I did not enjoy the campus trail walk very much. After the first week of class I decided to go into it with an open mind, however it still didn’t help much. I did not like being up to my knees in swamp water and not being able to see through the water. I felt things against my legs and I almost fell on my butt a half a dozen times due to tree hidden tree branches. Needless to say, I was very happy when the walk was over.
I think the selection of this site for the FGCU campus was a good choice. It is unfortunate that we did have to destroy some wetlands to create the campus here; however I still think it was a good choice. The fact that we were able to designate an additional area of land as a preserved safe area was really great. I don’t think the site choice was consistent with our “eco-empowerment” mission however. It doesn’t seem possible that putting the site right in the middle of a natural wetland and destroying a huge part of the wetlands is consistent with an environmental sustainability mission. With that being said, the school has still taken a huge initiative to be environmentally friendly. Erica told us about the way we conserve power by freezing ice over night when energy is most efficient and using that as A/C throughout the day. How neat! I also think it’s great that we have a solar field at the school!
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