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Throughout this quarter, my peers and I were invited to complete an action project. This project has three key goals: to create and implement a response to the course material, create an offering to the larger community, and to integrate a reflective component in both inception and implementation. My group’s final product after extensive deliberation is a website about climate… Read more »
You’ve likely seen the famous Norman Rockwell quartet from 1943: the freedom series. The work has always affected me—I’m a sucker for realism, how the artist grasps light, the details of fabric fold and skin’s ripple. Note the prominent vein on a knuckle, the crispy glisten of Grandma’s holiday fowl. (Putting aside the obvious lack of racial and socioeconomic diversity—considering… Read more »
I’ve known that I have a strong addiction to my laptop for a while now. Photo from: http://www.cfdlearn.ca/importance-internet-research-implementing-law/. When I was growing up, I lived in a low-tech house. We didn’t have cable or television (only VHS), and I didn’t get a cell phone until high school. I was sheltered from the constant company of electronics. However, when I moved to… Read more »
I have often felt a feeling of resentment and frustration arise when meditating on the changes to my lifestyle that would be necessary to achieve a more sustainable future. A frustration fueled by comparison to those who came before me who were allowed to live their lives without the level of thought and responsibility as our generation must have. A… Read more »
India and China, two increasingly populous countries driving local development and deleterious emissions, will inevitable be limited by the natural resources available for their use, much like a chemical reaction (Steffen). In this manner, the planet checks the expansion of humanity. However, between biofuels and antibiotics, our species continues to defy the parameters that hinder the advance of other life… Read more »
During our periods of self reflection related to this course, I find myself facing a recurrent thought. The majority of US citizens acknowledge that climate change is happening but is anyone actually willing to do anything about it? I have heard so many individuals cry out against climate change, making claims of how we as a society need to initiate… Read more »
