Botany of Desire

Hey everyone, Cali and Katy here from Mount Union. We watched the documentary Botany of Desire. It was a very interesting film that explores how certain plants have had a great influence on society, and in return, how people have helped take care of these plants. The movie goes over four different plants that have influences people throughout time: the potato, the apple, cannibis, and the tulip. Each appeals to human desire in a different sense. Potatoes are like the ultimate food source for humans. Apples appeal to the sweet side of everyone. Cannibis, or marijuana as most people call it, appeals to the forbidden desire within people. It is illegal afterall. And the tulip appeals to emotional desire between people. It is a way of showing love and compassion. Overall, this was a good documntary and a great exploration into how people think about the plants around us.

We had an alright week at the free lunch program. We implemented an activity chart this week which requires the kis to do certain things to get stickers. The kids who have the most stickers at the end of the program get an awesome prize...like a pool! The kids who do something every day of the week get a small prize on monday morning when we tally everything up. We're reusing trays from lunch to paint on. Cali's mom made jump ropes out of twine which the kids have liked so far. At Feed My Sheep, not much went on but we helped a lot in the kitchen and worked in the serving line.

This saturday we are in a parade here in town. We're decorating someone's car as a bumblebee and passing out little handouts about the Nature Center and the VISTA program. We're also passing out "Bug Bites" which are cute little bug graham crackers. That's it.