The life of a 21st century college student seems to move in fast forward. In my first semester as a college student, I have never been so busy and stressed. The constant barrage of homework, tests, and essays added to the ever-constant worry of admission into my major often puts me on edge. In this sort of mindset, it is… Read more »
Before participating in this class, I had no idea what the word Anthropocene meant. I had heard of global warming, but was ignorant of the size and seriousness of the issue at hand. I was exposed to a reality that was shocking at best and disturbing at worst. Through the digestion of information learned in class, I began to question… Read more »
For our action project, my group decided to create a website to help spread awareness of climate refugees. Our site looks at the issue from many different angles, including the environment, law and policy, infrastructure, and social cohesion. We feature original and professional material as we wanted to speak about climate refugees in our own words. A contemplative practices page… Read more »
It is easy to feel paralyzed and pessimistic when pondering the Anthropocene. With so much damage already done though carbon dioxide emissions and many complex and political issues ahead how could you not feel scared and overwhelmed? While I am often overwhelmed by the vastness of issues presented by the Anthropocene, a “perspective” contemplative practice completed in class helped me… Read more »
In the era on the Anthropocene, it seems natural to assign blame to certain countries or groups of people. It is easy to point the finger towards China, citing their 29.14 percent share of world carbon dioxide emissions in 2015, and also towards the 1 percent, presumably the people in control of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies (2). While… Read more »
What really stood out to me in the past couple of weeks has been my personal impact in releasing pollutants into the atmosphere. I do not consider myself a wasteful person, but my calculated carbon footprint was over 10 times what was considered sustainable. It is crazy to think that an eight hour airplane flight in itself would qualify a… Read more »
