Category Archives: sustainability

Is the collapse of Easter Island in the plot of Moana?

Before I get into how the Disney movie Moana could be connected to Easter Island, I want to share some insight about how the collapse of Easter Island is still relevant today. Many of the challenges the Easter Islanders faced … Continue reading

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Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked

While I had heard the topic of sustainability talked about at various points of school, I knew very little about what it actually meant. We learned in elementary school about renewable resources, and were told that they were sustainable. We … Continue reading

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A Better Future for our Generation

My journey in learning how to be more sustainable has improved. It has opened my eyes to see things I didn’t see before, such as all the problems in the world that are affecting us without everyone realizing. My goal … Continue reading

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Road to a Sustainable Environment: Fashion

This week I contributed to the class by explaining how important it is when created clothes, shoes or accessories that we should assume it will not be in style forever. Therefore make the design recyclable and reusable to be able … Continue reading

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The Beginning of my Creative Problem Solving Journey

Within the first two weeks of class, I have already learned quite a lot about creative problem solving, intentional creative thinking, design thinking, and the ways different parts of the world operate to solve their problems. The distinction between creative … Continue reading

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In the name of sustainability

Have you noticed lately that everywhere you go, look, and even hear people are raving about using non-plastic straws?! Crazy right! Not even a year ago were people so excited to be switching over to more eco-friendly straws or forms … Continue reading

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Mother Nature’s not very Happy

  The beginning of the week in class started off with a film called the 11th hour. It broke down and describe all of the natural disasters and other disasters that were going on in the world at that time and … Continue reading

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How I Learned to Care About Climate

The first week of college has been very interesting for me- especially this class. Before coming here I had never even heard the term wicked problems. While the terminology might hit your ear oddly, there is a plethora of vital … Continue reading

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Blog Post #1: Sustainability and How it Shapes Our World

Sustainability is a hot topic in our world today, but I feel like many people do not understand what it actually means. I feel like people only associate it with our environment, and even though that is true it is … Continue reading

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Educator to Activist

From the ted talk by Jessica Jackley, I’ve reflected on how much I relate to her. Having grown up in a church I was told the same thing. I was supposed to go help the poor and homeless, but when … Continue reading

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