To say that this past week has been difficult would be an understatement. My project in itself isn’t that difficult of a concept; I have to conduct a survey to investigate the financial burdens of sustainable farming. But understanding what exactly I need to accomplish this goal has been ridiculously hard for me! I find …
I apologize in advance, as I didn’t mean to get this into-my-head so early in the summer, or to be making such long blog posts, but here we go. My second week working with three Downriver Lutheran churches has gotten better – rather, I think I’ve just gotten more used to it. As with any …
This week was a very cool week. It was high stress in the office because the brochure for all our summer events was scheduled to be printed today and one of the main headliners (Bob Marley’s band, the Wailers) wasn’t confirmed until about 4pm yesterday. But now that that is sorted out, everyone’s excited for …
Week two was similar to my week one, but with a few extra twists. I saw even less of my supervisors, but they left me more than enough tasks to complete. I really enjoy the Green Garden’s atmosphere. Here at the office we also discovered that running microwaves, especially Panasonic brands, interrupt internet connections. We …
This week has been fairly simple again. For my project I continued to put all my information together and I met with my supervisor to go through what I already have. There wasn’t anything really exciting happening this week. Wednesday I was asked to be featured in an ad GRDC is putting together to showcase …
This Tuesday, I went to Ann Arbor for my first bi-weekly seminar on Green Energy with U of M’s Energy Institute (UMEI), which compliments my project, research on the Detroit Public Schools’ GO GREEN Challenge, quite nicely. I’m stoked about having an opportunity to continue to learn about Sustainability, because before I changed my major …
I am working at the Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation which is a non-profit organization that works to revitalize and better the Grandmont Rosedale community. GRDC works to increase safety and decrease crime in the neighborhoods, renovate vacant homes, beautify the neighborhood, as well as put on many programs and volunteer opportunities for the community to …
My first week of Focus:HOPE has been full of learning about my project and the organization as a whole. Walking in on the first day, I began to understand just how big the organization was. With cubicles, a receptionist table, and many buildings, FocusHOPE definitely felt more like a small corporate business than a non-profit …
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 …
