Environmental Voluntary Work (Essay Sample)

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Environmental Voluntary Work
My volunteer work was based at the Magnuson Community Garden where I worked alongside other volunteers to help maintain the garden. I worked there on Saturday August 4th from 9A.M to 1 P.M, and I used to go to the garden during my other free time. My volunteer duties were mainly aimed at maintaining the garden and conserving the environment. The Magnuson Community Garden is one of the richest environmental conservation around as it involves the care of native plants that are fast-disappearing from the face of the earth. It is a part of the larger Magnuson Environmental Stewardship Alliance and was started in 1997 as the Magnuson Park. Apart from working in the garden, I also participated in other duties of the Magnuson Environmental Stewardship Alliance mission. This involved involving the community and educating members on the enhancement of the habitat for both native animals and plants.
Apart from the Magnuson Environmental Stewardship Alliance, we also worked alongside the Green Seattle Partnership organization, whose main aim is to ensure the restoration and improvement of the Seattle Park Land. Together, the two organizations work together to improve the Seattle Park Land and the Magnuson Garden for both wildlife and the people. The duties I carried out were mostly directed towards the maintenance and improvement of the Magnuson Garden. Part of the services we offered in the Magnuson Garden included carbon sequestration that is meant towards the reduction of global warming. We also worked towards the reduction of air pollution, as well as, water cleansing.
During the voluntary service period, I reported to the Magnuson Garden that morning ready for the day’s work. My services and duties in the garden varied. Nonetheless, I would repeat my duties after a while in order to make sure that I worked in most parts of the garden as often as possible. On that day, I was taken round the garden and introduced to some of the duties I had to carry out during the period I would serve in the Magnuson Garden. Afterwards, most of the work I did involve trimming overgrown shrubs and spreading wood chip mulch. This was to ensure the maintenance of the plants and the garden so as to give them room to grow fully. I would start from one point and walk around the garden checking for any overgrown shrubs and branches and trimming them.
In addition, I also worked on spreading wood chip mulch under the branches of shrubs and other plants in the garden. I would put the wood chip mulch on a wheelbarrow and work my way around the garden spreading it in places that were bare to prevent too much evaporation and soil erosion. I also weeded parts of the garden that needed weeding especially places with overgrown grass as these interrupted the growth of the wanted plants in the garden. The services I offered, alongside other volunteers helped in protecting the environment, considering the current high pollution rates in the world. Our work made sure that parts of the environment still remain green despite the high rates of urbanization. Most people today focus on making money through urbanization by putting up buildings and clearing forests or vegetation to make space. It is up to the environmentalists to ensure that part of the world remains green despite all this to maintain the much-needed balance of nature.