Colloquium Experience

World Hunger, climate changes are two of the biggest issues in the world. Two that might be one of the biggest reasons for wars and pain in the years to come. Human kind has survived this long due to its ability to evolve and surpass any obstacle that it has been thrown at it by Mother Nature. Wars, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, unbearable temperatures all this have had an impact ecological as well. At this rate the temperatures around the world will be non-comprehensive in a few decades. The more the human evolves and destroys our world, it will destroy itself. Colloquium class taught me how to see the world in such a way, that humanity can help each other and help itself and the world that it lives in. By adjusting itself and using the sustainability system, all this can change dramatically and slow the process down. I went to Corkscrew Swamp and I saw such an environment that I have never seen before except for in animal planet. I saw a perfect change from area to area from prairie to rain forest in just a few steps. Only to believe that a small hand of people saved that spot from being destroyed in a few decades ago. That little environment saved, showed the beauty of nature at its finest. A perfect ecosystem that can only be seen a few places on earth now a days. It showed me that if man puts its mind to save something or something, it can achieve it just with a little help. I come from rain forest, river, and tropical system. I am used to the heat and the rain, and I tell you there is nothing more beautiful than a preserved environment.  In all Colloquium it’s a great way to learn about the ecosystem around you and around the world. It shows how humans can work together to save what is left of our world, and bring it back to what it is meant to be. A sustainable environment for man and other species alike. We are the key to the survival of the world, we just need to know how we can start the change.

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The Moon

Throughout the course of my life, the moon has been there. Just like it has been around since the universe was created. The moon is part of the cycle of life and it is part of every living body in the world. No matter where you are the moon has been there even though sometimes you can't see it in the day due to the sun light. People in the world have been using the moon to count the hours, days, weeks, months, years, and the thousands of years that have passed through time. Explorers used the moon and stars as a compass to guide themselves in the sea. Priest and Priestesses have used the moon as a god symbol, in the ancient times. Today we see the moon as a pretty big bright light in the sky, that the hopeless romantics used it to make their match fall in love with them. My favorite phase of the moon it is when it's at its fullest. Apart from its amazing and incredible powers to predict the seasons and manage the ocean waves, it is also a great source of light at night. Believe it or not, when you are not in a city and you are in a deep dark forest, you see that bright white light in the sky, when it’s a full moon and it looks as if a second son was over your head. The magic ring that appear in weird climates around the moon it’s also a very fascinating event, I don't know how it occurs but my guess it has to do with how much water is in the sky at that moment, and this huge circle forms around the moon, and it makes it look like the planet Saturn itself. After this much ramble, I have to say it doesn't really matter where you are from, the moon will affect your life one way or another. It is all part of the circle of life; it is never ending, and will continue for a long time from now.

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P.S. Yes I can say I am a hopeless romantic :)

Downtown Fort Myers

It is hard to believe that Fort Myers is a great and rich historical background. If events like the Civil War, Word war two had not happen; maybe Fort Myers would not be what it is today. History define us all one way or another and also describes our way of being. From the Calussa Indians to the white that came down with colonization, we all play a part in how the world changes, and we provoke the change, and we instigate it to fulfill the dreams of those that need a new path in their lives. It shows in the architecture of Downtown Fort Myers, which has been used and reused in the past decades. It shows the power humanity has to reuse what is already there. A few changes in remodel will change the view of a town completely. Thomas Jefferson and Ford, even though they came down here to escape the paparazzi, they actually used their heads to make new inventions and to provide the world with an industrial age that it will change the world and the territory around it. They brought so much to Fort Myers that is changed it into a livable environment to all sorts of citizens. It is also hard to believe that it was one of the first places in the world to receive electricity, it seems incredible. But that is the power of the human mind, if we put ourselves to change the world, we can do it. No matter how it is if rebuilding, or re-using, what is already to make something better, one way or another, something good will come out of it.

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." Thomas Jefferson

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