Why I Chose It?
I chose Crowded Greenhouse class of Professor Wendy Eisner as my first honors experience at the University of Cincinnati. Although majoring in Business, I am truly interested in environmental matters because of its importance to our world today. The planet is changing unfortunately in a negative way. Therefore, studying about environment is necessary for me because knowledge about it can help me know how to make the world a better place.
The class was an wonderful experience for me and I recommend it for any other Honors student at the University of Cincinnati. It discussed the interactions between our growing population and the planet's rapidly changing environment. Through discussion and readings, the class investigated human-environment interactions in various regions of the world; emphasizing solutions for a sustainable future. There were many opportunities for students to discuss and respond to readings, and to introduce their own topics of interest. By doing these activities, I learned how to evaluate the impact of climate change on the developing world and find the way to deal with with it in the future. In addition, although most of the class time was lecture, I did not feel bored at all since we had two guest speakers coming to talk about their job and experiences. The first speaker was Dr. Davis, talking about tipping point, a really interesting topic about the point when global climate changes from one stable state to another stable state. The second one was Dr. Ken Hinkel, who brought many valuable information to the class about his trip to Alaska to study about the climate there. Another activity that made this class my favorite one is that we could become our own teacher. By pairing with another student to become a team, each week there would be one team coming to the class with their own lecture about a environmental topic. This was a brilliant idea because we could present to other people about our favorite topic and at the same time learned about it in the best way by researching meticulously.
After 4 months of "Crowded Greenhouse", I know much more about the environment of our planet. From now, I can identify the major factors contributing to climate change and population growth and assess critically media reports pertaining to both climate and growth. I can also explain climate change and population growth issues to peers and to the public, differentiate between my experience of climate change and that of indigenous people and defend your own viewpoint of these issues.
The class was an wonderful experience for me and I recommend it for any other Honors student at the University of Cincinnati. It discussed the interactions between our growing population and the planet's rapidly changing environment. Through discussion and readings, the class investigated human-environment interactions in various regions of the world; emphasizing solutions for a sustainable future. There were many opportunities for students to discuss and respond to readings, and to introduce their own topics of interest. By doing these activities, I learned how to evaluate the impact of climate change on the developing world and find the way to deal with with it in the future. In addition, although most of the class time was lecture, I did not feel bored at all since we had two guest speakers coming to talk about their job and experiences. The first speaker was Dr. Davis, talking about tipping point, a really interesting topic about the point when global climate changes from one stable state to another stable state. The second one was Dr. Ken Hinkel, who brought many valuable information to the class about his trip to Alaska to study about the climate there. Another activity that made this class my favorite one is that we could become our own teacher. By pairing with another student to become a team, each week there would be one team coming to the class with their own lecture about a environmental topic. This was a brilliant idea because we could present to other people about our favorite topic and at the same time learned about it in the best way by researching meticulously.
After 4 months of "Crowded Greenhouse", I know much more about the environment of our planet. From now, I can identify the major factors contributing to climate change and population growth and assess critically media reports pertaining to both climate and growth. I can also explain climate change and population growth issues to peers and to the public, differentiate between my experience of climate change and that of indigenous people and defend your own viewpoint of these issues.