Since I'm a new foster mom, (Also the reason why I haven't been blogging as much lately...) I find that my life has changed immensely. This is an understatement. Kids change everything. The main thing is that I can't leave my house whenever I want.
Have you ever volunteered abroad (or in your own country) and wondered what would happen once you left? Would your message become lost with time? Would the people whose lives you saw change go back to how they once were?
I've been steadily distancing myself from sporting engagements. I used to play them all--basketball, baseball, soccer. But I suppose by the time we turn 18, it's time to move on; to become more realistic while still maintaining a romantic youngness and innocence. And so, I've channeled the naturally-American obsession with competition and turned it into an environmental nuance.
I guess it's time for me to start thinking about which colleges I'm going to apply to next year. Or at least that's what my mailbox it telling me. It seems like almost everyday I get a form letter from some college (most of them obscure) accompanied by some pretty pictures of its campus.
You've probably all heard about 'going green' but you may have no interest whatsoever because it means altering your lifestyle a little. So why go green? Well, why not?
I never really thought much about the environment before college; it just didn't seem like a big deal. But this semester I enrolled in a class directly related to sustainability, and I realized how much our world is hurting.
GreenBiz.com reports that Walmart's latest green supercenter prototype is up and running, ironically enough in Las Vegas. The new supercenter includes innovative cooling systems, skylights for daylighting and LED lighting. Read about it here.
The following is an email exchange between my e-pal, Geoff Badenoch and I. Geoff is a good friend and an avid mentor for The Global Award Challenge I'm currently involved in. He's a brilliant model of what role civic duty should (in my opinion) play in a person's life.
