It has been a long time. A lot has happened. The time has gone very quickly and at times crazy. With 4 full classes (including the first sustainable development class) and the completion of a book, well, there has been little free time.
I have not entered anything new, not because nothing was happening, but because too much was happening. Good stuff.
1. I completed the final draft of my book of a sustainable geography of the US and Canada. This took most of my time between the last blog entry and now. It was a hard core anxiety ridden deadline that had to be met, and with far too much work for one person to do. fortunately at the last minute (in relation to the 5+ years working alone with no support) several students came to my rescue. God bless them.
2. The sustainable development class began with the new year, and it has been a refreshing look at the beliefs of a new group growing at our school and within Michigan. They have heartened me immensely.
3. Sustainable development has taken root in several other places on campus. Among them are a group out of the business department aiming for a sustainability center, a resolution before the faculty council to identify and begin corrections of sustainability on campus. There are many professors who are also embracing sustainability, but still no vision to hold them together. i guess there will be more on that in future entries, but it seems that perhaps sustainability is at last taking hold on campus. Though we are still not a part of AASHE, perhaps that is soon to come. There is hope.
About Me
- Sustainable Chris
- I decided in my 40s, after a career, to go to grad school for six years. I graduated at 50, at the same time my son graduated from high school. He went to college in Monterey, CA, and I moved to a tenure track position in Michigan. I have been here for 9 years. I don't belong here, as a wise person once said, " You can take the girl out of California, but can't take the California out of the girl." He was so right. But I have learned about yet another part of the US. I have now lived in CA, NY, OK and MI, and it has come in handy. I recently completed a 5-year study and travel period for a book on a Sustainable Regional Geography of the US and Canada.(I traveled to every state and province I wrote about). And there are other advantages, I have found a wonderful mate, discovered kayaking, and I am close to Canada. What comes next? I am not ready to stop and retire. I went back to school so that I could be who I really am, a geographer, and I live and breathe it everyday, and love it. There is definitely more to come, and it looks to involve the state I now live in, Michigan. "Focus Michigan" is the future for our beleaguered state.
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