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Eventually, she plans tocompany go to lawUntappd, school creator of the popular beer app. to get her J.D. in Environmental Law a that, through the success of this green wall, It’s Mott’sand hope Cape Fear’s Going Green is proud to Masters in Environmental Policy. Beyond they will grow in popularity in our area. And that way, more introduce their fall 2021 interns whom her studies, she is involved on-campus building occupants will enjoy the health and aesthetic benefits of will be helping with the creation and serving as the Vice President of like 350 these UNCWin the near future. systems distribution of the magazine, planning and as UNCW Plastic Ocean Project’s and running the monthly book club, and Although Steve Mott has once again proclaimed himself to be Environmental Legislation Committee assisting in event planning and execuretired, you may be able to reach him through his website, www. Leader. tion—including September’s Native Plant mottlandscaping.com. Festival—among other tasks. The interns, Shelby Diehl is a junior from Jessica Scudella and Shelby Diehl, are both Wilmington, North Carolina majorstudents from the University of North ing in Environmental Science with a Carolina at Wilmington. Concentration in Conservation and Creative Writing with a Certificate in Jessica Scudella is a senior from Publishing. With her dual degree, Shelby Durham, North Carolina majorplans on pursuing a career in environmening in Environmental Science with a tal writing that will allow her to utilize her Concentration in Conservation and as aRobertson writer to advocate for enviphoto by Valerie Political Science with a minor in Leadership abilities ronmental causes Beyond her Each plant in the wall lives in its original pot, which is placed directly in worldwide. its Studies. After she graduates, Jessica plans tray. The plants will grow towards the light, so maintenance ofshe theiswall will involved on-campus studies, heavily on focusing on environmental policy include a monthly task of removing each pot by hand,serving turning as it 180 thedegrees, President of 350 UNCW, a and activism while being able to figure and putting it back in place. Contributing Writer for The Seahawk, a out more sustainable practices that can member of UNCW Plastic Ocean Project, photo by Kaiti Sheehan from the City of Wilmington for Outstanding be implemented throughoutTree the Commission world. and as a member New Going Green interns Shelby Diehl (left) and Function Design at the New Hanover Regional Medical Center of Sigma Alpha Jessica Scudella work on writing letters at a 350 Betty Cameron Women’s and Children’s Center (a rooftop garden UNCW event. Lambda. that can be visited by patients and their families). by Jessica Scudella and Shelby Diehl
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What was it about this project that pulled Mott out of retirement for what was obviously going to involve a lot of time and effort? “A good little bookstore…
For one thing, the sheer complexity of the project was enticis a laboratory for our coming together.” ing. It was new and different and challenging. “I had to learn an Ross Gay awful lot. I mean I’d done this kind of work forever, but still this “I love walking into a bookstore. is a new system I haven’t used... Also just the logistics of it, you It's like all my friends arebuilding sitting ona shelves, know. Building something inside here is like ship in a waving their bottle. It was complex enough to be interesting. ” pages at me.” Tahereh Mafi
Even more important, though, this project was an opportunity for him to prove that such a complicated project could be very successful. And he was concerned that if a green wall were attempted but were not a success, that might be the end of using green wall technology in Wilmington. But he was confident he could make it work. “If it’s successful and it gets some of the notoriety I think it’s going to get, you’ll see a lot of them, maybe a waterways and ocean not this big. This is a major undertaking in anybody’s book.” He friendly, free business believes that the success of his green wall plastic will encourage others. roasting organic, shade grown Mott plans to put together information on the newly comand small farm coffee lots pleted green wall, enough so that people will have documenta-
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A scissor lift was used to allow placement of the plants. The lift only reached 22 feet, so Mott had to place a ladder on top of the platform shown at the top of this photo, in order to reach the last several feet of wall.
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