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Crossing Streams

  By jmm8167 • January 24, 2019 ,

left to right : Nathan, Kyle, Jimmy, Jaeden

We are Crossing Streams, we are all from Berks County and we all love the outdoors.  This project is going to be a lot of fun for us and a nice way for us to give back to the area.  We are all sophomores in college at Penn State Berks and we all plan to transfer to University Park next semester.

I am Jaeden Mathias and I graduated from Tulpehocken Junior Senior High School in 2017.  I enjoy playing soccer and spending time hiking. I plan to major in Geography and graduate in 2021.  

I am Kyle Lanshe and I graduated from Schuylkill Valley High School in 2017. I always love spending most of my time in nature. I really enjoy mountain biking and snowboarding. I plan to major in Economics in 2021.

I am Jimmy Lanshe and I graduated from Schuylkill Valley in 2017. I love being outside and spending time in the outdoors. My interests are mountain biking, snowboarding, and fly fishing. I am an Economics major and plan to graduate in 2021.

I am Nathan Strause, a graduate of Schuylkill Valley High School in 2017. Some interests include mountain biking, snowboarding, and other outdoor activities. I plan on transferring to University Park and major in business at Smeal. 

 

2/13/2019

Ms. Boyer asked us to look into the tape used on trees.  She wants us to scrape the eggs off of the trees on the property.  She also wants us to then look at preventative techniques like wrapping the trees in the protective tape.  She also would appreciate us to create a visual aid to help explain to the kids why the tape is there and what the life cycle of a spotted lanternfly is like.  She said we could use this visual aid for our presentation and then give it to her after the completion of our presentation.  She said we may also come in to teach a little bit to her kids in garden club and that would be helpful.

 

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Culiminating Thoughts on EACAP Project

  By Asher Charles Fair • December 9, 2016 , , ,

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This project ended up being a huge success for myself, Derek, and Ben. We had expressed uncertainties with how to go about what our goal was (and sometimes did not even know what we were aiming for), but we were able to get it together and create a successful sustainability website that will eventually have its content copied to the official Penn State Berks Sustainability website. I think this will end up being very successful in terms of getting people aware because there are a lot of people out there that care about creating a better environment in which to live, and I would venture to guess that people would view information from a world-renowned university’s web page more than just a personal web page like the one we created, however we have seen the site pick up some views over the course of doing the project.

For now, the web page can be seen HERE. (https://eacapenvironmentalist.wordpress.com/). Eventually, it will be linked on the Penn State Berks website and much more accessible and much easier to locate for the average person who is looking up sustainability topics.

Also successful was our research on deforestation. We were able to tie that in with our service project of creating the web page quite well, and the great amount of information we were able to get on the topic will hopefully help everyone who stopped by our poster and everyone who saw the presentation in class.

Our poster presentation and our slide show presentation were both very successful in terms of relaying the large amounts of information we gathered to the public. In total, 11 people stopped by our poster, and over 20 students were in attendance at our slide show presentation. If every person shared our website (or eventually the PSU Berks Sustainability web site) with someone, and they shared it with someone, the site should accumulate hundreds or even thousands of views, at which point people would likely be acting on the issues at hand.

This project was worth the time and effort we put into it. We got out of it what we put into it, and based on what we got out of it, all three of us can tell that the great amount of effort we put into it has paid off.

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Community Awareness Day!!

  By Amelia Elaine Seely • December 2, 2016 , ,

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Today was the day! We presented over and over again our wonderful research and service components. The turn out was great and we had such a fun time sharing our knowledge and learning with you guys! The other teams’ projects were all looking just as good as we walked around and heard from them as well. We had a good day!

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The Last Stretch!

  By Malama Chibwe • November 23, 2016 , ,

Everything is winding down so we are working diligently on the poster for the upcoming community day after we get back from break. We have a lot of shocking statistics and photos to present to everyone which have definitely changed our perspective on plastics waste and how much a negative impact our negligence has had on our oceans for decades which is getting worse with each passing year.

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Wrapping Up the Process

  By Asher Charles Fair • November 20, 2016 , ,

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We have put together teasers and articles regarding six topics 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.

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8 million TONS of Plastic Waste

  By Malama Chibwe • November 8, 2016 , ,

So we have been doing in depth research on this topic and we are finding very disturbing information about how much plastic waste is dumped into our oceans. “Every year tons of plastic waste is dumped into the ocean 8 million tons of it in fact. That means the total amount of plastic trash already in the ocean is much larger which is even worse news.” The real problem is plastic isnt bio degradable so essentially it stays forever floating in our oceans killing so much of our marine life and affecting the overall health of the ocean.

 

Caption:[UNVERIFIED CONTENT] Plastic trash pollution on beach of Labuan Bajo (Flores Island). It is sad to see that in that small fishing town which is the gateway to the Komodo Islands, a nearby protected nature reserve famous for a species of large lizards (called Komodo dragons). The area also has some of the world's best scuba-diving spots. Unfortunately, indigenous people are still used to throw away trash on road sides and in rivers (which was fine when all that trash was biodegradable, before the invention of plastic). They don't have good waste disposal or recycling facilities. So all the plastic trash ends up in the ocean, and then is washed-up on shore. It's particularly ugly at low tide. This is a major environmental problem that affects all developing countries. Other keywords: environment, environmental impact, pollution, plastic trash, ocean, sea, global, garbage, seashore, fishing village, boats. Oct 12, 2011

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Earth Day with Glenside Elementary Students!

  By Malama Chibwe • November 5, 2016 , , ,

Our time last Friday on Earth day with the kids was awesome! Team Gaia came and made a impact with these 5th graders who were awesome to spend most of the day with. Joseph came in early and helped Professor Kazempour set up the room for the students arrival and activities for the day. Gabriel came in as the activities got started and help make teams and with the start of the activities which were centered how each individual kid can have a positive impact on the environment. I came in half way through the day and helped the kids with the rest of the activities one involved painting the kids hands and creating the world. I helped with the clean up while Joseph went on tour with the kids. Overall it was really fun and good learning experience for everyone involved especially the kids as Professor Kazempour taught them how to recycle properly. Go Team Gaia!!

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The Green Lion, Final Post! Our Video!

  By cfn5029 • May 8, 2016 ,

We would like to share a video with everyone the importance of food waste, so please have a look at our video here! Please feel free to share this video with friends and family, wherever you please. Use this video as a way to get the message out about how severe food waste really is!

The Importance of Food Waste

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Final Reflection on EACAP – The Bee Team (May 1, 2016)

  By aio5139 • May 1, 2016 , , ,

After working long hours with John Rost we have accomplished a lot and have come a far way. With the energy and motivation from all of our team members, we can all agree this was a very fun and useful project. We got to learn about all different types of flowers that attract bees and how vital bees are to the environment in order for pollination to occur. We learned a lot of information on Colony Collapse Disorder and how prevalent it is around the United States. All of our research was helpful to better understand the problems going on and how it is truly effecting the environment. We also learned a lot through our actual project and had a blast helping out John and we are very happy that our project was located on the Penn State campus so we can go back and see the progress that the garden has made. We learned that there are many obstacles when preforming projects like this. For example, the soil in the garden was very tough and there was a bunch of roots that got in the way while trying to plant our flowers. It made it very difficult to spread the flowers out like they should have been, so instead we just planted them closer together. It was really interesting to see our whole project from start to finish since we planted, fertilized, watered, and planted the seeds. Next year we are looking forward to coming back to school and seeing the progress that our pollination garden has made!