http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/The-Giggity/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from The Giggity en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:27:10 +0000 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:27:10 +0000 In the course of this class I discovered that my sustainability ethic is closely related to my personal path of spirituality with the Bah' Faith. Sustainability is very much tied to the idea of anthropogenic global warming that is a scientific issue not a political issue. If as a Bah' I believe in the harmony of science and religion it is my duty to listen to the warnings of scientists and do http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Knoxville/blog-354510.html Maryville College and rain. Can we make these work in conjunction to provide Maryville College with a cheaper more sustainable means of watering our various athletic fields and small gardens cultivated by our incredible grounds crew. My group is investigating the feasibility of a gray water run off system serving as a means of watering the aforementioned areas. At this point my research shows th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/blog-346148.html My group consisting of Daniel Rule Rebecca Jones and myself decided that we would work on rainwater cisterns to help supplement Maryville College's water needs. Rainwater cisterns basically function as large water reservoirs to hold the rainwater runoff from various buildings on campus. The first problem I've run into in my research is preliminary evidence that says Eastern Tennessee is reall http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/blog-339980.html Well I've been in Argentina for three months and I'm starting to feel very comfortable in my new crib. This edition of the blog will deal with making native friends. there has got to be a better term Fortunately before I arrived I already had an Ecuadorian friend who lives here in Crdoba. Through this friend i soon made many nonEnglish speaking Crdoban friends. Luckily it was through the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Cordoba/blog-215620.html To quote a favorite rap song........Well this is a story that must be told. I must preface this story by saying you may find this hard to believe but I really did not get too angry during this entire process. It is ridiculous and almost farfetched but this is what exactly what to happened to me last week. If anything I am going to censor parts of this story Let me state a random fact now http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-206274.html This entry was originally posted as a facebook note on July 25th 2007. I hope to be more formal in my future entries.Hello everybody and I from the bottom of my heart I hope you are all enjoying your summerwinter depending on where you are. Also I will thank all of you personally on facebook for your bday wishes. Thanks a lot. I'm not really into like writing this kind of stuff but I have to http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Cordoba/blog-206248.html