Time Flies

Is anyone else baffled at how quickly this year seems to be moving?
Two months until christmas, and a little over a month until christmas break. Not to mention Thanksgiving break.
Midterms have come and gone, and the weeks seem to be flying by.

I think it is all because of routine.
Mon- class all day
Tues- NOTHING
Wed.- Work, class
Thurs- Work, class
Fri-Work, class
WEEKEND.

I've found that taking things one day at a time actually speeds my life up. I remember this time last year, I was a senior in high school. I felt like the year couldn't move quickly enough! Now being in college, I expected classes to drag on, the homework to overload me, and the weekends to be too short. Oddly, it's been the opposite. Weekends almost seem never ending. Perhaps this is due to my commute to fort collins on a regular basis, I can't help but feel I am missing out on things with life speeding past me.

Am I caught up in the routines? Or is it a good thing that the school year is traveling fast... or maybe this is what my grandma always talks about. The older you get, the faster life goes. I need more time in the days. I don't want to miss what blows by me in the wind.

Wednesday, 10/20/10, SUSTANABILITY DAY!

Come and join us on Wednesday, October 20, for Campus Sustainability Day, as we look at sustainability in our personal lives and on campus. We will celebrate with live music and FREE organic food from local farms and businesses!

Campus Sustainability Day Event Schedule

Boulder Creek Clean Up with ROOT (Meeting at the Parking Lot)
From 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

MAIN EVENT
(From 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.)

* Free Food will be offered at 12:10 p.m. at PAC* (Bring your own dish and spoon for Zero Waste!)

11:30 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. Music performance outside of PAC

12:00 p.m. to 12:05: p.m. Environmental Studies GA Welcome

12:10 p.m. to 12:15 p.m. Food blessing by Anne Parker

12:15 p.m. to 12:25 p.m. Welcome by Nathaniel Janowitz

12:30 p.m. to 12:35 p.m. Nature Poem by Jack Collom

12:35 p.m. to 1:05 p.m. Presentation by Mark Wilding on Diversity, Resilience and Sustainability

1:05 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. Nature Poem by Andrew Schelling

1:10 p.m. to 1: 30 p.m. Waylon Lewis-Founder of the Elephant Journal (Guest speaker)

BOOTHS, TOURS AND MUSIC
(From 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.)

BOOTHS: Ecocycle Organization, ReDirect Guide Sustainable Business Directory, Cultural Survival-Letter writing campaign, Naropa’s Green Team, R.O.O.T, Environmental Students Booth, and The Bike Shack!

MUSIC:
1:30 – 2:30 Performance: guitar by Mason Brown
2:30 – 3:00 Performance: violin by Emma Back

GREEN HOUSE TOURS: Naropa University Green House will be providing tours between the following hours: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Just show up at the Green House and learn about its construction, purpose and potential!

ROOT Workshops

R.O.O.T. WORKSHOPS

WEDNESDAYS 12-1 pm

Learn Outdoor Skills!

October 20^th – Mountaineering, Snowcamping,

Snow Travel, etc.

October 27^th – Climbing, Knots, Anchors, etc.

RSVP with Jor-El at jzajatz@students.naropa.edu the Monday before if you plan on attending.

Sustainability Day!

WE NEED YOU FOR THE BOULDER CREEK CLEAN-UP!

10/20/10
10:30-11:30 am

Meet in the Naropa Parking Lot. Bring gloves and wear good shoes! ROOT and Volunteers will be picking up litter and recyclables in and near the creek behind Naropa. Yay!

Contact: Jor-El Zajatz
jzajatz@students.naropa.edu

Restorative Justice (RJ) Potluck!

When: October 25, 2010 at 6:30pm

Who: Anyone involved in restorative justice, anyone who is thinking about becoming involved, anyone who lives at Snow Lion, friends and community members

What: A fun potluck. Bring a dish to pass and listen to a short talk by Karina Scott, a Naropa Student involved with Restorative Justice

Where: Snow Lion Community Room- In the basement of Snow Lion Housing- 1900 Goss Street