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Green values are anything that protects the earth. Green used to be a term associated with hippies and granola but today it is used with everything from corporate goals to new technology. Green values also include equal opportunities for everyone regardless of race, gender, etc. ‘Act local, think global’ is a green slogan encouraging everyone to preserve their local natural resources while thinking about how this can impact the world. Last semester in ENVR 501S I learned about different types of environmental thinking ecocentric, athrocentric, and biocentric. Anthrocentric is preserve the environment but only as far as it will help humans. Biocentric focuses on saving the life within the environment. Ecocentric focuses on saving the entire environment.

I hope to get a better understanding of green community in this class and what resources I can utilize to live green outside of USC.  I would like to learn how and why equality and green values are so interconnected. I am a resident mentor in Patterson Hall so at some point I would like to get my residents involved in some of the volunteering or talks (but I may need to incentivize it with food). At the end of the year I would like to have a better picture of how I can act green within my future and current workplace.