Students studying environmental studies stay actively engaged in the community through various service projects and initiatives of the department and the environmental concerns committee.
Aunt Maggie's Kitchen Table Community Garden Project
Most recently, faculty and students of the environmental concerns committee revitalized a children's garden for the community residing in the Anthony Homes Housing Development. The project was one of ten projects completed during a mass-volunteer service initiative called WOW! A Day for Macon and was featured on 13WMAZ's Saturday Evening News. Wesleyan College organized more than 100 volunteers through the WOW! A Day community-wide service event and completed multiple projects simultaneously at separate work sites throughout the city of Macon. Students, faculty, staff, and community volunteers joined together for the mass effort coordinated through Wesleyan’s Lane Center for Community Engagement and Service. Local community sites benefiting from the event included Booker T. Washington Center, Magnolia Manor, Georgia Industrial Children’s Home, Wesley Glen, Safe House, Loaves and Fishes, Mulberry Outreach, Aunt Maggie’s Kitchen Table, Habitat for Humanity, and the Methodist Home for Children and Youth.
Ocmulgee Alive! River Clean-up Project
In October 2006, the Wesleyan College Environmental Concerns Committee co-sponsored the 2006 Ocmulgee Alive! clean-up event organized by NewTown Macon, Keep Macon/Bibb Beautiful, and Macon Water Authority. The successful community initiative organized 93 volunteers who cleaned up over 2,500 pounds of trash along 1.5 miles of the Ocmulgee River in Macon. View photos from the event! Other co-sponsors included the City of Macon Public Works, Shirley Hills Neighborhood Association, National Park Service - Ocmulgee National Monument, Mount De Sales Academy, and the Museum of Arts and Sciences.
Environmental Concerns Committee
The Environmental Concerns Committee of Wesleyan College strives to establish an environmentally and energy friendly college campus. The Committee is also committed to raising awareness about various environmental issues which affect the students, faculty and community surrounding the Wesleyan campus. Elections for the Environmental Concerns Committee are held every spring and candidates are chosen by their peers. The chair attends the SGA and is involved in influencing environmental policy for the campus. The Environmental Concerns Committee hosts convocations, a campus clean-up day, and hopes to launch an Earth Day event in the near future. |
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