EJ Changemakers are driven to know more about the world and make a habit of observing, pondering, and questioning their environment. 

EJ Changemakers strategically seek out reliable sources of data, on both the past and the present, and use that data to inform their understanding of the climate crisis and their decisions on how to restore environmental justice. 

EJ Changemakers maintain optimism by being well-informed on liberatory solutions to environmental crises, and draw on these solutions while advocating for change to encourage enthusiasm. 

As an EJ cohort, we attended Case Western Reserve's Climate Change and International Law at a crossroads panel. I learned so much at this panel, and it opened my eyes to the law field relating to environmental justice. I loved how all the lawyers they brought in focused on something so prevalent but different. I learned that you can focus on your passion regardless of your career. This panel made me curious about the solutions the lawyers thought were most impactful, so I asked the panelists linked above a question. 

We attended the Biocene Conference at NASA with our apprenticeship in Redhosue Architecture. We saw different solutions and the processes behind them in various career fields. I was very interested and am so grateful to be a part of this because it offered me so much institute into environmental justice in the business industry.  

I was interviewed for The Greater Cleveland Climate Action Network Documentary. This documentary was planned to be shown at Cop28 In Dubai. I spoke on what environmental issues were the most prevalent in Cleveland, Ohio, and what environmental justice meant to me and as an individual living in Cleveland, Ohio, why it is so essential to stop climate change.  

I attended John Carol Reliogion in relation to the environment. I was curious going into this, questioning how different religions would view the climate crisis. Surprisingly, all the representatives from each religion agreed on many things, WIth the overall picture being that we should treat the earth as a gift to us and equal to us. 

Does un-composed food waste on top of growing plants enhance the plants' growth? To conduct this research, I used six pots, three with no waste and three with orange peels and celery waste on top. I put them all in a bin with water at the bottom and took data over two weeks. Over these two weeks, intense mold grew on the waste, and the seedlings with the waste barely grew. To summarize my findings, it does not help grow food to put your un-composted food waste on them. This data is essential as we look into the future of sustainability and recycling our food scraps.

As an Ej cohort, we researched harmful invasive species in northeast Ohio, and we all went into the woods and, for two hours, we pulled buckthorn. Many of these plants surrounded the native pine trees, which have since grown exponentially.  The testing plots that we removed the buckthorn are incredibly different from the ones that we didn't. Seeing how a few hands can make such a big difference is great.