Environment

Environment and Nature
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=ANNA JULIETTE GROSS 2011-2012 = Long Beach Island Beach clean up!

Location: Long beach Island, NJ
 Contact: 609-494-7800 or aloLBI@verizon.net Description: I did the same thing as my peer, Chase Mayo Winham, but I continued my work after the 15 hours was completed. I went onto the beach and collected trash in a large plastic bag. Why: TO HELP THE EARTH and SAVE THE SEA TURTLES! It was very calming and peaceful to walk the beaches also! I enjoyed it most of the time (although there were a few bad days ie. flies wind and heat ect.) Personally I loved it, but think if you want to really do this before starting or would you rather work in air conditioner! It can be brutal!

Journal: We have found A LOT since our first day. We have each filled one whole trash bag by now. They are filled with all of the normal things such as thousands of disgusting cigarettes and empty beer bottles (way more then you would expect). But we have also found some more peculiar objects. One example of this are these HUGE chunks of plastic we found in the dunes. I know what you must be thinking right now, OHMYGOSH THEY CLIMBED IN THE DUNES! Yes. I did in fact climb into a dune or two, but only to get turtle choking plastic and balloons. Anyway, back to the plastic we found. Chase was the first to find a piece. It was about a foot long and half a foot wide. It was a murky white color and sort of morphed out of shape. It was VERY thick though, not just like a flimsy little sheet.

ADVICE: Really think if you want to devote yourself to this job. I loved it, but again, there can be some bad days!

 Contact: 609-494-7800 or aloLBI@verizon.net
== Description: Over the course of about two and a half weeks, I spent 16 hours cleaning up the beaches of Long Beach Island. I collected a wide range of "trash", from cigarettes to children's toys. == == Why: This type of service work requires dedication and the honest desire to help the earth. On several of the days, winds were strong, causing sand to blow into my eyes and mouth. On others, the extreme heat was almost unbearable. This project was definitely not for everyone. Even with these speed bumps, the feeling of joy at the end of the day was well worth it. ==

Journal Excerpt:
==I noticed a trend, or pattern, as I trekked the beach for trash. Closer to the top, I found things like cigarettes and wrappers. Closer to the ocean, I found unidentifiable pieces of plastic, that I presume washed up to shore. About an hour and twenty minutes after arriving at the beach, the sun was almost set, signifying my time to return to Anna's beach house. She had been cleaning the beach next to mine. As we both biked home, I knew we had the same feelings of accomplishment and pride in ourselves. ==

=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Advice: As I said before, this project is not for anyone. However, if you a share a love for the environment, and are motivated, then this is perfect! I believe the best time to go is while the sun is setting, or just before. It is a beautiful site to see the sunset on the beach, and there is also less people! =

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= = =<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Katie DeLuca;**__ = =<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Junior Advisory Council (Zoo)**__ = = = <span style="background-color: #be0404; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">**//__Location:__//** Philadelphia Zoo; 3400 West Girard Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19104

<span style="background-color: #ff6300; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">__//**How to contact:**//__ 215 243-1100 or [ask me to help]

<span style="background-color: #f0fe16; color: #050505; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">**//__Sneak Peak:__//** I enjoyed my service very much! As you can see it is under enviornment, but it could also be under animals. I worked on ways to help our enviornment, ways to improve the zoo, ways to help the animals, and a chance to share my ideas. Honestly, if you have ideas and people won't listen because you're a 'kid'....that's not fun, so i HIGHLY recomend this service so you get that chance. We ARE the change and the future of this world so why not start now? You get to do things from working with animals, to creating more eco-friendly and better exhibits, to creating websites and apps, to cleaning, to improving the enviornment, to...getting a chance to have your voice heard to improve this world.

<span style="background-color: #2ee010; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">**//__Why:__//** Why? It got be up and using my brain and body to actually help our world. I felt great after every time knowing I, myself, was making a change.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> **//__Journal Excerpt__//**: I went over to the miniature donkey, which let some gas out which caused me to gag a little on the inside…but hey they ARE only animals hah. I slowly touched its furry soft hair, and its smooth skin when it shook a little and kicked dirt on my shoes and pants. I stood there wet with dirt and sand covering me shaking the sand and dirt off of me. I left it pacing with I thinking; “Guess he was in a bad mood.” When we got indoors, I thought to myself; “THIS is definitely a building that needs to be solar-equipped. My partner and I walked around the almost empty rooms with a few exotic animals around with their trainers. I looked to see few windows and heavy blocks around. I helped them clean up the big dirty building, but I wasn’t going near the elephant poop. No, no no no no. As we left I felt proud helping out and good about this day. When we got back to our classroom we shared our ideas that we were promised to see in the near future.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> __//**Advice:**//__ If you like animals, enviornmental change, and have good ideas....there is nothing better than THIS to do. If you are interested; feel free to talk to me so I can help you get involved! I hope some of you guys in the future choose this. I was personally satisfyed with the program. I feel like I made a change, and everyone deserves to too.

