IntroductionEarly on a Monday morning, a student sits quietly, working on a pair of headphones she made from some old speakers, food jars for babies and recycled yarn. Her eyes light up when she hears music playing through them for the first time. Another student, rather than buying a new Halloween costume, sews LED lights into a skirt. It's a typical day at the Makerspace at Grand Center Arts Academy, the library-turned-inventors' paradise where I spent my service hours for Dr. Tobias Winright's Green Discipleship course. Although my service experience may have been the most unconventional of the course, I believe that the time I spent at the Makerspace was well served and adhered to the key concepts covered in the course; Recycling, reusing, and making what you need from what you have is at the heart of the Makerspace philosophy.SummaryI discovered Makerspace while job hunting in early September, when a friend suggested that I might like to work at the Grand Center Arts Academy. (GCAA), a charter middle and high school not far from the Saint Louis University campus. I found the idea of ​​a dedicated makerspace intriguing, so I accepted a job offer and was employed as a Makerspace mentor through the federal work-study program. However, I only get paid for 15 hours of my time each week, and I regularly give several hours of overtime because it's hard not to stay as long as my schedule allows. I decided I wanted to write about this experience because I really like the vision and purpose of Makerspace. I could have just as easily devoted my extra time to one of the suggested sites, such as Gateway Greening, Forest ReLeaf, or Campus Kitchen, but I felt the calling to do something......in the middle of a paper.... ..ace Facilitator, was presented at the Grand Center Arts Academy. Anytime you bring a group of young students who are passionate about learning together, the intellectual possibilities are not limited to My dream is to start a non-profit organization out of college called Global Risk Reduction Brigade (GRRB ) and to conduct research on economic and social aspects. environmentally sustainable ways to reduce the impact of natural and man-made disasters on disaster-prone communities around the world. Then, I would recruit American students to dedicate their summers to spreading this information around the world, from our office based in St. Louis. I believe much of what I learned in the Makerspace can be applied to this future goal. For example, I could use my Maker skills and the knowledge I learned about 3D printing to create tools that could be used.