WEEK 9&10These past two weeks have flown by fast...and Spring is suppose to be here? I love Duluth but sometimes the weather makes me think different. Environmental is flying by, and I have learned so much. Wherever I go, whether its a mall, restaurant, grocery store...etc.. I find myself thinking about the environment and what that place is doing to help. I am also learning to critical think better and ask questions about things I do not understand. The benefits I am getting by taking this course are unreal!
During Week 9 we learned about the Advocacy project. What is advocacy? It is active promotion of cause or principal and it involves actions that lead to a specific goal. It is one of the ways that we can access a problem in our community. ALso, during week 9 we were assigned My Political Representatives. We each asked to research political representatives in the Duluth Area, list their name and political affiliation and also their contact information. This was a fun activity for me to do because I didn't know who represented Duluth in politics. Even though a lot of people's posts look the same it was still interesting to see what other people found while researching!
In Week 10, class was not held because Dr. V was attending the AAPHRD conference but we were given an eye opener to work on. The eye opener was a photo essay where you had to go out(or in like I did) and take pictures of something having to do with the environment. I decided to work around my house and take pictures of ways that my roommates and I were going green. It was easy but hard in a way because it made us realize that we aren't really doing that much around our house to help the environment. Totally made me realize that I need to be doing a lot more such as trying to really restore energy and water by shutting lights off ,taking shorter showers and waiting to do laundry until it is really needed. This definately was an eye opener for me!
I hope everyone is enjoying this class as much as I am! It has really made me realize what I take for granted everyday and what I can do to help out our environment that is definitely in need of our help! If we all work together it can be accomplished!
Have a great and safe weekend!!!!
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Katie-
ReplyDeleteThis class has definitely made me open my eyes to my surroundings and ways that we can do to improve our environment. Although you think you need to do more to help out, you should remember that you are still helping the environment in some ways! Hope you enjoyed your week off, get ready to get back to METHODS!
Katie-
ReplyDeleteLike Autumn said every little bit helps!:) I think that you are doing a great job and remember the little things add up, if we all do the little things that hopefully we will slowly make a big difference great job these past two weeks!:)
Katie- it is good to hear that we are all learning so much and not just about the environment...but about ourselves too! I think back to the first weeks of class and how frustrated we were with blogging but now we can all blog like pros and always have super creative ideas to write about. We are all thinking more critically, acting more locally, and have become more open-minded. I look forward to seeing how it all turns out. --S
ReplyDeleteHey Katie,
ReplyDeleteI also agree about how Duluth is an amazing place minus the weather. But this whole week is supposed to be gorgeous so be prepared! I also agree that this class is very beneficial. We don't only learn a lot from this course, but I feel that the stuff we do learn actually is important and relates to everyone and everything around us! Great reflection, and I enjoyed your photo essay as well =D
Katie~ I too think this class has really opened all of our eyes to things that we would have not seen before!! Great post and keep up the good work!
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