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<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Katie DeLuca 2011-2012

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Kip McGuire <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Contact: Linda McGuire, 860-576-0493

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">What I Did: For my project I spent 15 weeks picking up trash on the side of the road for an hour on Thurdays. I would simply walk along the side of the road and pick up litter. I did work independently what allowed me to pick where I would work. I planned to move a ,little farther away from the my house each week but I found that because the trash kept piling up never got to far.

Why: I chose this as my project because although the majority of people would rather do jobs that someone thanked you for, I just wanted to be able to make an effect of the health and the beauty of the natural environment. I think that it is very important because the environment is our home and I feel that we are slowly destroying it and people need to become more aware of how important it is to keep our environment.

Journal entry #10: I just finished my tenth hour and I feel better and better about the environment because there is much less trash on the ground. I honestly think that that might just be do to the fact that it is incredibly colder out than it was when I first started. Maybe people are just out as much so they have less time to throw trash on the ground. Mainly because although what I am doing is important it is probably going unnoticed.

Advice: If I had to give the next years class advice I would say that people should choose something that they want to do and feel will have the most positive impact instead of the project that you will get the most in return.

James Duffey 2011-2012 CRC Watershed Cleanups Internet Site: [] Location: Ridley Creek State Park, 1023 Sycamore Mills Road • Media, PA 19063 Contact information: The email is crc@nni.com and the office number is <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">610-892-8731. The contact person is Anne Murphy. Description: I was picking up trash around various streams and lakes in my general area on my own, and also worked with the CRC watershed organization during a tree planting back in October. Why: I like to walk in the woods sometimes. It is a peaceful experience, and I hate it when I see random junk scattering the ground, and it doesn’t help that some animals choke on this trash. I normally pick it up anyway, so I figured this would be a nice experience. Journal Entry: I am about to go on a tree planting for the watershed organization. It should be interesting, since apparently some people from a local high school are also coming. I am feeling good about this, and since there are not many events for the organization, I hope to get a good few hours in when all is said and done. This is far easier than I expected, in fact I could do this all day. The digging is the hardest part really, but the dirt isn’t very hard, and the hole is simple to make. It just has to be a bit larger than the plant, and apparently I have been digging a bit too deep, so this will only get easier. The high school students are fairly nice, and some guys from another planting came over and started working with us. It is nice, and so easy I think I could go all day. In fact, we are almost out of saplings to plant! Well, three hours later and I am getting picked up. I was a little confused,( I asked “Is that it?”) but it was fun. I am looking forward to working with them again, but the problem is that there aren’t many events. I will probably work on my own for a bit. Suggestion: As much as I loved doing this, and despite how simple and kind it was, I would only pick the CRC watershed if you are ok with doing stuff on your own, since most of their events are in the spring.Whatever organization you are working with, as long as you are enjoying yourself and helping others, you’re doing it right. I just tried to put a picture in, but when it saved it showed up as lines and lines of code. That is why the page is so long. Sorry, from James.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Chris Maguire 2011-2012 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">CRC Watersheds cleanup <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Website: [] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Location: Ridley creek state park, 1023 Sycamore Mills Road, Meadia, PA 19063 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Contact Information: Email- crc@nni.com Office Number- 610-892-8731 Contact person- Anne Murphy <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Description: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">For my service project i went around to local streams picking up trash and throughout my daily life picking up trash. I also worked with CRC to plant trees and also do more stream clean up. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">WHY: When I see trash lieing on the ground it makes me mad that people are so lazy to just throw their trash on the ground. It also makes me mad because it hurts animals. If an animal swallows a wrapper it could die. Aside from the animals it hurts the planet which will eventually hurt us. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">JOURNAL ENTRIES :<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> I am about to go out and plant trees for a few hours. I haven't ever done this before so i am a little nervous. I am not sure who is going to be there. I am also afraid that I am gonna be the only kid. This is actually turning out to be a fun and enjoyable experience. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Today was very fun. I was happy when the people introduced them selves and they were very nice. I was working with a guy named tom who was fun to work with because he talked and made the activity fun. We planted trees which was a long process but we managed to plant a ton of trees. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Advice- If you like to work alone this a good place to work because they dont have a lot of events to work because its winter. The result of this was long work hours by myself. If you like that then I would recommend this place.