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.
Tuesday, October 26
Tuesday, October 19
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 20th – Mountaineering, Snowcamping,
Snow Travel, etc.
October 27th – 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
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
Wednesday, October 13
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
Wednesday, October 6
Students for Peace and Justice Film Series
Every week SFPJ will present a film or group of films related to current event issues. The idea is to inspire interactive dialogue and ideas for social action.
Feature Film for the Week: The Age of Stupid
2009 British film by Franny Armstrong, director of McLibel
Summary:
...• The film is mostly documentary-style summarizing some of the issues of climate change (especially statistics about emissions), including using clever animations.
• The film focuses on six narrative human stories: a new low-cost Indian airline company, a mountain guide in the Alps, a Katrina hurricane victim and oil worker, a ...Nigerian woman and the effects of Shell on the country, an Iraqi family that are now refugees in Jordan, and a UK man working to build a wind farm but failing due to NIMBY opposition.
• In the Q&A, the director said that after Inconvenient Truth came out, they decided to cut most of the science out of the film.
• The set up of the film is a man composing a cautionary tale to be transmitted into space form the world’s archive (a station in the Arctic) in 2055 about how we destroyed our world, even though we knew it was coming and we knew what to do to avoid it. “A man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?”
• The film powerfully pulls you into the human stories, explores issues of personal choice, current hypocrisies, vividly depicts how we already are seeing the effects of climate change, and presents a strong call for action (mainly mass protest) in support of international action to reduce emissions.
Feature Film for the Week: The Age of Stupid
Summary:
...• The film is mostly documentary-style summarizing some of the issues of climate change (especially statistics about emissions), including using clever animations.
• The film focuses on six narrative human stories: a new low-cost Indian airline company, a mountain guide in the Alps, a Katrina hurricane victim and oil worker, a ...Nigerian woman and the effects of Shell on the country, an Iraqi family that are now refugees in Jordan, and a UK man working to build a wind farm but failing due to NIMBY opposition.
• In the Q&A, the director said that after Inconvenient Truth came out, they decided to cut most of the science out of the film.
• The set up of the film is a man composing a cautionary tale to be transmitted into space form the world’s archive (a station in the Arctic) in 2055 about how we destroyed our world, even though we knew it was coming and we knew what to do to avoid it. “A man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?”
• The film powerfully pulls you into the human stories, explores issues of personal choice, current hypocrisies, vividly depicts how we already are seeing the effects of climate change, and presents a strong call for action (mainly mass protest) in support of international action to reduce emissions.
Hosted By:
When:
Thursday, October 7 2010 from
7:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Where:
NU Arapahoe Student Gold Farb Center
Category:
Community Service/Volunteering/Civic Engagement
Mmmm...Raspberries!
There are a lot of opportunities to get the cold frame set up for winter, build a new one, or bring in some giant raised beds to fill the courtyard. Abby's project is great because it shows us that no one is going to do these things for us, but they'll gladly give us what we need to get things done.
Who's serious about getting things done? Let us know.
Global Environmental Work Party
Hello Snow Lion!
This is Moriah, I spoke to you about the Naropa Center for Class and Poverty Matters at the last community meeting. THIS SUNDAY there is an awesome opportunity to be involved in the very first project that is happening through the center!
Sunday, 10/10/10, is the Global Environmental Work Party, and Naropa students are invited to celebrate by gardening alongside Boulder's brilliant homeless population at Foothills Community Gardens on cherry st. off of Broadway. There will be work happening between 8-12 and 1-4, and you are welcome to stay for as long as you like.
If you are interested in joining us, please respond to marnold@students.naropa.edu asap so I can put you on our volunteer roster.
Just give me your name, phone number, and the time you are interested in working, and I will meet whoever want's to come at Snow Lion so we can walk over together.
This is Moriah, I spoke to you about the Naropa Center for Class and Poverty Matters at the last community meeting. THIS SUNDAY there is an awesome opportunity to be involved in the very first project that is happening through the center!
Sunday, 10/10/10, is the Global Environmental Work Party, and Naropa students are invited to celebrate by gardening alongside Boulder's brilliant homeless population at Foothills Community Gardens on cherry st. off of Broadway. There will be work happening between 8-12 and 1-4, and you are welcome to stay for as long as you like.
If you are interested in joining us, please respond to marnold@students.naropa.edu asap so I can put you on our volunteer roster.
Just give me your name, phone number, and the time you are interested in working, and I will meet whoever want's to come at Snow Lion so we can walk over together.
Foothills Community Gardens are on Cherry Street. Go north on Broadway to Violet. Turn west (left) to 10th. Turn north (right) and go around Shining Mountain Waldorf School, where you will come to the Foothills Community Park. The gardens are included in the park.
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