Moving in was quite an adventure! I was able to room with Lisa, who I had met working together in UROP this past academic year, and we have a boring but functional room (with working approximately 35 hours per week, who needs a room to be nicely decorated? Besides, we have our own bathroom, which …
My first week here has felt more like a month than 7 days, but that’s because of all the amazing experiences I have already had. My program is called The Food and Water Watch and works to protect the essential resources on earth, so that they will be available for this generation and generations to …
My first day at the Sierra Club was unexpectedly exciting and tiring. Amy (my wonderful co-worker) and I started our day off with a meeting with Nicholas Schroeck, Executive Director of Great Lakes Environmental Law Center and other environmental lawyers and advocates. The meeting was very interesting and I could see the importance of the …
My experience so far with Detroit 300 has been fantastic. I love the Compuware building and it is pretty cool to see tons of people going about their days… working… for real and actually taking part in that for a summer. It’s especially crazy to see the floods of people going out to eat at …
Heya~ I am officially a summer UROP intern at Chiwara, an organization that promotes the integration of permaculture into the food, educational, and economic system. This organization utilizes all material on site to mimic how nature works to maximize the amount of harvested goods and to minimize the amount of work required. It is an …
Today was my first day of work and my first day of taking Mass transit in Detroit. Coming from Washington DC I have always used busses and mass transit to get around, yet there are some differences between the DC and Detroit busses. First the Detroit bus stops are not where they say they are …
I am so glad that my boss, Emile, responded to my emails about our first meeting this morning, because we were confused about whether I had to be in Ann Arbor this Tuesday morning for a seminar from the grant funders with love, so I didn’t even know if Emile would be ready to let …
My first day at the Detroit Food Academy was completely different from what I expected it to be. I was kind of nervous going in though, because I thought the atmosphere was going to be similar to what I see on TV often. I imagined my supervisor to be very stern and the people I …
This summer I have the privilege of working with the Sierra Club in Detroit for my community based research project. It is the oldest and one of the largest environment organizations in the United States. The organization and its community partnership program in Detroit works toward bettering the quality of life for low-income communities and …
