By Jonathon Elwood Smith Sustainability Studies Intern My internship is helping Michiana become more sustainable because it provides organic healthy food for the church pantries. Also, community garden activities allows for networking between local residents to volunteer and become more active in their local community. Getting people involved in community projects such as this one gives residents the… Read more »
Month: July 2014
Turning mishaps into learning experiences
Amanda Buchholz Sustainability Studies Intern These practices are vital to become a successful sustainability advocate. The first and most important thing is to become credible and stay credible. People can tell pretty quickly if you know what you’re doing/talking about, or not. We all know that person who is spouting facts about every conversation you have around them,… Read more »
why we need to preserve the woods and wetlands
During my internship at Rum Village most of the things I have been doing have been involve preserving our natural resources, since Rum Village is South Bends nature park. The Natural Step defines the third system condition as basically reducing or eliminating our physical degradation of nature. What better place than a beautiful 160 acre park to… Read more »
Conversation and Community Projects
By Jonathon Elwood Smith Sustainability Studies Intern During my internship in the IU South Bend Campus Unity Garden this summer, I have discovered that localized stores seem to be friendlier when it comes to conversation and helping out with community projects. For example, the collection of cardboard material to get for the garden at first seemed would… Read more »