Hello!
SERIOUSLY?--the last couple weeks of this semester is here!!??! Very bittersweet.
I had so much fun from Environmental Health class from Weeks 13 and 14!
Looking back...
Week 13:
Tuesday, we watched the clip called "Story of Stuff" by Annie Leonard. This story was really entertaining and Annie pretty much simplified the complexities of our environment and how us as humans are as consumers. It showed us the process of production and consumption. What was really interesting was the fact that after the Great Depression, we tried to spike the economy by buying more and more stuff. This producing and consuming cycle is still going on today and it doesn't seem to be slowing down anytime soon! "The Story of Stuff" made us wonder, why DO we have SO MUCH STUFF?!?!
Thursday was great. As a class, we went to the Bagley Nature Area and learned about compass navigation! I am horrible with navigation and compasses, so thankfully my group (Valerie, Noah, and Kaileigh) knew what they were doing! It was really fun, and nice to be outside for our environmental class!
Week 14:
An overall great week as well!
On Tuesday, for our Advocacy Project, we wrote a letter to our Public Official to vote yes or no to the bill we addressed for our specific issue! Also, we had a guest speaker who is now working for the AmeriCorp and what he is doing with his Anthropology major and what he does for the Civic Engagement program at our school! Some interesting stuff.
Thursday was a hilarious day!! For class, we gathered into our blog groups and Dr. V brought in 5 items of "junk" and we had to come up with ideas on how to "repurpose" these items!! The groups came up with some funny and creative ideas!! (cheese grater, eye poker, nut holder, etc.)
Good job class!
It's been a blast guys- keep up the good work!! :)
"Be the change you wish to see in the world." ~Mahatma Gandhi
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4 comments:
Hey Kathy-
I think the past couple weeks have been a blast minus the advocacy project difficulties! haha.. I loved our ideas in our groups especially the finger nail holders Dr.V liked. Haha.. anyways keep up the great work!
I also had fun navigating through Bagley! And good thing that you wore that bright colored shirt so no one would lose you! Since you’re really good at navigating ;) lol
Thursday was soo funny, I still laugh about it when thinking of all the random stuff we came up with! I think it would be lots of fun to repurpose “junk” if I had the time to be creative, maybe this summer? You and me bum rummage sales and recreate junk into beautiful works of art, idk? Let me know what you think;) haha Hope u had a great weekend, see ya Tuesday=)
Kathy
Another great reflection! Story of stuff was great, you're right! Bagley Nature Area... not so much. Horrible at the whole navigating thing! You're letter to your public official was so good! Such a good little health educator... you fish :)
Heather
Kathy-
I thought the Story of Stuff video was really entertaining as well and good thing we were all in your group or you probably would have gotten lost...haha! I can't believe that we are almost done!!!:)
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