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Team Members:
Kourtney Arruda, Taryn Brune, Lauren Healey, Christine Hess, and Jillian Jardine
OVERVIEW
UMD Students educate the community about endangered Asian Elephants
How we developed our team
What we have learned from this semester long project
The Earth Eve float
OUR MISSION
Promote awareness for the Asian Elephants through
knowledge and public awareness.
TEAM GOALS
Educate and spread the awareness of endangered Asian Elephants among the community.
Create advocates that can further work towards preserving the Asian Elephants
PROJECT PLAN
Partner with Buttonwood Park Zoo and research Asian Elephants
Promote the protection of Asian Elephants
Create awareness for endangered species in general
Sponsor and help with planned events at the zoo
Advertise Earth Eve Parade in local towns
Promote the Elephant Tracks event through flyers
COMMUNITY PARTNER
Our team mainly worked with Gail Janeczek of Buttonwood
Park.
We were able to research and work on our People Powered
Float at Buttonwood Park with Gail at scheduled times.
SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER
Safe and exciting experience connecting people to the natural world
Strong focus of educating community inspirationally and informatively
Serve as a showcase for New Bedford’s environmental efforts
Link New Bedford to the global conservation community
TEAM ROLES
Kourtney : Team Leader, Minute Leader, and Team Delegator
Jillian : Team Leader, Secretary, and Wiki Organizer
Lauren : Community Leader and Team Motivator
Christine : Minute Leader and Float Manager
Taryn : Float Manager
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTTo incorporate the community with our
promotion and education of endangered
Asian Elephants we attended Buttonwood Park’s “Cabin Fever
Week” and worked with young children from
local areas with arts and crafts.
As we worked with the community we also
promoted the Earth Eve Parade to all the parents
at the Zoo and asked them to join us.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Although we couldn’t make elephants with our arts and crafts, we were able to help the kids make a sheep. Our community partner appreciated all of our help and was happy the kids could make such
great memories at the zoo.
FUTURE EVENTS
Buttonwood Park Zoo has two Asian Elephants named Ruth
and Emily.
In order to keep Ruth, Emily, and their families on this planet
longer, Buttonwood Park Zoo holds an all day event called Elephant Tracks – Promoting Elephant Awareness Day to
educate the entire community about these lovely animals.
SUSTAINABILITY
The Zoo had previously made most of our float for their past Elephant Awareness Days and
they allowed us to fix up what they had and add
on to it.
When adding to our float we reused previously
recycled materials and only bought inexpensive spray paint to add a few
finishing touches.
SUSTAINABILITY
As a result of our recycled goods and reusing what the zoo had previously
made, our float resulted in an almost life-size
version of an elephant.
Our float only cost us
around $5 per
member!
EARTH EVE PARADE!
We represented Buttonwood Park Zoo and….
EARTH EVE PARADE!
…the endangered Asian Elephants as we marched in the Earth Eve Parade on April
14, 2011
TEAMWORK
Our team has faced many trust issues since the start of this project.
Although many of us had outside agendas, we all seemed to work it out and make this project
work.Our team is very good at
creating something out of nothing and our creativity is what
brought us together as a team.
TEAMWORK
Involvement and Commitment
Unequal amount of responsibilities
Full schedules caused difficulty to put priorities in order
Areas In Most Need Of Improvement
Areas In Need Of Improvement
Efficiency of functioning Tracking deadlines Organization skills
PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT
Understand the goal Make sure everyone is
committed Task assignments More efficient meetings Improve organization
skills Assign specific deadlines Consequences for tasks
not completed by deadline
Identify responsibilities clearly and thoroughly
ANY QUESTIONS?