announcement:I'm producing a new <a href="https://youtu.be/XtarO5Vl0AI" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">video podcast</a> for a local environmental advocacy organization: the <a href="https://www.falsecreekfriends.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">False Creek Friends Society</a>.False Creek, as the name suggests, is not a creek. It’s a tidal slough, and it’s one of the most visible waterways here in Vancouver, where I live. It’s right next to downtown, and it’s always bustling with life. It also has a reputation for being highly polluted, thanks to bygone industry and present day civic infrastructure. Despite that, a recent bioblitz survey revealed that it’s home to more than 500 different species.The goal of the False Creek Friends Society is to see this waterway become a focal point of healing the intersection of ecology and urban society, and have it serve as a living lab for us to better understand our relationship with these waters. More specifically, the proposal is for False Creek to be designated as Canada’s first Urban Marine Park, with Indigenous co-governance, under the 30 x 30 conservation goals.Of course, getting there is going to take work, and a lot of learning — lessons which I think will be relevant not just for me and my neighbours, but anybody living near water. The story of False Creek’s future is about public health, climate resilience, Indigenous reconciliation, more-than-human beings, and environmental justice. Because after all, we’re all waterbodies. If you’re as excited about this project as I am, you can learn more and get involved at <a href="https://falsecreekfriends.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">falsecreekfriends.org</a>Waterbodies is recorded on location on False Creek. The first episodes will arrive this September, but the trailer is out now. So I hope you’ll get subscribed to the Waterbodies feed anywhere — <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIpQoJxeLI0&list=PL0qtsvapAgmlYFjQqijcvFJT1EBgYxTlT" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/550jZsgcsGsmd3JME4PO0q?si=_GbZwiBMT3uWepNIhuT4Wg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/waterbodies/id1819254773" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://waterbodies.captivate.fm/listen" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">etcetera</a>. Here's the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtarO5Vl0AI" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">video trailer</a>.(Just in case you were wondering, Future Ecologies is not going away. But it’s also still not sustainable as a full time job for me or anyone else. If you want, you can help us out at <a href="http://patreon.com/futureecologies" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon.com/futureecologies</a>, but in the meantime I think this makes for a pretty cool balance.)

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