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i’ve always loved photography, especially photographing nature. there’s something about being outside and noticing the small details that you might normally walk right past. over the past few years, i’ve taken many photos from trips, hikes, and places i’ve visited, and i wanted to put some of them together in one place. for me, photography…
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Last summer at Columbia, I spent three weeks studying environmental science with an emphasis on sustainability. We studied ecosystems, renewables, biodiversity, the impact of climate change, and food systems. I really enjoyed it. This summer at Penn feels entirely different. As opposed to studying the problems associated with the environment, we spent two weeks on…
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trying to make it work Sometimes the hardest part of a project isn’t the idea. It’s figuring out how to make the idea exist in the real world. Over the past few months, I’ve been continuing to work on the digital Walkbook project for the Sheldrake trails. At first, most of the work felt straightforward:…
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Over the past few months, one of the most meaningful things I’ve been part of has been the Climate & Resilience Education Task Force (CRETF) Youth Steering Committee – or YSC. It’s one thing to care about climate education in theory, but it’s another to actually sit in conversations with scientists, educators, advocates, and other…
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It feels like things have been quietly building lately. Not in a dramatic way – more like steady momentum. The Walkbook, Reimagined I’ve been spending a lot of time working on the digital Walkbook for Sheldrake. What started as an idea has slowly turned into something much more concrete. Over the past few weeks, I’ve…
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The past few weeks have felt dense – not necessarily louder than before, just fuller. More conversations, more ideas taking shape, more reminders that sustainability work doesn’t only live in big projects or polished outcomes. A lot of it happens in meetings, in questions that linger, in noticing systems you didn’t see before. Energy You…
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It’s been a while since I’ve written here. The start of junior year arrived like a tidal wave – standardized test prep, harder classes, college talk starting to hum in the background – everything suddenly felt louder, faster, closer. I’ve been tired. I’ve been overwhelmed. I’ve been trying to find my footing in the middle…
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Last week, I walked into my first-ever meeting of my town’s Sustainability Collaborative. I’d been orbiting around this group for a while – back in the spring, I reached out to the chair of the collaborative and basically asked, “Hey, I want to be more involved in our town’s sustainability efforts. Where do I start?”…
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I’ve been playing the piano and cello for as long as I can remember – classical music mostly, though I’ve been trying to play some of the hit songs that I enjoy listening to recently. There’s something about those instruments that to me is like a conversation, like storytelling without words. Brahms, Mozart, Chopin, Rachmaninoff,…
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As I mentioned in previous posts, I took Columbia Precollege Program’s Environmental Studies: Designing a Sustainable Future course this summer – a three-week deep dive that completely shifted my mindset. Our classroom wasn’t dark – but it was old. High ceilings, old, wooden lecture-style chairs, chalkboard walls. And the AC? Blasting like we were trying…
Unwrapped Earth 