Environmental Science Journal

This is a journal-writing assignment. First, write eight journal entries for the following eight topics (each entry should be approx. 200 words):
1 Raritan River
2 Representation
3 Insects
4 Commons
5 Relationship to Food
6 Intersection between nature/society
7 Hazards
8 Nature/society photo essay – where is nature in the city?
You need to write about the presence of the topic in the city and how it has changed (or not) during the pandemic crisis. You don’t have to be perfect in grammar and structure, just treat this as your normal journal. No research and citations are needed at all.

Second, you will write a concluding essay, which speaks to entire collection of observations from throughout the journals, especially their significance for the field of Environmental Studies. These essays must be approx 1100 words. Such conclusions will take many forms. Some will provide a straight-forward summation of the work completed, and perhaps try to draw some conclusions about how all of the activities reflected in the journal relate to one another. Others will explore the (moral/intellectual/spiritual) effects of the practice of journaling on the observer (student) during the semester. Still others might comment on the importance of observation itself on our understanding of human- environment relationships. Whatever form they take, these final essays must provide some ‘global’ commentary on the journal as a whole. Beyond that, I can’t tell you what they’ll say because I don’t know will happen.” Again, no research and citations are needed at all.