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Reflections on the Semester

https://youtu.be/jFh3Et64xIQ Over the course of the semester, this class has given us the opportunity to think, to reflect, and to discuss several topics that have broadened our perspectives and challenged our position in our environment.   Though aspects of our video are purely humorous, a few themes underlie the clips.   Of these themes, those that we found salient were an increased familiarity with environmental writers, opportunities to learn about new topics, learning through volunteering at the Fort Worth Nature Center, and explorative education beyond class activities.               Three environmental writers we focus on in the video are Timothy Clark, Edward Abbey, and Henry David Thoreau, each with unique writing styles in their own respects. Clark, while we make a jab at the denseness of his work, perfectly conveyed previous and current thought within the environmentalist community. ...
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Unchanging Change (NJ14)

Many aspects in our surroundings, particularly in nature, go unchanged unless we monitor details closely.   For instance, the large trees on campus had to have grown to get to the height they are now, and it makes sense that they are continually growing, but I have never noticed them sprout up.   Grass lines the sidewalks we use every day and has a more extreme growth pattern than trees.   Over the course of the week, I surely notice the grass is longer, but I have never sat down and noticed the length of grass change before my eyes.   I simply get sensitized each time I walk past.   It is not just plants that this phenomenon occurs.   A puppy does not stay a puppy forever, but when I see the puppy frequently, I have never noticed or “seen” the puppy grow.   It is a strange concept that so much around us is always changing, but in small enough ways that we may not notice from day to day. During the writing of the previous paragraph,...
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