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today we traveled to victoria university in wellington. not only did we explore their campus, but we sat through multiple seminars about sustainability. i particularly found our last seminar interesting because we learned a lot about the “cause and effect” sustainability, and what it will take to have a sustainable future. overall, i was surprised…

Today we visited Victoria University of Wellington and learned about their sustainability efforts. It was very interesting to learn about the Living Building Challenge and how the college is planning to expand on their marai (Māori gathering space). The building would be 100% sustainable and is a way to actively teach and learn sustainability. It…

This school was quite fun to walk around. The art gallery i explored in my free time seemed quite immersive and a valuable accessible asset to the campus, because it was free and right next to the student hub. I was extremely interested in the living building in practice and as a concept in general….

The most interesting part of today was our seminar. We learned about sustainability through an interconnected lens. There was a heavy emphasis on cause and effect and how our actions now have a greater effect on our future than we can realize. We also applied this kind of thinking to the 17 sustainability goals posed…

we went to waimangu valley to see volcanos. i found this interesting learning about how long they have been around and seeing what was created after the explosion of the volcano. i thought the site was beautiful looking at the different colors of the water and the lakes. i also found it interesting the lakes…

Yesterday morning we toured waimangu volcanic valley. We had a tour guide who guided us through the valley and explained the history of the valley. The valley was once completely devastated by a volcanic explosion. We saw geothermal pools that bubbled due to carbon dioxide and had very high temperatures. I enjoyed hearing the history…

The tour of Waimangu valley is something I would recommend to anyone. It was extremely beautiful to see such a young geothermal area and be surrounded by the resilience of the earth. Ecotourism is huge in New Zealand and this tour (and the Treewalk) was a perfect example of that. The guides did a great…

We toured Waimangu Volcanic Valley and learned more about the geothermal activity that occurs in New Zealand. On the tour, we learned that the eruptions were so devastating that they wiped all signs of life and turned it into a wasteland. While not all of it is natural, it is a unique experience being able…

Waimangu Volcanic Valley holds the youngest geothermal valley. We were immersed through a walk learning about the array of birds, hot springs, geothermal features and learned about plants and their uniqueness. The Mt Tarawera volcanic eruption dramatically changed the landscape that created Rotorua’s geothermal park. During 1886, a line of craters from the northern end…

Yesterday, we started off our class session by heading over to the Waimangu Volcanic Valley. I learned that it is a younger geothermal valley and was created in the aftermath of an explosion from the volcano. It is protected as a scenic reserve by the Department of Conservation NZ. Given the fact that it is…