The Bristol Community College (BCC) Seeds of Sustainability Club (SOS) hosted Dr. George Marceau, a chiropractic physician in Swansea, MA on November 4, 2015 to discuss the exercise benefits of gardening for fitness. He combined his holistic education with years of gardening experience to share how gardening can be healthy for you, the community and the environment. He demonstrated easy and practical techniques for safe and injury-free gardening and body fitness. SOS hosts regular workshops on Sustainability at the Fall River campus throughout the semester. The mission of SOS is to promote a sustainable environment on the BCC campus and the surrounding community. The group was founded five years ago by students in the Sustainable Agriculture program. For more information about the Club, contact James Corven or go to the Facebook page. Anyone who Likes the page will receive regular news about events, issues and news. 

(Top row, left and right) Dr. George Marceau displays models of healthy and damaged spinal disks, stressing the importance of bending and rotating in separate movements while using garden tools, before explaining the curvature of the spine. (Top row, center) SOS Faculty Advisor James Corven and Club President Steve Burton enjoyed the presentation. (Middle row, left) Farm fresh eggs from Peets Farm are for sale at the SOS Club meeting. (Middle row, center) Dr. Marceau examines the posture of Susan Dutra. (Middle row, right) Members of SOS who sign a pledge to never purchase or bring plastic one-use water bottles on any BCC campus receive a thermal water bottle. (Bottom row, left and right) Dr. Marceau gives tips for walking with a heel strike and a roll of the foot and then  instructs Louise Defarias and Steve Burton on how to safely bend over while gardening. (Bottom row, center) The full fall schedule of SOS Sustainability Workshops is displayed on the bulletin board.