Category: Experiences!

Here are some of my experiences in ecology that I’m excited to share!

  • What Does it Mean to Be Saved? Reflections on David Castillo’s “An Ecological Theology of Liberation”

    What is the relationship between salvation, liberation, and care for creation? This is the central question surrounding David Castillo’s An Ecological Theology of Liberation: Salvation and Political Ecology. Castillo, a professor of theology at Loyola Marymount University, specializes in ecological theology, environmental ethics, and Latin American Liberation theology. Having recently transformed my own faith, I…

  • A Summer Spent on Soil Respiration 

    This summer, I spent around 11 weeks at the Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in ecology. I had loads of fun spending time making new friends, spending time outdoors, and gaining a better idea of what I want my career to look like as an aspiring ecologist. I am so grateful for this experience, and…

  • Me and my fellow club member (second from the left) both served as food policy interns at Purple Mai’a, an organization dedicated to tracking food and agriculture legislative measures. As interns, we both attended the Ma’o Farms ‘’Pehea ka ‘Āina’’ talk-story event on the importance of organic farming in our local communities. After falling extremely…