For next week

Remember folks, Amanda Moore is coming on Monday to talk about her experiences as an environmental lawyer in Eastern Kentucky. She dealt directly with families who suffered hardships as a result of MTR. She's written eloquently about her experiences, too, so she'll be an important resource for our own writing. On Wednesday, we'll meet in the library (to work out the kinks some of you are experiencing with your blogs and to continue to research for our second essay). You need to have at least a two page draft. Go ahead and post it to your blog; I'll be checking prior to class on Wednesday. And you need to identify, photograph, and consider the merits (on your blog) of at least two potential sites for some guerrilla gardening. The tentative list of characteristics is as follows: 1) assess sunlight conditions, 2) assess "ease of watering" conditions, 3) assess traffic conditions (is it safe from stampeding herds of students?), 4) assess mowing conditions (is it safe from weed-eater wielding or mower-riding grounds-keepers?), 5) aesthetic propriety (is it visible to walkers-by?). These are just a few things to consider to get you started. Post the images of your chosen places on your blog so that we can judge their merits. Most importantly, have fun discovering!