As I contemplated what it means and will mean to be a person in the Anthropocene, I decided that the perfect representation of hope and survival would be to decide what we will be eating in the next 50-75 years. Below, I created a recipe using sustainable, nutritious, and delicious ingredients that embody the human spirit of overcoming adversity with… Read more »
For my groups Action Project, we went to various restaurants in the University District and beyond disseminating information on how they could donate their excess food at the end of the day to an organization called Food Lifeline that would then distribute the food to people in need. Our project was limited by the amount of time that we put… Read more »
If you have forty minutes to spare, I highly recommend you watch the following video: Elon Musk gives me reason to be hopeful in the Anthropocene. For him, no idea is too big or far-fetched, and I am astounded by his unfettered ambition. He thinks of the future he wants to see, and he brings the minds together to make… Read more »
Last week in class we did a contemplative practice in which we adopted three different perspectives: that things in the world are going to get worse, that things are going to get better, and that things are the way they are. When we did that exercise I felt remarkably peaceful after I accepted the perspective that things are the way… Read more »
The nature of the Anthropocene requires a problem-solving approach which addresses the world as a complex, interconnected system. Research over the previous decades has made it clear that no ecosystem, society, or geophysical process can operate in isolation, and many of the trends of the Anthropocene are interrelated. I understand that the actions of humanity are an increasingly dominant force… Read more »
Before I began contemplating the challenges of the Anthropocene, I watched an interview from Time with Jane Goodall in which she discussed her perspective on climate change and how we should address it. In this interview, one line of hers stood out to me: “How is it that we’re destroying our only home? . . . We’ve got this one chance… Read more »
