Gearing up for the concentration draft deadline, I have been thinking a lot about scale. A concentration is supposed to be larger than a situated project, but smaller than a broad environmental theme. Finding the perfect balance and focus has been difficult. I have narrowed down to the broad theme of agtech, but just agtech […]
Archives for 2015
Spatial Data Lab
by Audrey Stuart, Liza Tugangui, Blake Slattengren Spatial Data Lab
AgTech Is The New Queen Of Green | TechCrunch
by Rob Leclerc and Melissa Tilney Before Monsanto acquired Climate Corporation in late 2013 for nearly $1 billion, few investors gave much thought to technological innovation in our agriculture system. What a difference a year can make. In what can be described as the Netscape moment for agriculture technology, the sector had a breakout year […]
Inferential Statistics Lab Report
Lab Team: Audrey Stuart, Liza Tugangui, Blake Slattengren Background In this lab, we focused on the use of inferential statistics to find patterns between different sets of international data found on the UNEP Environmental Data Explorer. Inferential statistics is a way of comparing and testing different sets of sample data from different variables to see […]
Wisdom Sits In Places
After recently finishing Keith Basso’s ‘Wisdom Sits in Places’ for Intro to Cultural Anthropology, I have been reconsidering place as it applies to Environmental Studies. We discussed at the beginning of the semester about how place provides a method for situating otherwise sprawling research. It provided context for complex environmental issues. While this is certainly […]
Concentration Brainstorm
Figuring out what I want to focus on for my next three years of study in ENVS has been a longer, more difficult process than I had imagined. There are just so many interesting topics under the general field of Environmental Studies that it has been an adventure just to know where to start. Sorting through […]
RVNA Microclimate Lab Report
Lab Team: Liza Tugangui, Audrey Stuart, Blake Slattengren Background A basic concept in Environmental Studies describes that the biotic and abiotic aspects in an environment are incredibly dependent on each other. In this lab, we wanted to focus on the aspects of a microclimate in Riverview Natural Area. According to Lawrence Mendonca of Stony Brook […]
ENVS 160: Challenging Views and Tackling Problems
Coming into ENVS 160, I did not know what to expect. I had always found issues of the environment to be fascinating because of their provocative and widespread effects, yet I had no idea what to do about these issues. After this class, I still don’t know what to do, these issues are bigger than I […]
The Problem of Awareness Lacking Action
A recent, concerning trend that was prevalent in our discussion of lawns last week and bottled water and french fries this week is that people choose to engage in these risky and generally undesirable activities even when completely aware of the risks they possess to the environment or the individual. We discussed how, in studies, […]
French Fries – Resouces
There are 19 ingredients in McDonalds French Fries – The Washington Post This article examines McDonalds marketing strategy to advertise the ingredients found in their french fries. Ferdman suggests that most people going to McDonalds are not concerned with their health when eating there and that McDonalds taking the enjoyment out of fast food by providing […]