Where you at?

“Where you at?” That’s what i want to ask you for this month’s IndieWeb Carnival. It’s also the title of “a self-scoring test on basic environmental perception of place” that opened the Winter ’81 issue of CoEvolution Quarterly, a small publication that was born out of the Whole Earth Catalog. The quiz’s twenty questions, compiled by Leonard Charles, Jim Dodge, Lynn Milliman and Victoria Stockley, are as follows: Trace the water you drink from precipitation to tap. How many days till the moon is full? (Slack of two days allowed.) What soil series are you standing on? What was the total rainfall in your area last year (July–June)? (Slack: 1″ for every 20″.) When was the last time a fire burned in your area? What were the primary subsistence techniques of the culture that lived in your area before you? Name five native edible plants in your region and their season(s) of availability. From what direction do winter storms generally come in your region? Where does your garbage go? How long…