Document Type
Article
Abstract
Last summer, my family and I went for a bike ride along a trail on our way to one of our favorite lunch spots. We were so close to one of my engineering projects that I thought we should stop so I could show them.
We rode up to the bridge over Plaster Creek, a polluted creek in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The flowers in the recently re-created floodplain were in full bloom, covering the landscape with yellow, purple, and white hues, and providing food and homes to all kinds of pollinators. The water in the creek flowed low and clear, not murky brown like it used to.
Publication Date
6-14-2025
Recommended Citation
Wildschut, Julie Field, "Great work is done while we’re asleep" (2025). University Faculty Publications and Creative Works. 1156.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/calvin_facultypubs/1156