What exactly is sustainability? I'm glad you asked. Sustainability is meeting the needs of our present life without harming the future generation to meet their own needs. As you can see, this is pretty vague yet direct definition that we can put into a simple equation: Present Life + Needs = The future generation Our needs are five things: air, food, water, sleep, and … [Read more...] about Think Globally, Act Locally: Indianapolis, IN
Bear Breaks volunteered at Growing Places Indy today to learn more about Sustainability. While there, we fought off freezing conditions including both wind and snow. Luckily, we were able to work in the greenhouses to warm us up. While in the greenhouses, we prepared crates of soil to be seeded. Immediately after that, we planted the seeds into our newly made … [Read more...] about Sustainability at Growing Places Indy: Prepping, Planting, and Pulling
For our February 26th meeting of Bear Breaks Spring Leaders, Heather Blades of the Center for Dispute Resolution came by to speak to us on the best way to talk through conflicts. While we hope there won't be any fighting or too large of conflicts on our trips, sometimes people will disagree due to our discussion of different topics that come from our experiences. We also spoke … [Read more...] about Conflict Resolution and Countdown to Spring Break
Today while serving with the Friends of the White River, an organization that is dedicated to the upkeep and the preservation of the White River close by Indianapolis, there were a lot of things that us participants could have taken from this day, but for me I got a really big lesson in passion. Being a Missouri State student I hear “Follow your passion, find your place” … [Read more...] about Follow Your Passion, Find Your Place: Indianapolis