Based off of our experiences this past weekend in Douglas County (read about our trip here), I came up with a potential idea for a praxis project. There were so many interesting options to explore, but I wanted to make sure the project I chose was doable within the timeframe we were allotted (a little […]
Keeping up with the Kiwis: SAAB Confirmed!
After months of hard work, I’m so excited to confirm that I’ll be going back to New Zealand this summer to do research that will hopefully be for my thesis!! It definitely wasn’t an easy process, but I think one of the reasons it was so difficult was because I basically re-vamped my whole concentration. […]
Praxis in Action: Douglas County Field Trip Reflections
The long anticipated field trip to Douglas County finally happened! We were blessed with incredible weather while we were there, and got to experience a variety of aspects of Douglas County. It was a lot of fun to have this experience with Jim and the students of ENVS 350, and based off of the initial […]
Chapter Three: Praxis Projects
In our metaphorical book of ENVS 350, we have now begun Chapter Three. Chapter One was about environmental theory and Big Words, Chapter two was our exploration of reality, knowledge, ethics, and politics, and now in Chapter Three we have the opportunity to apply our studies to the real world. Over spring break, we did […]
Searching for Santa
I didn’t believe in utopias until recently. Utopias were like Santa Claus — a wonderful, make-believe idea that would be so nice if it were true, but the details of its realization were simply unachievable. Like Proctor and Berry discuss in their article, “utopias lie in the eyes of the utopian” and therefore they are […]
Finding Common Ground: Networks in Utopias and Dystopias
You’re in the world of The Walking Dead, Fallout, or Max Max, and the world as you know it is gone. You can either sit back and accept your doom or do something about it. In these worlds, human interactions are the the driving forces of existence. The heros are there to save people and […]