Environmental Service Project Paper

I chose this program as my research because it is related to my major, and I can use this knowledge to further my mastery of environmental engineering. Nowadays, many people have a responsibility to take care of the Mother Earth, and “green” activities must take action from now onwards because actions speak louder than words.

The citizen suit provision of the Clean Water Act is an important tool to protect and improve rivers, creeks, streams, and wetlands especially as state agencies may not have the resources to conduct regular water quality monitoring on every water body. Citizen involvement in monitoring and reporting pollution problems is key to watershed protection; hereby helping the government enforce the laws.

In our Change Project, we collected a sufficient amount of data and learned information on a endangered species, the Ridgway’s Rail. This environmental issue is not very well-known, which explains the lack of help and volunteering. In this service project, our Change group went to Don Edward and help improved the habit of Ridgway’s Rail. Throughout this project, we tried to spread awareness about endangered species and find ways we can enhance their surroundings. My Change group used this opportunity to not only help prevent the extinction of Ridgway’s Rails, but also to help other species that are living in the same habitat. In order to help the Rails, we tried to figure out the reason behind the destruction of the marsh. Through an experienced volunteer, June Smith, we learned that invasive plants are the culprit of the extinction of the Ridgway’s Rails.

The Chesapeake Ecology Center is devoted to behavior that stimulates individuals to care about our threatened environment. They particularly teach people to do greening and gardening work for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The outcomes of these actions result in more stable, gorgeous surroundings that are advantageous to populations and that support area’s biodiversity needs (Chesapeake Ecology Center. [CEC]. 2017).

With experience volunteering at the Oki’Yanahli and Pontotoc Preserves, as well as working outside of the environmental setting, I have a diverse background with much to offer. The Oklahoma Conservation Leadership Academy will provide me with another experience that will better my skills to benefit and educate the public on the environment. By tuning my problem solving skills, I can identify solutions my community faces in any environmental crises. I find that informing and educating the public over environmental concerns is one of the best ways to give back, either by catchy slogans displayed where the public can see or having local seminars or workshops on how-to’s. Purcell, Ok has a sign when you enter town that has a catchy phrase, “Give a Hoot, Don’t Pollute.”, and during my time volunteering at the preserves I heard the slogan from Jona Tucker, “Be a Leader, Kill a Cedar.” These little phrases stay with individuals and get passed along to others. These are solutions, although they may seem small can have a lasting impact on multiple communities. Workshops and seminars are equally as important in helping educate the public. I would like to give back by conducting these events to help people in towns and cities know the importance and how-tos of tasks such as recycling, using bird feeders, planting non-invasive plants in gardens,

Conversation about the condition of the park and its ecosystem are had between the members of our group. The park rangers and I discuss the prosperity of the invasive garlic mustard. Garlic Mustard can be seen growing for miles, blotting out the forest floor and choking out native species. The handicraft of the reservation biologist; desiccated garlic mustard plants litter the trail. It is explained to us that every year the weed just seems to gain more ground in spite of several strategies of removal

Good post on defining environmental consciousness, you mentioned scientist and scholars alike understands and in need of people who put more thought into how products are manufactured. You gave good examples listed in your paper. You mentioned it is about having awareness of what an individual is putting in the environment. I found that “prior research indicates that people vary in levels of environmental consciousness depending on their sociodemographic characteristics (Ying- Chang & Chang, 2012). Sociodemographic characteristics pertains to combination of social demographic factors, can influence and play

The community, business partners, customers/guests, and employees all have low power, high importance. The community expects a high level of quality products and services that provide significance to their area. This includes having both involvement and support towards the community growth. The protection of the environment and a conservation of natural resources is a concern of the

Before this project, my relationship was not very good with my surroundings, such as if I found trash when hiking, I would leave it. After this project I hope that I might find my relationship to be stronger with the environment and that I will learn new strategies to help. These strategies might be; joining an organization that annually cleans the preserve, or learning what plants are native and which aren’t, or even just picking up trash in my neighborhood. I also know that the relationship with the environment I have affects my health and also others within

The foundations of the plan are collaboration and community engagement. Sustainable DC recognizes that in order to achieve lasting and sustainable results within 20 years, focusing on the people behind the change is the most important factor. The pillar of the sustainable plan was built from ideas of DC community members, providing full disclosure to the public. Community members were able to easily read, vote and write ideas and inputs for the major goals of the plan and ways to achieve its stated

American Forest has been successful at curating volunteers, organizations, and corporations to become involved in myriad projects dealing with the protection of the natural global biosystems of various species of animals, trees and plants.

The two main ways that we will engage with students is through a workshop with UCLA Residential Life’s Team Green on the Hill and a booth at the Earth Day Fair. Team Green is a student leadership program that encourages residents in the dormitories to make sustainable lifestyle choices through education, community involvement, and advocacy. By interacting with Team Green Hill Government Representatives, the Housing Team has the potential to impact a large number of students on the Hill. These student leaders organize programs for dormitory residents and have influence within their communities. The Earth Day Fair is another method for spreading awareness to students. The Housing Team hopes to acquire some free samples of green office supplies to give away during the Earth Day

Steve Hansen was an instructor who informed many students in Wisconsin about the importance of renewable energy, environmental sustainability, and earth stewardship. His creativity, energy, and compassion inspired many to become better people. The Steve Hansen Memorial Scholarship Fund has been established to honor his spirit and memory, and to help the next generation carry on his important work. He lived the “Earth Steward” philosophy of making ways of global change from a local-to-global scales to improve ecosystem strength and individual well being. His belief in this global reasoning inspired other students and adults around him to strive to live by this philosophy and make the world a better place. He endured to teach others about the

Environmental problems are something which belongs to nature or known as “Mother Earth” [13]. Nature was created to help people survive from gathering foods until build a house. This phenomenon happens continuously without thinking how much damage that nature has because human’s fault. Nature gradually becomes worse and animal’s life in danger. People who are aware of the importance of nature react. Those people do several ways to save the environment. Although these efforts can return back the environment, these efforts only can be hold temporarily. This problem happens because those people who are aware of the environment only slightly; for remaining, there are people either do not know or do not care about the nature. People’s efforts

According to Mintzberg, the environmental school of thought is a strategy dealing with the forces outside the organization. Unlike the other schools in his book, Strategy Safari, the environment plays a central role in the strategy formation process alongside leadership and the organization where the organization becomes subordinate to the external environment. The environmental school assumptions are that during the formative period of the organization the company shapes itself in response to the environment, but after that period is increasingly unable to respond to the environment. Moreover, the organization long term survival depends on the early choices made during its formative period. Over time, Mintzberg states, leadership becomes