Clean Green

Team Members: Kameron Uffner, Evan Dragone , William Pepper, and Evan Krapohl

Kameron Uffner – 2nd Year, Elementary Education Major

Evan Dragone – 2nd Year, History Major

William Pepper – 2nd Year, Hospitality Major

Evan Krapohl – 2nd Year, Hospitality Major

What did we Research?:      Our research topic was deforestation and it’s detrimental affects on the environment around it. The SDG’s that relate to our research and service are SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13: Climate Action, and SDG 15: Life on Land.

Organization:      Berks Nature and Penn State Berks Greenhouse

What was our service?:      Our service consisted of helping out Berks Nature with tree planting in multiple different locations. Next we did water testing at Bob’s Nature Preserve and a creek cleanup in the creek behind the Berks Nature Place. Our final service was to help out at the Penn State Berks Greenhouse doing multiple tasks such as pulling weeds and trimming roots.

 

Summary:      The projects that we were fortunate enough to work with these organizations on have taught us a lot about our local environment. The tree planting helps counteract both deforestation and climate change, both which are rising global concerns. Our water testing and creek clean up services had taught us all that our local drinking water is not as safe as we would have thought as runoff pollution from heavy use of fertilizers is a common pollutant. Climate change is going to be a global concern for many years to come, up until it is way too late to save our planet. In order to combat climate change now, we must act against now and continue to act against it in the upcoming future.

 

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Click the photo below to watch our research presentation! :

 

Enjoy these photos from our different service acts!