Hey guys I Know it’s been quite sometime since I’ve made a blog for get city. I’ve just been really busy with work and not being able to attend get city the past year. I plan on being able to come back soon when I have time too cause I really miss it. I know …
Category: makerspace
Visiting MSU
March 4, 2020 Today we had a chance to visit Dr. Scott’s engineering lab where we investigated thermal and pressure sensors. We’re going to use the thermal sensor on our climate change studies back at GET City!
In-land Flooding in Michigan
Feb 24, 2020 Today we build models of our local neighborhoods and modeled flooding! We also DIY our own clay for this project, too! We learned that climate change is going to increase the number of floods in Michigan. Since 1950 the average annual rain and snow in Michigan has increased by 5 to 10 …
Have you experienced Climate Injustice?
Feb 19, 2020 We want to know what your experiences with Climate (In)Justice is? If you have a minute, can you tell us your story? We’re going to be sharing our stories with you, too. A: I have asmtha, and on the days in the summer when it is really hot, I need to stay …
Climate Action in Our Community!
Feb 12, 2020 We got to talk to Mr. C today who told us all about his activist work on environmental racism in our city. He told us about all of the different projects he worked on, and the different approaches and strategies he uses. It was very inspirational!
What do we want? Climate Justice!
Feb 10, 2020 What do we want? Climate Justice! When do we want it? Now! We are studying how climate change is impacting our community. In Lansing there are four main ways that climate change impacts us: 1. In-land flooding (because the rivers cannot handle the more intense rain storms) 2. Poorer air quality on …
InterMedia Workshop!
Jan 29, 2020 Today we conducted a workshop for our parents and peers. We wanted to teach everyone about how we created and built our Inter-Media Projects. 6:00pm Introductions to GET City: Who are we? 6:10pm Intermedia Projects: What are they and why are they important to us? 6:15pm Youth individual projects 6:30pm GET City …
Congratulations GET City!
GET City youth presented their socially just businesses today at the LEAP event in Lansing for area entrepreneurs. All five teams represented extraordinarily well. Their work is what makes a difference in this world. As one of the youth, Z stated, “It’s not about making money. It’s about doing what is right. Doing what is …
Presenting at 5 minute Tops
Today I went to the ‘5 minutes tops’ to present the little free library that stephen and i made. I told everyone about why we are making them and who we are making it for. Too bad Stephen couldnt make it to the event but i hope he feels better. This event is for teens …
A social justice business approach to the Little Free Library
On Tuesday, Stephen and I worked on our 5 minute slide show that we are presenting on march 22nd 2017. In our presentation we talk about the little free stem library that we are making and what it is for and how we are planning on doing with it. For example, we used Google Maps …
