Overview: Recently I started a gardening club at school. During the club fair, we gathered 78 new members and established a section in the Davenport Greenhouse. Our team set up pots and purchased seeds and seedlings from Tractor Supply. This spring, we planted roses, asparagus, and onions. We’re planning to grow the roses to sellContinue reading “Mercersburg Gardening Club 2024-2025”
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Starstech Interview
Overview: Starstech is an innovative and eco-friendly company based in Korea that focuses on creating sustainable products. Their main goal is developing fertilizers for agricultural use by repurposing starfishes. In addition to fertilizers, Starstech produces a plethora of other products these include de-icers made from starfish-derived calcium and skincare items with collagen from starfish. UnlikeContinue reading “Starstech Interview”
Strawberry and Potato plant progression
Project Overview: For the past couple of months I’ve been gardening in my home and I bought a few pots and seeds to start growing plants at home. I decided to plant strawberries and potatoes. With dedication, I was able to successfully grow the plants and keep a record of what I grew. Here areContinue reading “Strawberry and Potato plant progression”
Wildfire in Korea
Project Overview: On March 3rd a wildfire was caused because of dry weathers and strong wind. The wildfire devastated more than 300 homes and burned 17,000 hectares. 7000 people had to evacuate from their homes. Viridian Tree Project’s Contributions to the WWF: VTP will order trees, create t-shirts, and stickers to sell plants. We willContinue reading “Wildfire in Korea”
WWF Plastic Free Project
Project Overview: Plastic has been a major problem for the World. Korea had been gaining 2.5 percent more plastic waste each year since 2011. It is estimated to reach 864,000 tonnes of plastic waste in 2030. An average person in Korea uses 127.5kg of plastic each year. Everything we consume, drink, and breathe contains harmfulContinue reading “WWF Plastic Free Project”
WWF Wildfire Project
Project Overview: Since the early August of 2021 there have been multiple wildfires in Greece occurring. 3 people have been killed, 20 people injured, and numerous houses were burned. 125,000 hectares of land had been burned. In July and August of 2021 more than 200 wildfires occurred. There were 9 deaths, 800 injuries (that wasContinue reading “WWF Wildfire Project”