Hey Hey! My name is Sarina. I live on the North Shore but I go to school out in Massachusetts. We just finished are first 3.5 days of USDS to a chorus of intense rain showers, lightning and thunder. Although the weather has been terrible we have remained uplifted and excited for what is to [...]
By the end of the second week, the USDS crew were all ready for the weekend. The days were packed with activity and information, so much so that it couldn’t all soak into my mind (maybe others have a higher mental saturation point?). The discussions, activities, and field trips of the week functioned to teach [...]
The USDS program began this week on Tuesday with a flurry of activity. While shaking hands and making introductions, we were given an introductory project to photograph sustainable and unsustainable aspects of our surroundings in three groups, and then prepare a 5-7 minute presentation to share our findings.
There were images of everything from tree-lined streets [...]
My name is Jessa Dickinson. I recently graduated from Oberlin College with a major in Studio Art and a minor in Environmental Studies. I especially enjoyed my courses in environmental art, environmental history, and ecological design (do you sense a pattern?). My post-college plans extend as far as the summer, for now I am living [...]
Why Hello Everyone! I am Sonja Millermaier and a soon to be super senior at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning studying Architecture and French & Francophone studies. Most recently, I completed an internship at archi T E X T, an architecture think tank, and Innovator in Residence at the [...]
Hello! I’m Amanda Foran, the resident southerner at the studio. Prior to moving to Chicago for the program, I completed an internship at a non-profit contemporary art center in York, AL. My background also includes a BFA in Studio Art from Auburn University in 2008, as well as community collaborations and education in the art [...]
My name is Andrea Hume. I’m Canadian, it’s no big deal really. I have a B.A. in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Victoria. I am currently studying Interior Design in Montreal. Favorite activities include cooking and eating delicious vegan food, listening and playing music and doing Muay Thai kickboxing. I have 2 [...]
Hello! My name is Sandeep. I am from New Mexico, which is, in fact, in the United States! I’ve lived in three different “sustainable” communes, as well as living in Cambodia, which is not in the United States. Right now, I’m studying Community and Regional Planning and I’m interested in making sustainable cities. A gargantuan [...]
so i am sitting in our beautiful condo after a fun-filled day of discussion, projects, shopping in the big city, and other such things. Our condo has a beautiful view of the local body of water: the fountain of Lincoln Square – a popular destination of youngsters and pigeons of the area. In fact, yesterday [...]