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The Fierce Green Fire Environmental Studies
4-20-2018
The Firece Green Fire: Vol. 8 Issue 22
Wofford College Environmental Studies Program
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The Fierce Green Fire 
A Newsletter of the Wofford College Environmental Studies Program 
Volume 8, Issue 22 
Poets and Presentations in the ENVS Department 
Ecopoet Terry 
Gifford made 
time to visit 
Glendale Shoals 
during his visit 
to Wofford this 
week. 
 
Capstone Presentations 
Seniors Annie Allison, Riley 
Garrison, and Harry Hanna 
presented their capstone projects on 
Thursday afternoon followed by a 
poster session to highlight all of our 
ENVS seniors and their capstone 
projects. See complete list below: 
Annie Allison~ “American Meat Culture”: Environmental & Ethical 
Outcomes of the Chicken Industry 
Nick Bermudez~ Coal Ash Pb Partitioning in the Dan River 
Jess Borucki~ Analysis of the Sustainability of Oyster Harvesting 
and Consumption in the Chesapeake Bay 
Tyler Cable~ WastED: Understanding Barriers and Drivers of 
Composting Food Waste in Local Food Establishment 
Riley Garrison~ The Poet’s Garden 
Madison Guyton~ Food for Thought: Informed Strategies to 
Expand the Social and Geographical Spheres of Influence of 
HCFM 
Harry Hanna~ Effects of Switchgrass Intercropping on Industrial 
Timber Farms in South Carolina Lowcountry and Determining Best 
Locations for Switchgrass (Panicum Virgatum) Agriculture 
Natalie Lassiter~ Two Constructed Spaces: A Green Roof and 
Reynolda Trails 
Jordan Leonard~ Surveying the Food Environment of the North 
Side 
Bryce Motes~ The Greening of Greens 
Aleah Qureshi~ The Effectiveness of Monarch Café and Hub City 
Farmers’ Market in Feeding the Northside: Perspectives from Two 
Communities 
Cole Richardson~ Impact of Sea Level Rise on Salinity Intrusion 
and its Effects on Coastal Ecosystems and the Livelihood of 
People Along the Coast in Georgetown, South Carolina 
Bella Santoro~ The Environmental Impacts of Food Packaging: 
Metal vs Plastic 
Will Zeigler~ SfM Modeling of the Butterfly Branch of Fairforest 
Creek Restoration: A Case Study in Photogrammetric 3D Mapping 
by UAV 
 
 
 
 
Poetry in Environmental Humanities 
This week British ecopoet, critic, and 
teacher Terry Gifford visited 
Wofford to share his knowledge and 
enthusiasm with our environmental 
studies students, first through a 
lunch-time well-attended “Pizza with 
the Ecopoet” mini-lecture on a single 
poem by Edward Thomas, and then 
in a two-hour class session with John 
Lane’s environmental humanities 
class. There, Terry lectured on the 
literary categories of pastoral/post-
pastoral and placed his own latest 
poetry collection, Feast of Fools, in 
that context. Terry’s book explores 
one theme that many of us ponder: 
what to make of a carbon-spewing 
life of travel in an age of Climate 
Disruption? His eco-fool has much to 
say about that. 
Terry is exemplary of the poet-
scholar and everyone seemed to like 
the idea of an informal food-centered 
encounter with a visitor to our 
department, so we hope to do this 
again soon!  
Top to Bottom: Nick Bermudez, Bryce 
Motes, Natalie Lassiter, and Madison 
Guyton with their capstone posters. 
  
The Fierce Green Fire, Vol. 8 Issue 22 April 20, 2018 
 
 Upcoming Events and Opportunities 
PROFILE OF THE WEEK: 
University of Georgia – Master of Agricultural and Environmental Education 
 
 
 
April 27th      
4:00pm 
Downtown Spartanburg 
14th Annual Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Criterium: Make plans to be in 
downtown Spartanburg for the #FASTESTNIGHT. The Crit is a closed-circuit, multi-
lap cycling race through downtown. Visit their website for event details, course map, 
and opportunities to volunteer.  
April 2018         
 
Job Opportunity with YMCA Camp Thunderbird: Environmental education instructors 
needed for seasonal positions to work with 3rd-8th graders. Currently seeking instructors 
for the spring session, but also need instructors for this coming fall session too. Contact 
Susannah Bryant ’16: bryantse@email.wofford.edu for more information. 
 
