LEAF 2014 - The Movie

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Monday, July 21, 2014

Reflection on New Friends, SPAWN and Good Earth

Today was an awesome day at LEAF - with shopping and gardening and EVIL BLACKBERRIES! I feel like when we started shoveling out blackberries plants, everyone was super energetic. Whenever anyone pulled out a big one everyone would go 'YAAAAAAY!' Then, towards the end, everyone started to go slowly.The most boring part was the gardening. It was fun, but not super exciting. I don't even know what to call the place. Shopping was, strangely, awesome. Once I found out we had a time limit, it felt like I was on a mission to collect food in 15 minutes, or the WORLD  WOULD EXPLODE!!!!! I know. I'm weird. I love it. I'm super excited for tomorrow. (Except for the sewer part.) See you tomorrow!

~ Max

I visited somewhere that was a golf course. I chopped some Black berry plants.  I ate black berries.  I also learned about soil, plants and the Nature - also the environment. I felt Amazed.

~ Mia

The place I visited had a golf course it had baby salmons in the water. The work we did was pull out plants that were not nature what I mean by not nature is the ones that are no good and left the ones that were nature and good. I learned more about salmon and then I learned a little more about nature. I had fun I was happy to do what we did today. This is all about what I learned what I did and how I felt about doing it and how much fun I had.

~ Quiana

I really enjoyed getting to meet kids that I never knew before.  Getting to weed and gorge out on blackberries was the thing that made my day.  Who loves to get their hands muddy in the process of planting grasses, I DO!

~ Nika

Today my at my first day at LEAF I felt excited to meet new friends but also nervous because I'm a shy person. My favorite part of the day was pulling out the invasive blackberry plant. I thought this helped us build a bigger community. Pulling out the blackberry plant was tiring but I thought it was great to help the salmon. Today at Good Earth having a budget was difficult but it wasn't as hard as having four dollars. I was very grateful that we got to met new friends and learn how to help the environment more. I'm really excited to go SFPUC tomorrow and learn where our water goes.

~ Juliana

I had a great experience on my first day of LEAF! I really feel like I bonded wit a lot of new people on this trip! I liked learning about all the different kinds of salmon and how they are becoming endangered species. It was fun weeding the Himalayan Blackberries because I didn’t want to accidentally pull out native berries! We also potted some plant and had our hands covered in wet soil. It was fun shopping at the organic market and getting ingredients for the foods our classmates are making for tomorrow’s lunch. I hope to do more fun things at LEAF!

~ Leo

The morning was really great! Clearing blackberries with a shovel is tricky at some points because the ground is very tough. The pick works much better because they are able to break the ground and expose the root. The afternoon was sort of repetitive at spawn but that is fine. I hope the smell is not too bad at the sewage treatment plant tomorrow but even if it is I am sure it will be interesting. I hope the smell is not too bad at the sewage treatment plant tomorrow but even if it is I am sure it will be interesting.

~ Robert

My first day of leaf was hard work trying to keep my cast clean and dry. After the day I felt good about myself after planting and destroying plants to help the ecosystem out. I learned a lot about salmon and how they help the ecosystem around the river by creating nutrients for the plants around the river. I also learned a lot about how teamwork can help solve problems faster and in a more productive way. I realized a lot more about what makes food organic and local. I learned about the benefits organic and local food can bring to the world.

~ Joseph

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