Getting here:
I was looking for a place where people cared & engaged with each other as a learning community! I found the website, obsessed over the course offerings, visited during fall fly-in, and knew I had to be here!
Classes
I’ve taken all of these exciting classes!!
Fall 20: Human Ecology Core Course, Writing for Social Change, Acadia: The National Park Idea
Winter 21: The Power of Debt, Equity + Social Justice in Education, A History of God
Spring 21: Rethinking the Canon, Macroeconomics, Independent Study: The Climate Crisis & Emotions
Fall 21: Performance & Ecology, This Placed Called India, Chemistry & Biology of Food and Drink
Winter 22: Chaos and Fractals, Understanding and Managing Group Dynamics, Diaspora and Unbelonging, The Human Ecology of A.I.
Spring 22: On Questions of Rights, Responsibility, and Reparations, Hydropolitics in a Thirsty World, Independent Study: Governance in Practice
Favorite class:
how about a top three?
A History of God, with Gray Cox!! Amazing discussions about metaphysics, mysticism, infinity, dreams, puzzling questions about religious texts and lots of self-exploration through the process!
Perfomance & Ecology, with Khristian Mendez!! I don’t know how to precisely explain it but this class was exactly what I needed to re-engage with big questions about the climate crisis, through the process of thinking about and making theatre!!
Group Dynamics, with Bonnie Tai!! I think this was one of the classes that have helped me make the most sense of what I see myself doing after COA and why I am so passionate about groups and thinking about ideas of belonging!
My approach to human ecology:
Community + Love + Systems + Social Change + Connectedness = Human Ecology
Life on Mount Desert Island:
Swimming in the ocean at unreasonable temperatures!! Lots of yummy maple syrup treats + blueberry treats!! Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful views!! On a clear night, starry skies like I had never before seen!
