The Rain Project Launch: Floating Treatment Wetland on Mason Pond
On May 12, 2015, students from the EVPP 378 Ecological Sustainability class taught by Department of Environmental Science & Policy associate professor Dr. Changwhoo Ahn launched a 1,700-plant floating wetland on Mason Pond.
Known as The Rain Project, the floating treatment wetland is a year-long case study of what the founders of EcoScience + Art hope to perpetuate for college education, scholarship, and service. Students participate in a project-based learning approach aimed at developing innovative interdisciplinary education and scholarship. The goal is to raise awareness of critical stormwater issues for the Mason community, by means of a year-long project (Fall 2014 through Fall 2015) in which science collaborates with engineering, arts, and humanities in order to design and implement a floating wetland in Mason Pond.
More reading:
The full article on the launch from the Mason NewsDesk on 5/13/2015
An interview with Dr. Changwoo Ahn on The Rain Project by The STEAM Table
See more pictures – click here (Creative Services)
Dr. Changwoo Ahn in discussion. Photo by Craig Bisacre/Creative Services/George Mason University
Teamwork. Photo by Evan Cantwell/Creative Services/George Mason University
Dr. Ahn pointing out a plant. Photo by Evan Cantwell/Creative Services/George Mason University
Success! Photo by Evan Cantwell/Creative Services/George Mason University
Dr. Changwoo Ahn with his class. Photo by Evan Cantwell/Creative Services/George Mason University
