This is Lerner and Yvezee from morse high school. As I type this we are riding the train back to San Diego. Our camp at the Santa Monica mountains reserves was really fun and inspirational. We learned an abundance of new things-- especially about revegetation and non-native vs. native plants. I realized the significance of native plants when the rangers told us that the non-native plants are invasive to a point where the native plants can't survive. It's important to have native plants not only because of it's natural resources that provide for us, whether it's food or useful implements, but because of the animals that feed among them. If the native plants start to die then everything else starts to crumble--animals become extinct and are forced to change and they might not survive. ); but anyways, overall, we learned a lot but still had fun. We feel extremely blessed to have gotten the opportunity to tag along with the EIS and Second Chance students on this trip. Thanks to all the coordinators, especially Ms. Kim for setting up all these arrangements and cooking delicious food! Signing off now, bye.

Ps. Join green team, kbye.

---yvezee and learner