University of St. Thomas Class of 2021

Farmers are a large community that is affected by environmental degradation and irresponsibility. These actions increase climate change, which leads to extreme weather conditions such as floods and droughts that greatly damage crops and their form of livelihood.

Food sovereignty ensures the appropriate ecological, social, economical, and cultural framework is met. However, food sovereignty is often overlooked in modern global food systems, as mass farming of both animals and crops overlooks many of these framework aspects in pursuit of capital growth.

Thrifting clothing is a great way to express your personality while keeping sustainable values in mind! These stores have such a diversity in styles and clothing, so each person can use what they find for a unique look, while keeping clothing out of landfills.

I really appreciate that the reflection questions are more so prompts to make me think more about the topic, rather than open ended questions about how an action made me feel.  They have allowed me to further develop my understandings and form stronger opinions than if I were simply checking off actions.

A strong sense of community stems from a willingness from each member to connect with, respect, and help each other.  Social inequalities not only impact the ability to connect with one another, but the differences can foster ill feelings towards others both ways- those of privilege may have a lack of respect for those underprivileged, causing...

Direct factors such as air quality or food consumption impact my health through whether or not they provide me with the beneficial components important to my biological health- i.e. nutrition, oxygen- while other indirect factors such as access and ability to physically connect with nature impact more of my physical fitness and mental health. ...