Wrapping Up the Process

eacap-website

We have put together teasers and articles regarding six topicsĀ related to sustainability. Those topics are as follows: Bee Hives, Rain Barrels, Bat Houses, MOBIUS Recycling, Paper Waste Reduction, and the Food Recovery Network. Eventually, these short blurbs and articles will go on the Penn State Berks Sustainability webpage. In the mean time, we set up our own personal website titled EACAP Environmentalist, which you can access HERE, to get a good idea of the work we have done in making people more aware of the importance of sustainability and how it affects various aspects of the environment.

Our poster is almost done. We still plan on adding some facts about our research paper, which was on a totally separate topic: deforestation. The research paper itself is pretty much done. We are also going to present images of our personal webpage (not the official Penn State one) on our poster so people can get a feel for what we were able to accomplish.

In terms of our plan to issue a recycling survey to people to see what they actually recycle out of the recyclable materials that they use, we did not see how this would relate to any aspect of our project and our end goal. We may still do it since it does relate to sustainability, but it will be done on a much smaller scale and as a much smaller portion of our project since it is not the main goal of the EACAP project.

The Environmentalist Takes on the Issues

From left: Asher Fair, Derek Dewald, Ben Straka

Asher Fair- I am majoring in accounting and am a freshman. I graduated from Muhlenberg High School. In addition to being a full-time student at Penn State Berks, I am also employed at Slick Willy’s Karts and Eats.

Derek Dewald- I am undecided about my major and am a freshman. I graduated from Schuylkill Valley High School. In addition to being a full-time student at Penn State Berks, I am also employed by my father making boat propeller molds.

Ben Straka- I am majoring in business and am a freshman. I graduated from Exeter High School. In addition to being a full-time student at Penn State Berks, I am also employed at McDonald’s.

We will be working with the Penn State Berks Sustainability Team to complete this project, and we will be doing so by working on a sustainability newsletter and web page. We are interested in enhancing our knowledge about sustainability and the environmental issues surrounding it. Also, we hope to spread knowledge around to the world regarding the many environmental issues that we face today by posting on the web page that we create.