My week at FLOW was another great few days. Because of the holiday I was able to do work from home for the last two days of the week. This was nice because I was able to be in my hometown but I am still adjusting to how to be productive while not in the office. But I had a very productive week and am making lots of progress on my project. I did a good amount of cold calling this week and it was kind of successful. I am learning how to communicate our goals in the best way based on who I am talking to . I also scheduled a tabling at a local farmers market! This will be my first tabling event alone but I am looking forward to being there and hopefully having a successful time talking to residents.

On Wednesday, I attended my first Science Board Meeting. This was a two hour meeting where the science board member, Laura, hosted a meeting with about 15 other volunteers and talked about current projects and future goals. I learned so much about the process for deciding on project plans, locations, and goals. We also analyzed past results to see what would be best to do again next spring. Now that it is fully summer, it is difficult to plant or expand gardens. Spring and fall are the best times so summer is a lot of maintenance and planning work. I was also able to meet a volunteer that is dedicating a lot of time to working with Olentangy schools to plant new trees. This has been challenging because school maintenance crews are weary of the additional costs. This is frustrating because there are many ways to avoid these costs and in the long run it will decrease a schools energy costs. But I learned a lot of information from him and I hope to work with the schools more!