EARTH
I am grateful to have had this wonderful learning opportunity at EARTH. I am grateful to have been able to go to EARTH, and after having heard the stories of the students (such as Norman and Blake) I am grateful that my life is with much less conflict. I am also grateful for the great learning opportunities I had at EARTH, as I learned a lot about farming and agriculture, how to use everything on hand to create good fertilizer, and how innovative and creative a person can get to make a productive farm. I also learned a decent amount about livestock, such as that baby pigs do not like to get picked up, and neither do sheep, and that sheep in Costa Rica do not have any wool to give, which isn’t very surprising. Also, if given the opportunity, baby cows will try to eat your hand, but will fail due to the lack of teeth, also they produce a surprising amount of saliva. And bulls are smarter than cows, in the way that they realize that they can get past the fence that they are in. It was also fun to work with the different students on campus and to work with my fellow classmates on the compost farm. It was also a good way to refresh our memories on how to make compost in this manner as we have had experience in the matter a few times. It was also necessary to collaborate during free time, for example when Andreas set up the soccer tournament, he needed the collaboration of all the classmates, and when we went to the River, one person (in this case me most of the time on the big jump) caught the rope and passes it onto the person that was using it next. This trip will be useful in future agricultural experiments and endeavors as I have a very good memory of how to make a) compost out of green grass, dry grass, and feces and b) how to make good planting soil out of coconut husk, rice shells, and carbon. I will also use the knowledge that I have gained to create a better hydroponics system for my group's science project.
