so i promise i'm not copying my friend ann by changing the look of my blog, or by changing the theme color to green...i just happened to have decided to make this change.
there is actually reasoning behind it. belmont has been caught up in this whole going green thing for some time now. i'll be the first to admit that it seems a bit forced at times and a little too publicity-driven at other times (i mean, come on, our grass is one of the greenest things about our university and that doesn't exactly speak toward our water conservation efforts). however, my recent forays into the environmentally friendly landscape have offered new insights on how i see the world.
so much, in fact, that i have joined up with the new belmont community garden wherein i will have a plot for growing things like tomatoes (which i don't eat but will grow while wearing a funny hat so i can give them to people...steel magnolia reference), rosemerry, mint, beans, etc. i'm unbelievably excited about this opportunity. i'm also taking eco-justice and faith this fall with one of my favorite professors who happens to be the head of the belmont go-green initiative. one of our texts for this class will be the green bible. i'm a fair bit thrilled at the prospect of taking this class and growing in a deeper understanding of how my belief in god should inform my view of god's creation.
so i now have a visually green blog. it's quite honestly mostly an aesthetic choice. the whole black motif was getting depressing, and i needed a change of scenery. that's all i have for now, but expect to see many updates (or, dare i say it, another blog altogether) about my growing (small pun intended) awareness of the natural world around me.
there is actually reasoning behind it. belmont has been caught up in this whole going green thing for some time now. i'll be the first to admit that it seems a bit forced at times and a little too publicity-driven at other times (i mean, come on, our grass is one of the greenest things about our university and that doesn't exactly speak toward our water conservation efforts). however, my recent forays into the environmentally friendly landscape have offered new insights on how i see the world.
so much, in fact, that i have joined up with the new belmont community garden wherein i will have a plot for growing things like tomatoes (which i don't eat but will grow while wearing a funny hat so i can give them to people...steel magnolia reference), rosemerry, mint, beans, etc. i'm unbelievably excited about this opportunity. i'm also taking eco-justice and faith this fall with one of my favorite professors who happens to be the head of the belmont go-green initiative. one of our texts for this class will be the green bible. i'm a fair bit thrilled at the prospect of taking this class and growing in a deeper understanding of how my belief in god should inform my view of god's creation.
so i now have a visually green blog. it's quite honestly mostly an aesthetic choice. the whole black motif was getting depressing, and i needed a change of scenery. that's all i have for now, but expect to see many updates (or, dare i say it, another blog altogether) about my growing (small pun intended) awareness of the natural world around me.
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