for my senior seminar project i want to propose parallels between mountaintop removal and hurricane katrina, not the actual environmental disasters themselves, but governmental treatment of both communities. how both situations have been crimes against humanity, both communities are similar and different. i want to bring the millenium goals into my presentation of the two communities because most of the goals are applicable to at least one if not both communities. my project will most likely focus around governmental treatment of people in both west virginia, kentucky, etc. and the gulf coast and i want to try to present the topic documentary-style with interviews and pictures. we will see how it goes.

past senior seminars

i looked at stacey bumgarner's final project. hers was a story book called "the best of friends". it was about a group of people who lived in the forest that had never been exposed to technology nor any implications of modern-day society, they lived simply and one day someone in the forest saw a building poking up from far away, so they went to see what it was. sure enough, they found a city and everything horrible that was in it and basically taught the modern-day people how to live simply and they were all "the best of friends". it really was a very cute story with beautiful images and was a good way to introduce a child about the importance of simplicity and frugalness in a very materialistic world.

about me

hello, my name is erin stanforth and i am an interdisciplinary studies major with a concentration in sustainable development and a minor in anthropology. i am a senior and i hope to graduate this summer. this semester i am taking swimming for non-swimmers, this class, intro to computer applications, society and technology, history of the world since 1945, sustainable development in the modern world system and biology II, which all adds up to nineteen hours, a huge load. i also work at our daily bread and i work there about four days a week, sometimes five and plan to continue that throughout the semester. for my final paper, i am thinking about either doing something that has to do with hurricane katrina, mountain top removal, or sustainable/organic food systems. i am really interested in agroecology, i worked on the goodnight family farm for two summers back to back with christof and learned countless amounts of knowledge for growing my own food, how to live off of the land, all about pests and preservation of crops and roots, just basic knowledge about food cropping and growing.

my address

hello all,
my linking to my blog is http://erins5.blogspot.com