Hi everyone! I am Kelly Clarke, a junior majoring in Finance at Georgia State University. I am enrolled in GSU Spring 2024 Honors 3280: Service-Learning Seminar in Urban Ecology and Environmental Conservation. This course has served as an eye-opening service seminar to highlight the importance of being a good citizen in the economy and discusses topics of being an active member to help preserve environmental issues. So far, we have identified different texts from McKibben, Purdy, Kathryn Savage, and Krimmer who explained their views on the topic of nature. Each environmentalist emphasized their relationship to society. 

I am excited to volunteer with the Georgia Native Plant Society and the Intown Atlanta Chapter. Our organization focuses on the preservation of native plants and their habitats. They help support economic prosperity and the quality of life for different plant species across Georgia. Through each of our volunteering experiences, we will focus on identifying unhealthy plant species and providing nutrients to help support longer plant life. This will include walking around natural habitats and looking at how the environment hurts or helps each species. I am looking forward to working with the other volunteers and my classmate Sheryl! Good luck everyone with your community partners!!