ENVS 160 has shown me the importance of understanding and change. Without these elements, there is no progress — personal, academic, or otherwise. A big part of this lesson for me is the realization that the goal of a conversation should be to learn rather than to change the other person’s mind or to tear […]
Does This Look Like a Vacuum to You?
In his book Who Rules the Earth?, Paul F. Steinberg makes many compelling points about what effective environmental action looks like. The overarching argument made in this text is that we do not live in a vacuum. Existing structures dictate how we must go about making new rules as well as how these rules will […]
Let’s Make the Lorax Proud: Evidence, Apocalypse, and Action
Looking back on the works we have read over the course of this class, I am realizing that there are more common threads than I had previously recognized. It is all too easy to read something, enjoy it (or hate it), and move on. In this post, I will illuminate the connections between the diverse […]
Embrace the Discomfort!
ENVS 160 has helped me to better articulate my own beliefs while knowing that they will inevitably change as I collect new knowledge about myself and the world I inhabit. I would like to share some of the lessons I have taken so far from this course. An essential lesson from ENVS 160 is that context and […]