What inspired you to found the Ebiil Society?
Seeing the need to provide meaningful Belauan ways for our children to reconnect with their land and oceans–their home. The Ebiil Society was founded to inspire their sense of gratitude and compassion towards their home and plant seeds of knowledge that returns responsibility towards what they care for.
The Ebiil Society manages Ngerkeklau, where we worked together to remove invasive species. What is special about this place? What changes have you noticed in the environment?
Ngerkeklau is an ancient village full of magical stories and ancient artifacts–not to mention the biodiversity of old trees and birds, nesting turtles, megapodes, and dugongs feeding around the islands’ seagrass. It’s our best outdoor classroom. After the eradication, there’s definitely more plants, more crab, more megapode, etc.
