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All of the Learning Communities gathered in groups waiting for our buses. 

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One of the group leaders with the Mill Creek Alliance explaining what to chop down and how to use the equipment.

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At first, waking up at 7:30 in the morning on a Saturday, I wasn't very thrilled to be cleaning up the mill creek. However, when I got there, I still felt the same way. It was freezing, we were chopping down honeysuckle; it was just a bad scene. looking back though, I definitely have a better more positive feeling about what I contributed. It was for a good cause, I helped out the community cost free, and made the environment, the Mill Creek Alliance, a little cleaner.

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General Impressions of better Place Project

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General Impressions of better Place Project

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The day was a great experience. I learned a lot about the surrounding area and how they are trying to improve it to have wildlife. I got to be handed on and experiencing the hidden nature that Cincinnati has. It was very interesting to leave about invasive species and why we had to cut down the honey suckle. It was a little unorganized, but we managed to get together and get a lot done. I learned that its important to take out invasive species because it ruins the natural environment.

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My Overall impression is that the day was great. The people working for Mill Creek Alliance were very authentic. It was very cool to be outside working to help clean up the creek. It was kinda cold out which kinda made it less fun. It really made you realize how honeysuckle harms the environment. So cutting down the honeysuckle made me feel better that I was helping make the environment be able to prosper.

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The Mill Creek Alliance was a very respectable foundation with the goal to clean up mill creek for the environment and the public. Seeing the people who led us to be so compassionate about what their goal was became contagious among people around them. My General Impression of the project was that it was important to clean up the river so it could become the potential that the foundation envisioned.

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Standing on the bridge over Mill Creek. 

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Throughout this project there were many different roles such as using the saw, the dye to prevent regrowth, the choppers to cut down branches, moving the branches to another place, etc. There was a lot for everyone to do.

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How can I continue to support the Mill Creek Project's goals?

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How can I continue to support the Mill Creek Project's goals?

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During my opportunity to participate in the better place project I learned many new things about the wildlife located in the Cincinnati area and what can be done to help support those working to clean and restore the wildlife in this area. I can spread the word about what is trying to be done in the Mill Creek area and continue their fight to clear out the invasive honeysuckle so that the area may be used for recreational activities.

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Our learning community had the opportunity to volunteer at the Mill Creek Alliance. The Milk Creek Alliance main goals are to restore, educate, and recreate the creek. During our time we were involved in cutting down trees and helping to create a path for future creek-goers. My job was to dye the roots of the trees, so they know what trees we cut down. I had a great experience with the other volunteers and those who work for the Mill Creek Alliance, everyone was nice and seemed super passionate about recreating this creek in Cincinnati.

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After working with Mill Creek Alliance and learning about how important the creek is for people and how nice it could look I would like to go back and help clean it up more so that there can be a nice walking path for people and to help bring back the wild life again.

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Cutting the honeysuckle trees down with saws and hedge clippers. 

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The learning commons starting the clean up of the honeysuckle.

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Bringing the honeysuckle trees up to the top of the hill to put into a pile. 

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Impressions and Perspectives of the Better Place Project

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Impressions and Perspectives of the Better Place Project

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A general impression that I had from my experience was that the people who were there working along side us were very passionate about what they were doing and it made me feel great about being able to help them. Everyone seemed to be working hard and were engaged with the people who were running it. It was overall a great experience and I would do something like it again.

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General Impressions of Mill Creek Alliance

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General Impressions of Mill Creek Alliance

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Overall it was a fun experience, we got to use our hands and get dirty and help out nature. It was very interesting to dig up these shallow roots and pull it out all at once especially for the large roots when it took about 7 minutes to completely remove it was very satisfying. Towards the end when we got to see all the progress and all the stuff we had removed and thrown onto the walkway it was nice and felt rewarding. Also got to learn some history of Mill Creek such as how they recently got fish back into it.

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What I learned from the Mill Creek Alliance.

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What I learned from the Mill Creek Alliance.

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The Mill Creek Alliance taught me many things about Mill Creek. I had previously been oblivious to the existence of Mill Creek. It was interesting to learn that the creek had previously been the most polluted stream in the U.S. It was used for many Industrial companies that dumped their waste in the creek. It was so bad that the public was advised to get near the stream.

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Different LC's came together to on Saturday to clear out to clear out a bunch of honeysuckle and trees. It took a while and we were assigned different jobs like dying the roots. I had a fun time with the people in my LC and we actually got a lot of work done in the amount of time we had.

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Going to Mill Creek and cutting down trees for them was a good experience. We cut down a lot of honeysuckle. It was a little confusing because we did not go there thinking we were going to cut down trees, but it was not too bad. Overall, it was a little unorganized, but it was nice to help the organization.

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If you could do the project again, what would you do differently? 

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If you could do the project again, what would you do differently? 

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If I were to do this project again differently, I would volunteer directly through Mill Creek Alliance and not Clean Up Cincy. Volunteering through Clean Up Cincy took up a lot of the time with meeting and getting people to buses that we could have been working. Another thing I would do differently is I would volunteer on a warmer day.

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The progress the learning commons made

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Mill Creek Alliance takes volunteers to resurge the area of Mill Creek and its river. You could see the area needed some help with its cleanliness. There was a problem with its Honeysuckle on its trees in the forrest by the river. Also, the river is working on getting cleaned so there are fish and wildlife there. We came in and cut down all the honeysuckle. The little forrest was cleared and it looked much better. The point of Better Place Project is to clean and better our community that surrounds us. I think the experience was great and very helpful for the community. I was the one who was cutting down the trees.

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going out and volunteering is always very beneficial, probably more fun when its a bit nicer out. Spreading the word as well as doing our own research can be really impactful.

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To clean up areas around the Cincinnati area that need a major clean up. They sent different groups to different areas to clean up trash, cut down invasive plants, mulch, and other activities.