Category Archives: Schuylkill River Rescuers

As we finish the project we made great progress in our research and making the trail look very clean. We cleaned the trail of almost 10 tires and many pounds of trash. We went back to check on the trail today and we noticed that no more trash has appeared since we cleaned, so hopefully people are taking the initiative to keep the trail clean. During the Earth Day presentation we noticed how many people are uninformed about the harm we are causing to our environment. Our team is now taking the time to spread the word on volunteering and the harm pollution can potentially cause if we keep living the way we do.

For our research we looked into how pollution is affecting the local area and also the world. We found out how Reading has moderate pollution and we noticed this through our visit to the Schuylkill trail. The water stopped running through this trail due to pollution over the years. Globally we found out how we are destroying the environments of many animals and increasing our risk for health problems.