Is it just me or does it seem that the focus is on behavior and how we have to live our lives and not on how we can sustain our lives. So much of what is deemed `sustainable`is merely an environmental change or a new method of designing a building and not on our mental health and stress level. Personally I believe that the two go hand in hand. As our jobs demand more and more of our time, our stress level increases, our mental sustainability decreases, and our pollution increases. This past weekend the BSc Environmental Science class took a much needed break, to go and appreciate all the beauty that Mt Baker has to offer. This time releived much stress and allowed a homeostasis to exist again in the classroom.
The balance has been restored between our personal life and our school life. Without breaks such as these the long hours at school lead to long hours in the car, and lead to much more unsustainable lifestyles.
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