Wading into change: Passionate lecturer leads students on mission to clean Mecklenburg creeks

For eight years, Andrew Goff, a lecturer in biology, has invited Charlotte students to clean up local creeks as members of his Adopt-a-Spot crew, the Trash Taggers.

Three to five times per semester, Goff and crew travel to creek beds around Mecklenburg County, where students wade into the murky water and retrieve trash. To date, the Trash Taggers have collected 200,000 pounds of trash in the forms of tires, plastics and even a double vanity kitchen sink.