Reverie

Photo By: William Navarro When considering one's day to day choices, it's undeniable that our actions affect our planet, and collectively that can be an large problem considering there are roughly 7.7 billion of us on Earth. If we learn to look at our own ecological footprints, we can then change accordingly to lessen the negative impact. By taking the Ecological Footprint Calculator, it is determined that if everyone lived like me it would take 2.1 Earths to provide enough resources.  🌎🌎 Broken down it looks something like this: By category, food and goods are the biggest contributors, and that didn't really surprise me. While I try to eat little meat, circumstances typically mean that if that's what's for dinner then that's what we eat. There is definitely room to incorporate more locally sourced vegetables and fruit and cut out processed goods to limit that number. As for goods given my household has 6 people we do end up needing more r...

June Lake, CA Greetings,  My name is Christa and this is my blog Reverie, together we will learn about topics pertaining to Environmental Science which is a course I am currently taking this Fall. Currently I am a Biology major attempting to determine whether I want to go towards a medical route or something else entirely. I've recently started to listen to podcasts which have sparked a great interest in Astronomy, Environmental Science, Biology, and Physics all of which are making my current decision on what to do a bit complicated.  This past July I took a trip a bit North to June Lake, which is a place that is very close to home for me. When you go there it's like another world, the beauty of just nature is encompassing and at night you can see the Milky Way which just fuels you with a passion for this amazing planet and galaxy that we inhabit.  Myself, My Twin Lauren, & Younger Sister Kaylee I am a part-time student at RCC, splitting my time bet...