Hannah Highlights Sustainability

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a greenhouse gas which impacts the earth through enforcing climate change, and agriculture may be able to decrease this environmental impact. The “4 per 1000” is an initiative first proposed on December 1st, 2015 which is working to encourage stakeholders of the public and private sectors to make changes towards sustainable agriculture. Each of these stakeholders are prompted to do what they can in terms of implementing practices which will increase soil carbon storage, whether this be through agroecology, landscape management, or any other sector. This new sustainable agriculture which will emerge out of these combined practices will be resilient due to the correct management of soil and land which will subsequently create sustainable jobs.  Now, it is important to understand the relationship between carbon in the air and in the soil and how this relates to “4 per 1000” initiative. Specifically, the higher the amount of carbon which is trapped in the soil,...

Connecting and interacting with nature is something that I have always pursued, but as I have come to know and love the Charleston area, I find that I currently find the most enriching interaction with nature at the Joe Riley Waterfront Park. The day before move-in during the fall semester, my family and I walked down there to get the first look at the ocean since being in Charleston, and being from Ohio, it was so inviting and newly beautiful that I knew without a doubt I was in the right place. Ever since then, I try to walk to the Waterfront Park at least once a week, and this interaction has impacted me in numerous and wonderful ways. First, this interaction of walking with the goal of reach ing this beautiful space has been my favorite and sometimes only real exercise since being at the college. As an Honors student especially, I spend a good amount of my days doing school work in my dorm room, sometimes only leaving to get food at the dining hall, which can be physically and ment...