When I began this class I did not have a strong concept of what it meant to be human in the Anthropocene. On a basic level I understood the factors that contribute to everyday human life. I knew what being human meant to me in terms of morals and lifestyles but I hadn’t really considered it in terms of how… Read more »
My groups action project has turned out to be a far more complicated and insightful experience that that of what we originally anticipated. From the beginning Tova, Kate, Ryan, and I knew that we wanted the underlying theme of our project to be centered on waste production and management. Some issues of the Anthropocene are easy to push out of your… Read more »
My group’s progress towards generating an action project has been riddled with obstacles and general frustration. We initially began our project with a very strong focus on decreasing waste production within the Greek community but this idea was ultimately tossed because of our realism surrounding our inability to mobilize permanent change within a community that doesn’t want to change. The… Read more »
After spending a week observing my own physiological response to my social media and internet usage I have noticed a distinctive autonomic response that seems to begin the mere second I even think about going online. On a certain level I expected the increased heart rate and tension when I was actively engaged online but to feel an increase in… Read more »
I’m not an individual who is terribly connected to my own spirituality and self-awareness. So when we started the contemplative practice portion of this class I was hopeful that this would be an enlightening and profound spiritual experience. Rather than achieving such metaphysical enlightenment, I have discovered more about my own physical limitations. In most of my classes I am… 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 »
