When I reflect on the semester, I think about the vast amount of different perspectives I’ve been exposed to. I was here during the national elections for Trinidad and Tobago and that was a very eye-opening experience to see the similarities and differences in terms of the US and Trinidad and Tobago, and with respect […]
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Spring 2025
TT & Climate Change
When I think about the state of sustainability and change in Trinidad and Tobago, the future seems far away and there’s a lot of work to be done to change the environment but still there’s hope. Talking and working with Greener Futures this semester, I learned about some of the small and large scale environmental […]
Coffee & Environmental Justice
Today I visited a nearby cafe. I’ve been here a few times before and I really enjoy the rustic architecture of the spot. As you enter you’re immediately teleported to a beanery as the smell of coffee beans permeate through the air. I really like coming here because it’s a short walk from where I […]
Water and Energy
When I sit at my sit spot, I see coconut trees and different fruits I’ve never seen before falling to the ground; pomerac, pommecythere, and sapodilla (what the bats eat behind the hall I stay behind. The water that I drink on hall WASA collected through rainwater and reservoirs and goes through extensive chemical treatment […]
Reflecting on upcoming dry season
In Trinidad, the water has been falling a little less and a little more erratically. I reflect on how the leaves have been slowly falling to the floor on the trees and questioning about the difference of how the trees back at the school in Boston. It intrigues me about how the idea of a […]
Welcoming the newness of mountains and new flora and fauna in St. Augustine
My sit spot was the first place I found upon my arrival in St. Augustine in Trinidad. It a bench on the back courtyard of the residence hall where my room faces. This courtyard faces the north side of the town I’m in, and in the distance I can see 2 main mountains off into […]