Many projects on the way for Roots and Shoots
From greenwalls to river cleanups, the future of Park is blooming
February 10, 2015
Right now the only time you can see Roots and Shoots club members in action is when they are organizing trash during all four lunches, but that is soon to change.
According to the club’s adviser Al Wachutka, the club is starting to grow and the members are beginning to take more control over what they’re doing.
“I’m really impressed with where they’ve gotten. It took half a year of me telling them ‘it’s not my club,’” Wachutka said.
One way the club is beginning to expand is through the planning of building a greenwall, an outdoor freestanding structure that is both self sustainable and visually pleasing.
Junior Mack Trotter, a leader in the greenwall project, said the greenwall will be an attractive way to teach future students the basics of ecosystems.
“We’re going to be able to bring environmental awareness to the school,” Trotter said. “The greenwall combines agriculture and design in a way that’s appealing, but will still be beneficial to teaching kids about environmental systems.”
According to Wachutka, the club is starting to make their ideas a reality, including their goal to become involved in a lake cleaning program. They will be adopting a mile of Minnehaha Creek in St. Louis Park, located near Super Target and Knollwood mall.
“We’re working on adopting a portion of Minnehaha Creek,” Wachutka said. “We’re past the point where it’s just ideas and now they’re becoming works in progress.”
