Hey guys, Here’s a quick update for the carbon storage project! We sampled DBH (Diameter at Breast Height) for 10 trees at 4 different places (40 total trees) in Wheaton: 1) President Street: between University Place and halfway between East North Path and Harrison; 2) Madison: between Irving and Scott; 3) South Summit street; 4) Liberty Street between
Our group (which is considering the impact of pharmaceuticals on the environment) decided that the best way to do community education in Wheaton would be to go to the French Market and talk with individuals in the community one on one. We figured the French Market was a good place to go because people there
Hello all! Our group is finishing up collecting and testing water samples. Twice we collected water samples from the lake at Northside, Lincoln Marsh, and the Village Links golf course as a control. As you can tell by the pictures, it was very exciting. On the second day, we collected samples after the snowfall had
Hey everyone! So our group (Jesse, Tyler, Abby, Shinyoung, Jake and myself) are doing a project on estimation of carbon storage in Wheaton. Our plan is to determine an approximate amount of carbon storage in the city, and to present this information to the community alongside an educational process to show the community why carbon
Yooo…. Last night we started working on our project and determining our next steps. In our project proposal we needed to identify our proposed solution and state exactly what we would be doing. We came to the conclusion that we outline a curriculum for an after school group that could be implemented. We hope this
Hey y’all! Our group (Kate, Lyndsey, Yuxi, Austin, Joe, Sam, and I) was really struck by what Dr. Page told us very early in the class about the complicated process to responsibly dispose of unused pharmaceuticals. We had never even considered the connection between pharmaceuticals and the environment, but the more research we did, the
Our group will conduct water and sediment samples from the lagoon at Northside Park. Samples will be analyzed for chemical contaminants. The study’s purpose is to measure the potential effects of water pollution on the local community, particularly those who fish at Northside Park. Over the weekend, our group came to a preliminary agreement with Wheaton North
This blog is the place where you will keep our class appraised of your local Environmental Stewardship Project. Your professors and classmates will be able to provide feedback via comments on your posts. This project requires that you: Identify an issue. Propose a way to address the issue Act -either through a research study or a