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Day 10: Ijams Nature Park

 Ijams Nature Park Notes:



Indigenous/grounded view: The balance of nature upkeeps the balance of traits and balance of life and death in natural biodiversity. 


Class Thoughts: It was interesting to see the impacts of this activity on myself and heartwarming to hear the shared similar feelings the rest of the class had about this activity as well. From observing things we would have never taken the time to watch to being phone free, it was a shared moment of mindfulness and awareness for everyone, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.  It was also enlightening to see how our topics in class connected to everyone's experience of 'observing' our surroundings with human lenses (Inchworm crossing the table, caterpillar climbing to a seemingly unreachable destination). 



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