"Water is the Earths most precious resource. This course introduces students interested in sustainable international development and global issues to one of the major challenges we face today: how to provide safe drinking water to 1 billion people and adequate sanitation to 2.6 billion people who currently lack these basic services? Students will learn the fundamentals of water quality, water borne diseases, and the basic principles of water and wastewater treatment. Our focus will be on how to select appropriate and sustainable technologies for water and sanitation in developing countries."Learning about water rights and the fight for clean water WHILE traveling the world? Sounds like a dream come true to me!
Friday, January 27, 2012
H2O
Description for an SAS class that sounds totally, amazingly, awesomely like it was made for me.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Testing 1,2,3
Just seeing if I can update my blog from my email.
Sorry for the lack of interesting blogness.
My shoes point out my destiny
So here's a little fun fact...
I have a pair of shoes that are from the brand SAS! They're the self titled "Jesus Sandals" that I bought for my high school trip to Spain/Italy, which were then stolen in Italy, and then re-bought for my trip to D.C, which then came back safe and sound in my luggage.
I plan on bringing them with me Spring 2013! My SAS shoes for SAS.
Seems like a perfect fit, don't you think?
I have a pair of shoes that are from the brand SAS! They're the self titled "Jesus Sandals" that I bought for my high school trip to Spain/Italy, which were then stolen in Italy, and then re-bought for my trip to D.C, which then came back safe and sound in my luggage.
I plan on bringing them with me Spring 2013! My SAS shoes for SAS.
Seems like a perfect fit, don't you think?
Perfect is the watch word
- EMBARK: San Diego, CA, USA
- Hilo, Hawaii
- Yokohama, Japan
- Kobe, Japan
- Shanghai, China
- Hong Kong
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Singapore
- Penang, Malaysia
- Cochin, India
- Port Louis, Mauritius
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Tema (Accra), Ghana
- Casablanca, Morocco
- DEBARK: Barcelona, Spain
Why I decided to join the blogosphere...
1) Because I've always wanted to.
2) Because I finally (semi) figured it out.
3) Because I'm at home sick and don't know what else to do...
But mostly because I want to go on a Semester at Sea, and this seems like the best way to inspire myself. For those of you who don't know me, I've been researching Semester at Sea since I was a junior in high school, aka for the last 2 years. I think I know everything there is to know. I've read past blogs, I've emailed representatives, I've even emailed past participants! All that's left to do is actually go on a voyage, which I'm hoping to do Spring 2013.
There's just a small problem...
A rather large one, actually.
Approximately $30,000.
I've done the first big step. I've applied. Well, almost. I'm in the midst of applying. Just need to finish up a few things and send in some transcripts.
So here's my plan. Write letters. Letters, letters, letters. Possibly more letters than Noah wrote to Allie. Letters to past particpants. Letters to family (although that didn't work out too well last time...). Letters to government officials who support studying abroad. Letters, letters, letters.
It's just hard to figure out where to start.
But perhaps the greatest inspiration I have is not even something concrete, not even something like a memory or a web page (although semesteratsea.org has become one of my top 10 websites). It's imagining the words "Welcome to the Spring 2013 voyage of Semester at Sea. The world is your campus."
How cool is that? Going to bed one night and waking up in another country? Then going to bed and doing that FOURTEEN times over. Yeah, it's worth it.
2) Because I finally (semi) figured it out.
3) Because I'm at home sick and don't know what else to do...
But mostly because I want to go on a Semester at Sea, and this seems like the best way to inspire myself. For those of you who don't know me, I've been researching Semester at Sea since I was a junior in high school, aka for the last 2 years. I think I know everything there is to know. I've read past blogs, I've emailed representatives, I've even emailed past participants! All that's left to do is actually go on a voyage, which I'm hoping to do Spring 2013.
There's just a small problem...
A rather large one, actually.
Approximately $30,000.
I've done the first big step. I've applied. Well, almost. I'm in the midst of applying. Just need to finish up a few things and send in some transcripts.
So here's my plan. Write letters. Letters, letters, letters. Possibly more letters than Noah wrote to Allie. Letters to past particpants. Letters to family (although that didn't work out too well last time...). Letters to government officials who support studying abroad. Letters, letters, letters.
It's just hard to figure out where to start.
But perhaps the greatest inspiration I have is not even something concrete, not even something like a memory or a web page (although semesteratsea.org has become one of my top 10 websites). It's imagining the words "Welcome to the Spring 2013 voyage of Semester at Sea. The world is your campus."
How cool is that? Going to bed one night and waking up in another country? Then going to bed and doing that FOURTEEN times over. Yeah, it's worth it.
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