{"id":1071,"date":"2023-10-12T14:10:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T14:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2023-11-27T18:35:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T18:35:30","slug":"cleanup-day-recaps-october-6th-10th-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/cleanup-day-recaps-october-6th-10th-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleanup Day Recaps:  October 6th &#038; 10th, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On this second week of October, we finally felt things cooling off at the Greenway!  With the heat of the summer behind us, the weather was perfect for our work removing overgrown plants from the understory near the trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we continue our work at the Greenway with SPACE, we get to walk with students further down the trail.  They have been impressed to see the progress by comparing the side of the trail that has been cleaned up by fellow students to the untouched side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">October 6th, 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#2ecc71\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Edit 11\/14\/23: <\/mark> <\/strong>We are happy to share that SPACE had their videographer create an awesome promotional video featuring our students from the October 6th cleanup!  Watch the 2-minute video below:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Upper Chinquapin Greenway - Engage Green with USC Upstate\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GIcGu2l7nE4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 42%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>On Friday October 6th, over 30 students with instructors Yamil Ruiz and Dr.  Monika Herr joined SPACE at the Chinquapin Greenway for an amazing day of invasive species cleanup!<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/850_7782-Edit-2-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-979 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/850_7782-Edit-2-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/850_7782-Edit-2-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/850_7782-Edit-2-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/850_7782-Edit-2-1536x1096.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/850_7782-Edit-2-2048x1461.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>SPACE&#8217;s Membership and Outreach Director, Deb Stevens, coordinated a special volunteer event at the Greenway as a part of the South Carolina  Land Trust days with participants from other conservation efforts in the Upstate, including Upstate Forever and the Arbor Day Foundation.   Read more from SPACE&#8217;s Instagram page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CyOOMYmuyc5\/?img_index=1\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:41% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/850_7953-Edit-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1095 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/850_7953-Edit-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/850_7953-Edit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/850_7953-Edit-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/850_7953-Edit-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/850_7953-Edit-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Thanks to the professional photographer that SPACE brought out to commemorate this awesome day of collaboration, we were able to get many wonderful pictures of our students at work!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>During the cleanup, our instructors motivated their students with some friendly competition to see who could make the biggest pile of cleared plants.  Yamil told us about how he taught his class of students on the trail behind the Burroughs building for one of his sessions earlier in the week.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/850_7733-Edit-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-980\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.499267935578331;width:622px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/850_7733-Edit-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/850_7733-Edit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/850_7733-Edit-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/850_7733-Edit-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/850_7733-Edit-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are so thrilled by our students and instructors representing Upstate through their hard work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">October 10th, 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"436\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231010_181426325.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1098 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231010_181426325.jpg 436w, https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231010_181426325-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>On Trail Tuesday, we were joined yet again by U101 instructors Amanda Karls and Patrick Nugent, as well as Nick Karls of Landscape Services here on campus.  The students walked nearly a quarter mile of trail to get to the work site and they were motivated to see the large amount of progress made in the weeks before.  Suddenly, the task before us does not feel as daunting!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 34%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>As we moved deeper into the trail, students were excited to tackle large stands of Autumn Olive, the invasive plant that grows in an umbrella shape and shades out all of the native plants underneath.   Removing the biggest plants is essential to helping recover the health of the Greenway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working under the guidance of the SPACE leadership team as well as our very own Landscape Services expert here at USC Upstate, students learned how to identify the invasive species as well as the best methods to remove them using various tools such as loppers, pruners, and saws.  <\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"481\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231010_183841444.MP_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1101 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231010_183841444.MP_.jpg 481w, https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231010_183841444.MP_-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Great job to all of our volunteers this week &#8211; we can&#8217;t wait to see how the rest of the semester goes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"511\" data-id=\"1104\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231010_185956466.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231010_185956466.jpg 681w, https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231010_185956466-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"481\" height=\"641\" data-id=\"1099\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231010_183219127.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231010_183219127.jpg 481w, https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231010_183219127-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"511\" data-id=\"1103\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231010_191643510.MP_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231010_191643510.MP_.jpg 681w, https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231010_191643510.MP_-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231010_192946259.MP_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231010_192946259.MP_.jpg 681w, https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231010_192946259.MP_-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On a final note, we are excited to share that on October 10th, the main USC Upstate social media pages featured our Engaging Green initiative in a post, which you can view on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CyOx6lSKV--\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\">here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For an overview of our Engaging Green project, visit the main webpage\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscupstate.edu\/current-students\/service-learning\/space-project-fighting-invasives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#2ecc71\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Quick Links<\/mark><\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Upper Chinquapin Greenway - Engage Green with USC Upstate\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GIcGu2l7nE4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Check out this awesome video that SPACE put together to celebrate our Engaging Green Initiative!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/2023\/11\/17\/engaging-green-celebration-invitation\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Join us to celebrate Engaging Green with s&#8217;mores on Friday, December 1!<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/2023\/11\/14\/cleanup-day-recap-november-6th-2023\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cleanup Recap: 11\/6<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/2023\/11\/06\/cleanup-day-recaps-november-3rd-4th-2023\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cleanup Recap: 11\/3 and 11\/4<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/2023\/10\/30\/cleanup-day-recaps-october-26th-27th-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cleanup Recap: 10\/26 and 10\/27<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/2023\/10\/25\/cleanup-day-recaps-october-23rd-24th-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cleanup Recap: 10\/23 and 10\/24<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/2023\/09\/30\/cleanup-day-recap-september-29-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cleanup Recap: 9\/29<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/2023\/09\/29\/engaging-green-with-space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Engaging Green Kickoff: 9\/22<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/2023\/10\/11\/spring-24-class-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spring \u201924 SLCE Class List<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this second week of October, we finally felt things cooling off at the Greenway! With the heat of the summer behind us, the weather was perfect for our work removing overgrown plants from the understory near the trail. 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