What a great question! Well the obvious is Donate, Join Us and support the discussion and approval of this pilot project with the BOCC.

Funding:

We expect to need funding outside of what the BOCC may provide to cover some costs with analysis and advanced programs to prepare for larger scale distribution throughout the Keys and to start looking at addressing estuaries outside of the Keys that directly affect our water quality. Estuary water from the SW part of FL, travels around Key West and across FL Bay and reaches Key Largo in less than 2 months!

Manufacturing Support:

We also need physical support for the manufacturing of the units. FKEC.org is seeking companies and groups skilled in carpentry and to help physically build these units. If we have 20 groups building 10 units each the workload is less, more people become aware of the project and our community become engaged!

Education Component:

Over time, we will be working with Keys Schools to included educational programs and data collection on the pilot program. If you are a educator, we hope to reach out and help bring this exciting homegrown initiative into your classroom with help of our member groups like Reef Relief, Aquaranch and more.

Join Us:

Please visit our website and join us, or visit us on Facebook and join the discussion. Since 2010, we have amassed active members from around the gulf coast who care deeply about the Gulf and the Keys. FKEC.org is leading the initiative to bring this one program to the Keys as a means to help reverse our human footprint, so that we may live and enjoy the beauty here for many generations to come.

Citizen Scientists:

We want all to be aware and participate. We hope to encourage a new class of citizen scientist to help improve the Keys to where it was 40 years ago, before the pressure of some many of us being here and extreme nutrient treatment of crops upstream from the Keys push our ecosystem to the brink of collapse in some cases.

FKEC.org will help to promote and release new programs that enable the citizen scientists, who’s data collection through simple pictures and comments can help scientist to monitor changes that we cannot afford to monitor now.

Volunteers and Emergency Response:

Please look through our website and register. We are part of the County EOC solution in being able to organize citizens to respond to threats to our ecosystems. We help train and organized volunteers at all levels. Please sign up and become part of our community solution!