Service Learning and Colloquium-10

University colloquium is a required class in order to graduate here at FGCU. It is also interdisciplinary environmental education course designed to explore the concept of sustainability as it relates to a variety of considerations and forces in Southwest Florida.

While taking this class it surprised me how much I really learned in the classroom, on field trips, and also doing my service-learning hours. This class helped me to enable a working understanding of sustainability, of environmental education, and of ecological literacy. With taking this class we also had to do service-learning. hours. Service-learning is a reflective activity that can increase knowledge and skills, and provides an enriched learning experience that contributes to personal growth and worldwide knowledge. By doing this service-learning it has helped me to learn about sustainability and how to be more sustainable in many ways. One way I learned to be sustainable through this project was by urban gardening. Urban gardening is low-cost, lightweight method for gardening in any situation where good soil is not available or is not suitable for gardens.  You will be surprised at what you can grow on an old carpet or in a cement-mixing tray filled with old socks filled with cola cans. I believe that this method connects with the natural world and is very sustainable. While doing this you are not only being sustainable but also helping the environment you live in.

Overall by taking University Colloquium and doing my service-learning project it has shown me many ways to be sustainable and also the understanding of sustainability, of environmental education, and of ecological literacy. It was a learning experience and knowledge that will help me in my future.