From my action project, I’ve learned a lot, and not just in the scope of what our project was primarily focused on, which was hunger in America. This class taught me a lot about hunger- what it looks like, what causes it, what it looks like depending on where you are in the world. But I didn’t quite understand why… Read more »
Contemplative practices are strategies used to connect your studies to your personal experiences, and to be honest, I didn’t feel like I had a lot to learn from them. I try to practice mindfulness, but it doesn’t drastically or viscerally impact the way I see the world. In class, when Professor Litfin was explaining why she uses contemplative practices in… Read more »
As a student, I don’t have the money to buy most of my food from farmer’s markets or small businesses that source their foods locally. I can get food from larger chains like Safeway, which sell food (especially produce) at a lower price because it’s part of a food system that relies on exploitation of labor and of the environment… Read more »