A Critical Starting Point

Hey all! This is Rebecca Webster (Becky to most), the new proud Eco Dump blogger! To give you a little info about the environmental girl you’ll be hearing from for the rest of the year, here’s my story!

I came to IC as a journalism major, but after taking the amazing Environmental Biology class offered here, I declared my double major by the end of my freshmen year in Environmental Studies. Basically, prior to college, I knew, well, nothing about the environment, probably just as much as the average American. But taking the environmental biology class (EnviBi as we used to call it) opened my eyes to a passion that I never knew existed in me: the environment. I mean face it, most of us live our lives day to day so caught up in our cellphones, careers, and tasks, taking little time to, as the saying goes, stop and smell the roses. I wanted this to change for myself. So here I am, now a junior, wanting ever more to make my mark as an environmental journalist.

I’ve started writing this blog at a critical point in our nation’s, and our world’s, history. Tomorrow, along with the other members of my International Environmental Policy class, we will head to Copenhagen, Denmark for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP15.  We have all heard in the news about glaciers melting, the energy bill sitting in Congress, and climate change causing catastrophic impacts around the globe. These next two weeks at the conference are going to be a pivotal point for our nations leaders, as far as cooperation. We are all hoping to see great things come from it, and really, it is vital that we do.

Expect to hear a lot from me over the next few weeks. Although my class can only stay for the first week of the negotiations (because exams are the next!) I will be keeping a close eye on the negotiations, which nations are cooperating and which aren’t. So check back!

Peace and Hope for Change.