capstone spring 2024

My eco-change project is centered on transportation and riding my bike more. So, I wanted to do something a bit adventurous and out of the box for this week. I chose to "feel the distance" as I've been calling it, which means that I chose to walk to places I typically drive to, like the grocery store. There is a grocery store about a...

This week's topic of transportation was one I was excited about. I decided to just generally try and drive less, and walk more. I recently just got a new job that is only a mile away from my house. I would say the old me would prioritize convenience and drive there, but I have forced myself to be organized, plan ahead, and have the time and...

This week, we focused on transportation, and I kinda have mixed feelings about it. As an international student without a car, I must rely on public transport or bike and scooter-sharing apps to get around locally. This means my everyday transportation habits are quite eco-friendly. However, the challenge comes with flying. To visit my family...

Since I don't have a car I almost exclusively use public transit, I transit from Gresham to campus every week day. So for this week I decided to pay attention to how the transit system was working well and how it wasn't. Then I sent an email to trimet with what I noticed (both during this week and as a regular user of trimet). Some things I...

For this week's eco challenge I chose to opt for walking to close places instead of driving like in downtown Gresham and Portland. Even though, I drive a hybrid car and it is eco friendly. When I incorporated walking, I felt more connected with my community and it was a nice workout, especially when it is nice and sunny outside. Walking reminds...

Whoops, I did these backwards. I did transportation last week and so I will do community this week! What I have done is volunteer at two places: the PSU Food Pantry and Hygiene 4 All. The food pantry is self-explanatory; resembling a grocery store, it provides produce and packaged goods to the Portland State community. Hygiene 4 All is a group...

For the community aspect of this week's ecochallenge, I volunteered at the Oregon Humane Society. My eco-change project is what pushed me to finally sign up to volunteer for this organization, but it is something I have been wanting to do for a really long time. I completed my 4 hour orientation session last week, and this week I completed my 2...

For our community Eco Challenge I chose to make sure I was registered to vote. I actually already knew I was registered since I have been since I turned 18 but I took advantage of this challenge to sit down with the voters ballets we just recently got and take the time to do research into everything on the ballet. My dad is an educator and I...

For this weeks ecochallenge I chose to do ride-sharing! At my job I close the place 5 days a week. I have about 3 other people that I constantly close with which means we're pretty close at this point. This week I reached out to my coworkers to see if they wanted a ride to and from work so that we cut down on the amount of people driving to...

For this week's community ecochallenge, I decided to focus on active listening. I have noticed that in both my personal and larger communities, there can sometimes be a disconnect between people who disagree with each other. Instead of focusing on resolving an issue, people are sometimes quick to dismiss one another without considering other...