Start Date
2022
Description
We worked alongside the high school students of the Green Team with our mentor Rachel Warners on various Plaster Creek Projects. We joined PCS in restoring our watershed through native landscaping, meeting community leaders, learning about environmental injustice, hearing about careers in the environmental field, and learning in the classroom about watershed ecology and reconciliation. A key focus of our work is to develop personal relationships with the students and to be an open and relatable resource of what college life is like and our vocational journeys to get there. During our days together we learned about each other’s diverse backgrounds, cultural variations, passions, preferences, dreams, and plans for the future. Days were split between classroom learning, field application, and practical implementation of knowledge. To conclude each session, photos and stories articulating the experience and the importance of our work were presented at a finale celebration for the students and their friends and families. Students received fun plate awards and plants highlighting and affirming their unique personal characteristics.
Recommended Citation
Luchs, Jia; Doss, Clare; Warners, Rachel; Warners, David; and Geelhoed, Deanna, "Plaster Creek Stewards – Urban Habitat Restoration with Green Team" (2022). Summer Research. 15.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/summer_research/2022/Posters/15
Included in
Plaster Creek Stewards – Urban Habitat Restoration with Green Team
We worked alongside the high school students of the Green Team with our mentor Rachel Warners on various Plaster Creek Projects. We joined PCS in restoring our watershed through native landscaping, meeting community leaders, learning about environmental injustice, hearing about careers in the environmental field, and learning in the classroom about watershed ecology and reconciliation. A key focus of our work is to develop personal relationships with the students and to be an open and relatable resource of what college life is like and our vocational journeys to get there. During our days together we learned about each other’s diverse backgrounds, cultural variations, passions, preferences, dreams, and plans for the future. Days were split between classroom learning, field application, and practical implementation of knowledge. To conclude each session, photos and stories articulating the experience and the importance of our work were presented at a finale celebration for the students and their friends and families. Students received fun plate awards and plants highlighting and affirming their unique personal characteristics.