The Service Learning Project is about doing what you would normally do in your regular life but making it more efficient for the economy and to benefit yourself. Through the project you are able to learn things that you never would have thought of doing in a way that helps you and improves the environment. Whichever project you choose will have you gain an understanding of the topic you have chosen and will enable you to see the perspective of how what you do effects you and the environment around you. It teaches you to take care of the life around you and use the resources accessible to you, and that it benefits everybody, because from what you come to learn from doing this project, you can teach others about it. Overall, the Ecology Service Learning Project gives you a better understanding of the resources around you and it's not bad to get your own hands dirty.
Our group, A.H.E Cooking, decided to do a cooking demonstration in which we used local and healthy ingredients to create delicious meals. We chose this as our project over the others because personally I had never been to a farmers' market beforehand and wanted to experience what it was like to actually talk to the people who grew the food themselves. Also, my partners and I love to cook so we thought that through this project we can enjoy cooking while trying something new and healthy.
I experienced many things while doing this project. First, I went to my first farmers' market. I got to converse with actual people while doing our shopping and learned how friendly (and unfriendly) people can be. It was also pouring rain, so it showed how dedicated people were to selling their produce to the people (like us) who were willing to come out and buy food. Also, I learned how easy it is to make a fresh meal on your own. One of the recipes we made was bruschetta, which I had been wanting to make for awhile, but didn't know how long it would take or how much it would cost for ingredients. Once I researched a few recipes I came up with my own, simple bruschetta recipe that was fresh and delicious. I also learned that cooking is something that you can do with anyone, especially with your friends, and at the end of the day, you get to try your results!
Our efforts during this project can effect other humans by showing them how easy it is to prepare a healthy meal. During our demonstration, our meals to less than fifteen minutes each to demonstrate and they ended up tasting delicious! It also effects the people as the farmers' markets as well, if you don't know it, the money that is used to buy the produce is probably the only way those people may be making money, so we are changing their lives and appreciating what they do for the community. Our efforts also effect non-human organisms such as the plants. From using basil in one of our recipes, i decided to treat my little basil plant a little nicer so that it would produce better basil leaves. It made me appreciate my little plant and that it will end up being useful in the long run.
Overall, this ESLP project was a very fun experience for me. I didn't think that creating my own food and recipes would be so easy. I have found a new way to benefit my eating style and that is my eating healthy and buying it fresh.
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