Bonfire Participant Excited to Plant Future Kindling
Finding time in his busy schedule of facilitating freshman alcohol poisoning and harassing students outside of the Walton dormitory, junior construction science major and Student Bonfire participant Greg Moorey made an appearance at Replant Day 2020. Moorey graciously accepted an interview request from Mugdown staff to explore his unique perspective after the event.
Moorey appeared to have some misunderstandings about the purpose of the day. “It’s just so cool that Replant reinvests in Bonfire like this,” Moorey said. Thinking about future generations getting to cut here, well, it’d make anyone emotional. We’re really lucky to have a sister org like this.” Unfortunately, Aggie Replant is still unable to fully match Student Bonfire’s efforts that make Texas A&M a net deforestation school.
At the start of the day, Moorey kept accidentally chopping down the saplings, but after the third mistake, he was able to persevere successfully past his muscle memory and begin planting.
Moorey proved himself to be a hard worker, planting seven trees over the course of the morning. “I feel really good about myself. Like I’ve put some good into the world,” Moorey said. Unfortunately, he could not stay for the afternoon Replant Day shift as he had to attend a tree cut near Bryan. It remained unclear to our interviewer whether Moorey had planted enough during the morning to offset his afternoon work.
— Century Tree Hugger
Century Tree Hugger certainly puts the “mental” in environmental. Dedicated to rescuing the ever-declining tree population on campus, she won’t stop until Texas A&M is transformed from a barren brutalist wasteland into the leafy paradise of yore. We do wish it was easier to pry her arms away from the Century Tree when it comes time for our secret meetings, however.