Happy New Year to the fellow members of the Valuing Water Community! I appreciate and look forward to the opportunities of learning and sharing as a new member of this community. We are lucky to have snow over the nearby mountain top after two weeks of rainstorm/windstorm which will be helpful for the mountain ecosystems. I just posted an event for your infomation about what we are doing now as part of CIEDM's grassroots actions of taking part in the celebration of the 2026 National Bird Day on 5 January and International Zero Waste Month throughout January, and welcome your comments.