Light Pollution
So, the deal is my class has $5000. Yes, that's a lot of money. Our assignment, is to figure out how to use that money to implement a...
City Dark
So this week, our assignment was to think about and reflect on the lighting in our lives. I know that I do NOT like overhead lights. I...
Keep the Earth in Mind
In our Honors Praxis lab, we read David Orr's Earth in Mind and were asked ot make a reflection on the piece, I have included mine here...
NEW MAP!
Blog on my map… A while ago, we were asked to draw a map of our city. I drew a map of Park City, but soon realized that I don’t...
Redesign Idea, Delving into the Parks Surrounding Me
Redesigning Our Parks Last week in class, every student arrived with small pinpricks of change written on a map of the places that he or...
An Intervention
We were required to read another chapter written by Jaime Lerner, called "Reviving Cities," and it spoke about how to help a city survive...
Drawing My City
Recently, my honors class was assigned to read a new book entitled Urban Acupuncture, written by Jaime Lerner. In one section of his...
Un Flâneur!
A flâneur is someone who looks at the world with gusto; Someone who appreciates anything and everything that they see. This person is the...
Empathy
This is kind of an odd blog post. I am not quite sure how to begin with this one. During our last class, we watched a film entitled The...
Soul of a Citizen
This post is my reflection on community involvement after reading Soul of a Citizen. This article addresses how important community...
