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Looking Back at Environmental Leadership
As a Jepson student every semester I take multiple leadership courses in which I am asked to analyze historical leaders or identify behavioral qualities of a leader in an effort to understand leadership from many perspectives. When the topic of … Continue reading
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A Glimpse of Spring
The last time I sat here it was cold, and desolate and eerily void of natures beauty. In my last reflection I was caught off guard by the lack of connection to nature that sitting by the lake brought. The … Continue reading
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A “Piano Man” Afternoon
Today a little before dusk I walked over to my reflection spot on a bench beside the lake across from Lakeview. The scene was very gloomy today. The sky was overcast, and the trees were bare. The grass was dried … Continue reading
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Rediscovering Richmond
At the beginning of the semester, I viewed campus as simply a network of paths and buildings and my only thoughts were about how to get from place to place. My thoughts about our campus did not go much beyond … Continue reading
Sierra Club Volunteering
On Saturday afternoon Natalie and I went down the Byrd Theater to volunteer at the Environmental Film Festival with the Sierra Club. We were mainly in charge of greeting people as they came into the theater and explain to them … Continue reading
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Dilution is Not the Solution to Pollution
Last week I was at the US Naval Academy for a leadership conference. There were many speakers and panels that talked about the topic of the Leadership in Crisis. On one of the panels was Jonathan Messinger who was in … Continue reading
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The Frozen Lake
On Friday when I saw it was snowing I decided to walk around the lake on my way back to my dorm. When I got to the opposite side of the lake from Lakeview I decided to sit on a … Continue reading
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A Look at Runoff
In our first class we mentioned how everyone perceives the orientation of our campus differently. Throughout the week I’ve been trying to figure out how I personally view the campus and the one thing I’ve realized is that to me … Continue reading
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Everest
Whenever I see a picture of Everest I’m always amazed with how stunning it is, so i decided to try to capture that in my own drawing of the mountain….. unfortunately I’m not the greatest artist so despite my numerous … Continue reading
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