Today’s sit spot feels incredibly lively as students on campus celebrate Holi. I see colors and can hear loud music while students are laughing and singing to the music. I sometimes thought about ways to offset my carbon footprint since I took the plane from Boston to Bremen. I found it difficult to do so, […]

Green spaces in Paris, are, without a doubt, very artificial. The plants are always trimmed or bent in a specific manner. Even the top of the trees have to be chopped off in the same way. Having transitioned from Wellesley, which looks like a forest, to a city with small green spaces sandwiched between buildings, […]

Happy Greek Independence Day! Speaking of independence, some of you may know about the dispute between southern and northern Cyprus, however for those of you that do not, I will be talking a little bit more about it in my post today. Cyprus, as an island in the middle of the Mediterranean, is at the […]

Over the past few days, the area around my sit spot at the Square des Batignolles has been obstructed because of ongoing construction efforts to remove some of the trees by ordinance of the city. I was able to make my way around the blockage, and I found another sit spot within the park. From […]

¡Hola! It is a beautiful sunny day here in Puerto Natales 🙂  Using the carbon footprint calculator I found that my flights here totalled to 1.83 metric tons.  Recently in my classes we have been learning about peatlands and their importance for carbon sequestration and storage. I think it would be really interesting to do […]

¡Hola! All is well in Puerto Natales with the sun still shining at 6:45 pm!  Though my sit spot is facing a beautiful fjord, the drinking water in this city is not supplied by the fjord but rather deep wells. It is a bit surprising that the water here doesn’t come from the nearby glaciers/glacial […]

Ciao a tutt*! This week has been the perfect mix of sunny with a nice breeze, flowers are starting to bloom, and the markets are selling more fruit– we can see that spring is coming!! Yesterday while I was going for a run, I saw two beautiful trees covered in blossoms; it felt like the […]

My favorite part about my sit spot next to the Seepark is all of the wildlife I can see and hear, especially on a sunny day like yesterday. The swans have been building their nest, and the ducks have also developed homes on the shores. Spring is coming and so are ducklings and cygnets! I […]

My flight from Los Angeles to Frankfurt, Germany had a carbon footprint of 2.1 metric tons. Freiburg is a city with a comprehensive electric tram public transportation system, as well as a high number of residents who bike. Cars aren’t allowed in the main area of the city, and there aren’t even roads to accommodate […]

Something I really enjoy about my sit spot community is the feeling of it being a separated group all attaining one common goal: to take space from the daily stressors of life. I’ll explain what I mean by separated group. Many people that pass through the park or come and sit for a silent moment […]