{"id":1509,"date":"2015-03-15T16:03:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T16:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/?p=1509"},"modified":"2015-04-03T01:47:56","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T01:47:56","slug":"sustainability-at-otago-cheers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/2015\/03\/15\/sustainability-at-otago-cheers\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability at Otago &#8211; Cheers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1511\" style=\"width: 926px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/files\/2015\/03\/Uni_Otago.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1511 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/files\/2015\/03\/Uni_Otago.jpg\" alt=\"Dunedin Peninsula, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ\" width=\"926\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/files\/2015\/03\/Uni_Otago.jpg 926w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/files\/2015\/03\/Uni_Otago-300x133.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dunedin Peninsula, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Studying abroad on a Non-Dickinson Program has been all but an easy experience. A couple of days ago I finally hit my month mark of being abroad and I am happy to say that everyday has gotten much better than the previous. It is with great happiness that I share the good news of my latest involvement with the S.E.A (Students for Environmental Action) community at the <a title=\"University of Otago\" href=\"http:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/\">University of Otago<\/a>. Finding a pool of like-minded people was exactly what I needed to finally feel like I had a place here. S.E.A. provides a safe space for open dialogue about pressing environmental issues locally and internationally. S.E.A hosts a variety of events ranging from coastal cleanup days, film screenings, Farmer\u2019s Markets, lectures, seminars, workshops, etc.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/files\/2015\/03\/westside-greendrinks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1512 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/files\/2015\/03\/westside-greendrinks-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Green Drinks, Dunedin, NZ\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/files\/2015\/03\/westside-greendrinks-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/files\/2015\/03\/westside-greendrinks-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/files\/2015\/03\/westside-greendrinks.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>S.E.A tries hard not to focus solely on local campus wide issuesbut rather extending out within the larger Dunedin community through <a title=\"Green Drinks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.greendrinks.org\/\">Green Drinks<\/a>. Green Drinks Dunedin is part of a non-political international movement to foster a safe space for people interested in sustainability and the environment. Green Drinks Dunedin is hosted by <a title=\"Sustainable Dunedin City\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sustainabledunedincity.org.nz\/%20\">Sustainable Dunedin City<\/a>, which is the local council on climate change activism. Last Friday I met with the head of the council and shared my experiences from COP20. She was delighted to invite me to share my experiences at the next Green Drinks Dunedin on Thursday, March 26<sup>th<\/sup>. I look forward to sharing my perspectives from COP20 and to continue to connect with individuals from all walks of life who truly value the environment. Cheers to keeping the conversation going on the road to Paris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Studying abroad on a Non-Dickinson Program has been all but an easy experience. A couple of days ago I finally hit my month mark of being abroad and I am happy to say that everyday has gotten much better than the previous. It is with great happiness that I share the good news of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/2015\/03\/15\/sustainability-at-otago-cheers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sustainability at Otago &#8211; Cheers!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1611,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100741,77135],"tags":[42301,100671,339,2553,108639],"class_list":["post-1509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-society","category-mosaic","tag-climate-change-mosaic","tag-cop20","tag-dickinson-abroad","tag-reflection","tag-university-of-otago"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1611"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}