Two nonprofit organizations, Enough Pie and Charleston Moves, are collaborating on a community project called Awakening Motion that will use artwork and infrastructure changes to transform the streets of the Upper Charleston Peninsula area. The Awakening Motion project will work…
More Birds Expected for Majority of National Parks-Here’s Why
For this post, I will be discussing another national geographic article titled, “More Birds Expected for Majority of National Parks-Here’s Why”. This article talk about an influx of migratory birds that is occurring at national parks in the United States.…
Forks Over Knives Documentary
The Forks Over Knives documentary is a film that discusses how low-fat, whole-food, plant-based diet is a way to avoid/reserve chronic diseases. The film starts off by discussing how Americans are in a major crisis. Basically 2/3 of individuals are…
Are We too Smart for Our Own Good?
This citation was taken from the article Digging deep: Harnessing the power of soil microbes for more sustainable farming posted on the Sciencedaily network. When reading these first few sentences of the article, most of the audience might feel…
Water – The Chesapeake Bay Foundation
On March 17th, ten students, including myself, and a College of Charleston faculty member, headed to Annapolis, Maryland for an Alternative Spring Break. For this Break experience, we were privileged to be introduced to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.…
Becoming Aware of my Footprint
In the past few years I have become more aware of my footprint on the environment and have strived to reduce it as much as possible. I have changed my spending and eating habits to create as small of a…
Alternative Break at The Chesapeake Bay
What a remarkable spring break! I spent my free time this spring break to aid towards restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. Spent my week with passionate, down to earth people, eating great food, seeing priceless art, seeing beautiful sights, and…
News Article: A Running List of How Trump Is Changing the Environment
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/how-trump-is-changing-science-environment/ Nat Geo article posted March 23, 2018 This post in National Geographic keeps an updated timeline of how the Trump Administration is making changes to legislation affecting the environment in real-time. This is an incredibly important tool to be…
Bears Ears
One environmental issue that has gained attention over the past year has been the control of western lands, especially Bears Ears national monument in Utah. The issue at hand is whether these lands should be under state control, or federal…
My Study Abroad Experience in Paris, France and Geneva Switzerland Spring Break 2018
Taking a look back at my childhood, I have vivid memories of curiously traipsing through the woods near my house, and exploring the yet untouched and undeveloped landscapes. The pine and maple trees lined the forest and I gazed amongst…