At the beginning of this course when we first learned about the action project we were going to do in the future, I was nervous because I didn’t know anyone in this class, and yet I would have to work with a group of them on what sounded like a pretty intense project. However, once we began working, the nerves… Read more »
After finishing the action project there are multitude of learning experiences that I extracted from the month of work and preparation. I learned that planning a project is rather easy, but coordinating the logistics to ensure that your vision comes to life can be much more difficult than anticipated. Collective action is vital to creating the systemic change that our… Read more »
Our group project focused on the demystification of the food commodity chain – that is, the relationships that take food from seed/conception to consumer. We kept our population limited to UW/U District, interviewing people we had connections with, including farmer’s market vendors, student food workers, and grocery store workers. Although we did not have time to approach all rungs of… Read more »
Throughout this quarter we dealt with a ride range of topics, from palm oil, to food accessibility, to the American diet. Throughout all these different topics, the theme of systems and coordination persevered. Never did we learn about a topic that stood alone, instead, each topic flowed into one another and we uncovered the interconnectedness of even the smallest things…. Read more »
Seeing as I missed the actual quiz section day in which we formed our action groups, I’ll admit that I was a little nervous as to who I would be teamed up with. To my pleasant surprise, I was put in a group whose passion for sustainable soils mirrored my own. I was so taken with everyone’s excitement towards the… Read more »
For our action project, my group and I focused on food waste, as it is a very prominent problem in the world food system. We wanted to tackle this problem both locally and globally to inform the public on what food waste is, how it is a problem, how it impacts the global community, and how students can take action… Read more »
Storm Clouds Gathering: Action Project. Addressing the issue of storm water was a great topic for me and my group. Growing up in South Africa water has always been a crucial resource and one that had to be conserved, not taken for granted. Moving to study in the Pacific Northwest i had never seen so much fresh water in my… Read more »
Through our group action project, I learned that individual strengths can lead to divisions of labor that are sometimes hard to equalize. I feel this way because I realized that my shortcomings as an organizer and the limits of my time resulted in a less equal contribution than I would have normally expected of myself. I tried to make up… Read more »
For our Group Action Project, we wanted to host a public screening of the documentary Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us? on the HUB lawn one evening so that people could become well informed on the issues surrounding Honey Bees while also enjoying a nice evening outside! We had partnered with the University of Washington’s Beekeeping… Read more »
Food is just about everywhere. Or should I say “food” is just about everywhere? Healthy, authentic food is hard to come by now. Due to mass industrialization and production of food and/or food products, the definition of food has been loosely thrown around. Small-scale, independent farming eventually became large-scale farming to provide for the general public. In the beginning, we… Read more »