Part II: Engaging classes
I had my biotechnology class research community assets around bodine. Here is what they found:
Problem/Issue | Community Assets | Project/Activity(Bodine, School Community, Your Community) |
Recycling | Students at bodinets | |
Reduce Energy Usage | BioEnergy Consult Clean Air Council-Suite 300135 S. 19th StreetPhiladelphia, PA, 19103215-567-4004 215-567-5791 | Universities and Colleges |
Green Spaces | Department of Environmental Protection- Green Roofs South East District- 484-250-2900 | Green roofs reduce temperature, purifies the air |
Urban Farming | Philadelphia Food Advisory Councilhttps://phillyfpac.org/urban-agriculture/ WHYYhttps://whyy.org/articles/3-maps-tell-the-story-of-urban-farming-in-philly-right-now/ | |
Water Usage/availability | Making waste into usable items 1515 Arch St.13th FloorPhiladelphia, PA 19102- Kayla | BodinePhilly |
Solar energy – B.M | Solarize Philly-B.M. | |
Storm Drains (Flooding) – A.S | Independence Seaport Museum 211 S Christopher Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19106(215) 413-8655 S.E Water Treatment Plant | Storm Drain Teaching/LabelingUse resources from the museum to walk around the neighborhood and label storm drains and teach citizens why and how they affect us. |
Low biodiversity | ||
Gentrification – J.N | The PEW Charitable Trusts2005 Market Street; Suite 1700 Philadelphia, PA, 19103 | |
Electric cars | Drexel department of electrical and computer engineering Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, 215.895.2000, © All Rights Reserved | All across the city of Philadelphia, people should use electric cars instead of using regular vehicles that burn diesel or gasoline. This is a way to help reduce the amount of greenhouse gases used throughout the area. |
Food Deserts | Farm to city (215-733-9599) 1315 Walnut st #1526 Philadephia,PA 19107Federation of Neighborhood Centers (215-982-2115) 1901 S 9th St, Philadelphia, Pa 19148Emerald Street Community Farm 1937 E Dauphin St, Philadelphia, PA 19125 esufproject@gmail.com ngtrust@pennhort.org The Pennsylvania Horticulture Society (215-988-8800) 100 N 20th st, Philadelphia, PA 19103Urban Tree Connection (215-877-7203) 1445 N 52nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19131 info@urbantreeconnection.org | Bodine CommunitySchool community |
Gas Usage | ||
Turning Waste in Valuable Isage | ||
We invited twenty students to a meeting whom we though would be interested in this project. From this group we also identified three students with the most interest; Brooklynn, Yasmeen and Danielle.