NCC Celebrates Green Day

Nash Community College students, faculty and staff celebrated “Green Day” by planting three magnolia trees on campus. During the tree planting ceremony, Dr. Margaret Sowerwine (right), Chair of the Medoc Group of the North Carolina Sierra Club, and NCC Biology Instructor Reggie Cobb (left) educated the campus about environmental issues and how to get involved in promoting improved environmental practices. Immediately following, campus volunteers participated in a litter pick-up along Old Carriage Road.

Green Day was led by Cobb, who shared “Although many people are aware of their environmental impact at home and other places such as work, vacation locations, and recreation areas, they are not aware of their impact when traveling from one destination to another. Those corridors are home to many wildlife as well as other people. If everyone becomes aware of how much we impact the environment and becomes a little more eco-friendly, then all living things can continue to inhabit the Earth.”