Chester High School did something green on Tuesday, they planted 35 trees on their campus, of various native species. I thought that this seemed like a great idea, it was partially funded by a national pilot program by the US Forestry Service. It took place Tuesday afternoon after school let out, and it was not just a school event. This was also a pilot program to help get Universities to get more involved in their communities, Widener University helped out with the planting. Other communities organizations helped out as well, the city streets department helped dig the holes, the city water department supplied the water, and a local Wawa even donated hoagies for the students and other volunteers who were there helping out.
I found this article very interesting. It made me think about all the schools near Drexel and how we could easily help them with projects like this, or even initiate something like this. I don't know how one would go about organizing something like that, but I think it would be a fun project and a good way to teach the students about trees and other native plants in Philadelphia.
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