"All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together." ~ Jack Kerouac

For weeks now I've begun immersing myself into the world of environmental science. I've watched countless specials on National Geographic and the Discovery Channel, most recently the 4 part series entitled 'How the Earth Changed History,' which is a very compelling account of not only the human impact on the earth and its' natural processes, but also a basic overview of earth's basic elements of water, fire, and sky. I've also been reading Oceans, and other magazine articles based on anything and everything from global climate change to oceanic pollution and how it's all affecting the world animal population. Learning more about the physical world around me, has inspired me to not only pursue a degree in Earth Sciences at Syracuse on top of my already dual major in anthropology and magazine journalism, but also to dedicate a good portion of this blog to speak about different eco-friendly and environmentally conscious topics. Hopefully as I begin to learn more about the environment and what we can do to improve its conditions, through this blog you'll also be able to become more conscious of your surroundings and learn how to treat the earth with kindness and what it needs to survive and thrive.

This is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch or the Pacific Trash Vortex and it is, as you can see in this image, a highly concentrated area of plastics, chemical sludge, and other debris larger than the size of Texas that is floating in the Pacific Ocean. We've known about this highly polluted area for years now, and nothing has yet to be done to help the situation. While everyone's mind is concentrated on the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, our oceans have been suffering for such a long time now and it is up to our generation to fix the problem.

In addition to speaking more about the environment, I'm also going to start blogging about healthy and organic food. Recently, as I was researching alternative spring break trips at Syracuse I came across an opinion piece written by Angela Hu of The Daily Orange about WWOOF or World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. This is an international organization of hosts and volunteers who come together in different locations across the globe to either as the host, teach how to sustain an organic farm and the need for such farms to be increased vastly in number, or as the volunteer, who travels to a host family's location in order to help work the farm and also learn about how to sustain organic crops. Here is the link to the article and also to WWOOF's website for more information: Article and WWOOF . 


I truly believe that it is possible to convince humankind that taking care of the planet is well worth our time, and I know now that I want to and need to dedicate my life to helping spread the word about living a healthy and happy eco-friendly life.


A few words that resonated with me...
"In America today you can murder land for private profit.  You can leave the corpse for all to see, and nobody calls the cops." ~ Paul Brooks, The Pursuit of Wilderness, 1971

We must be the cops,

chris