BIO

Sadira Williams is a graduate of South Philadelphia High School who is currently working as an intern for the Philadelphia Youth Network. Through this experience at Temple, Ms. Williams has worked on increasing the awareness of environmental issues in Philadelphia. She has learned so much such as; blogging, researching, using html code, surfing other websites on the Internet, and gaining communication skills. Sadira will further her education at an University in which she will major in radiology.

What A Busy Tuesday

Today was a busy day.University Green interviewed 3 groups.The first group was called The Blockson group.


This group mission is to organize Ebony magazines in the Charles Blockson Collection Library and make maps.

Each map consist of different things such as; fashion, civil rights, beauty products, & who did it first in Philadelphia. I thought that this group helped me realize the importance of history. I learned that back then only fair skinned people were put on the front covers of Ebony's magazine. Dark skinned people were considered unattractive.
For more information on Blockson try visiting their website at ebonypast2present.blogspot.com
The second group was The Emergency Preparedness group. It wasn't an interview. They practiced presenting their powerpoint to us. I think they did well, but they should have gave a little more eye contact.
The last group that University Green interviewed was The Environmental Engineering group.

Due to the oil spill in Alaska, this group goal is to measure the layers of the soil.
Environmental Engineer puts the soil in a machine that shakes & seperates the coarse soil from the fine soil. Through the ITSRG program, this group learned how to read graphs. The graphs show how much soil gets stuck on each layer. I thought that their topic was kind of important because the oil spill is messing up the environment. For more info on Environmental Engineer visit their blog at templeengineer@blogspot.com

HELP!!!

On July 28, 2009 University Green interviewed a group known as the Emergency Preparedness group. Their goal was to create a plan for senior citizens to evacuate in case there is a disaster. At the time they were composing slide shows to demonstrate emergency steps. This group has learned how important it was for citizens to be prepared for any kind of emergency.
I enjoyed interviewing this group. Their topic was very interesting.

The Wagner Museum

Today I went to the Wagner Museum with my mentor and co-workers. It was a little weird because I don't really like animals, but after a while I got used to it. None of the displays looked real, but they were. The best part was when we did the scavenger hunt. We had to explore the room and look for the answers.
TGIF...

Portfolio Training

On July 27, 2009 University Green had portfolio training with another group within the BITS program. Because our mentor wasn't here, we had to spend the day with another mentor name Tommy. It was fun. We practiced writing cover letters. It was beneficial to me because I had never written a cover letter before & now I know the importance of having a cover letter.

Work Ready?

Today University Green had portfolio training. It was OK. We were mainly answering questions in a Work Ready packet.We had to work in groups and come up with answers. The best part was when we had to interview the mentors and come up with questions of our own to ask them.

Help Save Energy!

On July 23, 2009 University Green interviewed Energy Audit, another group within the philadelphia youth network. This group mission is to help save energy & do energy audits. An energy audit is an inspection used to see how much energy a building consumes. Interviewing this group helped me learn ways to save energy. For instance, using a surge protector will protect your electronics from voltage spikes, and using a fluorescent bulb will help save money and energy. It was a very interesting topic. I enjoyed it a lot.

Global Warming...

Yesterday University Green watched a movie called Inconvenient Truth. It was by Al Gore. The movie was based on global warming.



There were so many examples in the movie, but the topic that caught my attention the most was the greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases is a gas that traps heat in the atmosphere. These gases allow sunlight to enter the atmosphere freely. When sunlight strikes Earth's surface, some of it is re-radiated back towards space as heat. Greenhouse gases has made a difference in climate change. Rising temperatures may produce changes in percipatation patterns, storm severity, & sea level.
Although I did not see the entire movie, Ienjoyed what I had saw. I was kind of scared because it made me think that the world was going to end. At the same time, I learned that the movie just wanted people to change their behavior towards the environment.

ITSRG

Check out these pictures that University Green took yesterday...

Bike Temple

This morning my group, PhillyGreen, and I interviewed another group that is in the BITS program known as Bike Temple. Their project is based on getting people to ride bicycles because it is healthier and it saves money. It was very interesting.

A Twitter Lesson

My group & I just got finish teaching a group of children that are friends of the Wissahickon Park how to use twitter. We told them that twitter is another way to advertise and communicate with people. We also showed them a preview of our blog. Then they showed us a preview of their blog. It was nice. Their blog caught my attention because it had music on it.

Mock Trial

Later today my group and I will interview another group that is doing their project on trials. Check out the blog later & I will tell you all about it!!!

Research & Present

Yesterday we had to present our research work to our mentors. My topic was on groundwater depletion. I talked about the importance of it and the cities and states that it effected. I didn't know how important groundwater depletion was until I did research on it. It is very essential for all of us to protect the groundwater because it is a source of water for drinking and irrigation.
Did You Know that Coca-Cola was charged with groundwater depletion & pollution to India?Coca-Cola bottling plants may be taking away groundwater from local villages.

Me...

What's up? My name is Sadira and I am doing an internship for the Philadelphia Youth Network on environmental issues. Help make the world greener. Join ME!!!