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Where’s the River? at the Richmond Folk Festival
No event brings thousands of people right beside the James River like the Richmond Folk Festival. The festival, which is held by the ruins of the Tredegar Mill and across the canal on Brown’s Island, is almost completely surrounded by … Continue reading
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Where are the geographic boundaries of community drawn?
Last weekend I had the opportunity to volunteer at the Richmond Folk Festival as part of the bucket brigade. One of the main tenants of the folk festival, is that the event is free and open to the public. The … Continue reading
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Every Drop in the Bucket Counts: How Does Richmond Define Itself?
With our traffic-cone-colored t-shirts adorned and Home Depot buckets in hand, we were released from the cramped volunteer’s tent, free to roam Brown’s Island at last. The group of Bucket Brigadiers fanned out across the festival grounds in pairs, collecting … Continue reading
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A Wildlife Haven and Industrial Wasteland: Confusion at Dutch Gap
Our entourage of delicate kayaks dot the surface of the water, like gerridae, as we slide around the lagoon. The view of the Dominion coal plant that looms ominously on the horizon is broken only by the flash of our … Continue reading
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Folk Festival or State Fair? (Community-Based Service Log)
The Richmond Folk Festival was an amazing experience that I had the privilege of going to for the first time with some moderately cool people- McKenzie, Quinn, and Jack. During my time there, McKenzie and I decided to help minimize … Continue reading
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Week 8: Community-Based Service – Building an Empire
As we huddled outside this morning in the frigid air down at Pony Pasture, Ralph White, former park manager of the James River System, told us his story. Beginning with the horror story of how people once viewed the park … Continue reading
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Doing My Part
All anyone sees on the news is how humanity is destroying the environment. Carbon emissions are rising, we’ve depleted Earth’s natural resources and the always present problem of climate change becomes more and more of a reality. In fact, most … Continue reading
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Service is more than self
I would never consider myself as someone who is oriented in service. I don’t do service projects that often, most times they are required for something else or part of an itinerary I don’t have control over. Part of it … Continue reading
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Bring the Learning Outside the Classroom
I’ll admit that when I signed up for Earth Lodge I didn’t know there was a community-based learning aspect. Now I mind community service; yay helping people. But I won’t deny that I found the scheduling, transport and other logistics … Continue reading
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Week 4: James River Park System – So Much More to Explore
One of the things that I wish I had done more often last year was get off campus. The city of Richmond has so much to offer and to take advantage of, including the wonderful James River. Over the summer, … Continue reading
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