EJKK Climate Blessing

EJKK Climate Blessing is a team consisting of four Penn State students: Ebony Grant, Jennifer Honorat, Krista Wickel, and Kirubel Asnake.  Pictured above (from left to right) are Krista, Ebony, and Jennifer.

Research Component 

Nature Deficiency 

For our EACAP project, we focused on researching the topic of Nature Deficiency. Nature Deficiency describes how people especially children are spending less time surrounded by nature.  Nature-Deficit Disorder coined by Richard Louv describes the widespread epidemic of inactivity as increasingly more children spend less time outside.   This has led to a wide range of behavioral problems. This is widespread due to an “epidemic of inactivity” as children become increasingly disconnected from the environment. 

Service Component  

For our service project, we worked with the Glenside Elementary school. We had created posters for the 4th-grade classrooms about the life cycle of a plant, the parts of the plant, and how to care for a plant. Ebony also planted 14 marigolds for each classroom. Ebony and Krista presented the posters to a 4th-grade classroom through zoom, for them to present to the other classes. Our main goal was to educate the children about the life cycle of plants.