 
Ongoing 
Until position is filled 
Summer Internship with The Trust for Public Land: 10-week, paid internship in Atlanta, 
GA to coordinate with partners as an ambassador for the master planning process in a 
project to create a 100-mile long park with trails along the Chattahoochee River from 
Buford Dam to Chattahoochee Bend State Park. See the attached letter and contact 
Walt Ray (walt.ray@tpl.org), Chattahoochee Program Director to apply. 
 
  
The College of Agricultural and Environmental 
Sciences at the University of Georgia offers a Master 
of Agricultural and Environmental Education degree 
(MAEE). The program is 36 semester hours and 
includes a thesis or non-thesis option with classes 
being completed online or on campus. 
Students learn to teach in leadership positions, 
educate and communicate with the public, and 
conduct research within the agricultural and 
environmental sciences. The program’s mission is to 
develop leaders, educators, and communicators to 
engage in food systems that are environmentally 
and socially sustainable.  
The UGA faculty, highly rated for their teaching, 
research, and outreach programs, offer personal 
attention, supportive educational environment, and 
a small school atmosphere at a large university.  
 
Visit: Graduate School – University of Georgia – 
Agricultural and Environmental Education  
 
 
 
Spartanburg Earth Day Festival: A community festival celebrating stewardship, 
sustainability, and our amazing planet Earth. To learn more about this event, visit: 
http://www.spartanburgearthday.org/index.html.  
 
 
 
April 21st      
10:00am-4:00pm 
Unitarian Universalist Church 
210 Henry Place 
Ongoing 
Until spots are full 
Ecosystem Field Studies (EcoFS) Summer Courses: 3-credit, field science courses in either 
the Caribbean (June7-27) or Colorado (July25-August14). For all course information 
and how to apply visit EcoFS.org.  
  
Ongoing 
 
Week-long Summer Course – Examining Marine Climate Change: June 25-July 2, 
Appledore Island, Maine. Students will examine evidence of the Earth’s changing 
climate, the greenhouse effect and natural forcing on global climate, sea-level rise, 
alterations to ocean chemistry and temperature, marine ecological impacts, human 
coastal impacts, and possible policy solutions. See Shoals Marine Laboratory for more 
information. 
 


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The Firece Green Fire: Vol. 8 Issue 22

Bonner has allowed me to grow as a member of the Spartanburg community, and as a person. By strengthening my skills as a community leader, a compassionate person, and a seeker of bettering the lives of others through the Bonner Scholars program, I was able to feel confident enough to pursue another program that works with the lower income older adult community of Spartanburg. The Intergenerational Connections program joins college students and older adults together to learn about and communicate with each other creatively. Because of Bonner, I knew that being a part of another program with similar initiatives to better the community is something that embodies who I am and what I stand for

Rima, Juliana Mejia

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Wofford Bonner Scholar Senior Capstone Projects Community Based Research
3-3-2018
Bonner: My Stepping Stone
Juliana Mejia Rima
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Bonner: My Stepping Stone 
Juliana Mejía Rima
Introduction and Capstone Focus
Bonner Field Experience with the Older 
Adults of the Community 
Workshop Components 
Workshop Outcomes
Acknowledgements
Bonner has allowed me to grow as a member of the 
Spartanburg community, and as a person. By 
strengthening my skills as a community leader, a 
compassionate person, and a seeker of bettering 
the lives of others through the Bonner Scholars 
program, I was able to feel confident enough to 
pursue another program that works with the lower 
income older adult community of Spartanburg. The 
Intergenerational Connections program joins 
college students and older adults together to learn 
about and communicate with each other creatively. 
Because of Bonner, I knew that being a part of 
another program with similar initiatives to better 
the community is something that embodies who I 
am and what I stand for. 
Thank you to Dr. Bopp, Dr. Rostan, CIC, AARP, and Elite Senior Day Center for 
such a great opportunity to me, the students, and the older adults of 
Spartanburg. 
• Identify and serve the needs of older adults in 
college and university communities, particularly 
in the areas of hunger, housing, income 
generation and social isolation.
• Help college students develop new skills and 
knowledge.
• Increase student retention at independent 
colleges and universities through service 
learning.
• Develop a national network of student 
programs that recognize the mutual benefit of 
intergenerational connections.
• 10 student workshop leaders 
• 10 different locations in the community 
• Each student runs one workshop a week
• Fall 2017-Spring 2018
An example of a workshop at Elite Senior Day Center with Jack.


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9-22-2017 
World War I at Home and Abroad: 
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Luke Meagher 
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