Today from 11:30 to 3:45 we went back to our garden in Wootton Mill Park. We had roughly 20 volunteers show up to help us. We were joined by members of Venus school and CAPA-MC Seeds club. The sky was very cloudy and it rained a little bit but stopped when we were still working on the garden. Everyone did a great job in helping the garden. This year we used a metal fence with pvc coating to prevent rusting. We also built a new bin with hinges on the lid so we would have more storage. Like last year, we set up one wooden gate in the front and one in the back. The fence was sturdier than the plastic fence we used last year and it was a lot easier to put up and store.we planted lettuce and pumpkin in the back of our garden. We made raised beds like we did last year and filled the gaps with mulch so people would not trip from the mulch pile. We watered the plants we had just planted into our garden since it barely rained. I thought it was really fun working with my friends in the garden. It is always fun doing things with my friends.

CHINESE VERSION:

今天 11:30 到 3:45 我们回到了伍顿米尔公园的花园。大约有 20 名志愿者来帮助我们。 Venus school 和 CAPA-MC Seeds 俱乐部的成员也加入了我们。天空多云，下了一点雨，但当我们还在花园里干活时就停了。每个人都在帮助花园方面做得很好。今年我们使用了带有 PVC 涂层的金属围栏，以防止生锈。我们还建造了一个新的垃圾桶，盖子上有铰链，这样我们就有更多的存储空间。和去年一样，我们在前面设置一扇木门，在后面设置一扇木门。栅栏比我们去年使用的塑料栅栏更坚固，而且更容易搭建和存放。我们在花园后面种植了生菜和南瓜。我们像去年一样制作了高架床，并用覆盖物填充了空隙，这样人们就不会从覆盖物堆上绊倒。由于几乎没有下雨，我们给刚种在花园里的植物浇水。我觉得和朋友们在花园里一起工作真的很有趣。

Written by Nathan Tian and Jane Zhang

On last Saturday, April 5, the Zero Hero team from the CAPA-MC Growing and Giving Club attended the MCPS Youth Climate Summit at Julius West Middle School. The team was invited by MCPS to provide a workshop for the students attending the summit. First, current club co-president Nathan and program founder Kenneth gave a presentation on the Zero Hero plastic initiative and encouraged the students to start a county-wide plastic bags and film recycling program at their schools.

After the presentation, zero hero team member Alice passed around a questionnaire on how to recycle plastic bags and films in Montgomery County to all the participants. Then, the other two team members Sky and Melody collected the completed questionnaires and gave out prizes, including a family recycling kit. The recycling kit included an educational palm card, a magnet, and a reusable shopping bag to help the students take immediate action to recycle plastic bags at home. Once the students received their prizes, they went to the second station, organized by the National Youth Visionaries Association (NYVA), where they learned to use cardboard, clay, and recycled plastics to create fish artwork in order to raise awareness about protecting local wildlife and watersheds.

The two Recycling Program Specialists from the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection—Jessica and Barbara—also attended our workshop to observe. After the workshop, they praised our efforts in reducing plastic waste in Montgomery County and took a group photo with us. MCPS provided lunch and awarded 7 SSL hours to all attending students. It was a very well-organized and informative event, and we hope more students can attend next year.

CHINESE VERSION:

今天零英雄去朱利叶斯·韦斯特中学参加青年气候峰会。我们向学生们介绍了塑料薄膜回收和零英雄项目倡议。 NYVA 也加入了我们，他们的组织使用纸板、粘土和再生塑料制作野生动物艺术品。我们首先介绍了零英雄塑料倡议。演示结束后，爱丽丝将铅笔和调查表分发给所有参与者。然后Kenneth告诉大家通过回答问卷可以得到什么。学生们可以获得一张 pom 卡、一块磁铁和一根零英雄棒。大部分学生拿到奖品后，就来到了Nyva组织的第二站，用剪纸做成鱼的形状，用粘土制作鱼鳞。粘土是风干的粘土，学生们得到了几种颜色，将它们混合起来制成音阶。会议结束后，我们与 MCPS 环境保护部门的杰西卡和芭芭拉合影。当我们到达主入口后，我们的志愿者收到了 ssl 小时表格。

演讲结束后，“零零弃”团队成员Alice向所有参与者分发了有关如何回收蒙哥马利县塑料袋和薄膜的问卷。然后，另外两位团队成员Sky和Melody收集了填写完的问卷，并发放了奖品，其中包括一个家庭回收套件。该回收套件包括一张教育用信息卡、一块冰箱磁贴和一个可重复使用的购物袋，旨在帮助学生们立即行动，在家中回收塑料袋。学生们领取奖品后，参加了由National Youth Visionaries Association（NYVA）组织的第二个活动，学习使用纸板、粘土和回收塑料制作鱼类艺术品，以提高保护当地野生动物和水域的意识。

来自蒙哥马利县环境保护部门的两位回收项目专家Jessica和Barbara也来到了我们的工作坊进行观摩。工作坊结束后，她们赞扬了我们在减少蒙哥马利县塑料垃圾方面所做的努力，并与我们合影留念。MCPS为所有参加气候峰会的学生提供了午餐，并颁发了七个SSL学时。这是一次组织得非常有序且信息丰富的活动，我们希望明年能有更多的学生参加。

Written by Nathan Tian and Jane Zhang