Last Blog Post- Farewell

To summarize my experience in this class, I would have to start with the phrase "eye-opener", for this phrase sums up better than any other what I have learned here. Before this class, I was totally oblivious to many of the topics we have discussed. I never thought about energy, in my home, dorm, the United States, or the globe. Believe it or not, I never even knew that oil was running out, and especially not that I may witness this phenomenon in my days. I never knew the extent of the Earth's many cycles and the great effect that we have on all of them. I now know the crisis, that I, my family, my country, and my species faces in the near future. I now know how to save myself and I will pass this information on to all of my loved ones, friends, and family. I know what can be done to help in this effort and how essential change is and will be. I look to continue researching what I learned here in this class and I hope that we will all continue to blog and communicate new discoveries to each other because as we have learned, it will be through cooperation and awareness (with a little sense of urgency) that we can tackle these challenges.

On the class itself, I really enjoyed the format, teaching style, and classroom layout. I, rarely sit in the front in any classes, but I was forced to in this class. That uncomfortableness coupled with a genuine interest and shock in the topic presented, lead me to gather and absorb the wealth of information provided. As for changes in the class, I would suggest none of the top of my mind- the open ended nature of the blogs is great and the in-class movies and readings assigned all supported what we learned. Professor Hirsch has been very helpful and inspiring, as have my classmates.Thank you all and have a great winter break.