Personal Environmental Analysis
PERSONAL ENVIROMENTAL ANALYSIS: THE PAST
EXERCISE 1: ENVIROMENTAL FAMILY TREE
REFLECTIONS:
1. IN WHAT WAY(S), IF ANY, DID YOUR FAMILY’S ENVIROMENTAL EXPERIENCES DIFFER FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION?
THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT GENERATIONS IS LOCATION. I’VE NEVER KNOWN ANYTHING OTHER THAN LEBANON OH AND LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. WHEREAS MY GRAMIE GREW UP LIVING ON A DAIRY FARM IN MAINE, THEN MOVED TO DAYTON OH AND EVENTUALLY ENDED IN LEBANON OH. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MY FAMILY, MY GRANDPARENTS ALONG WITH MY MOM AND UNCLE LIVED IN GERMANY, WHERE MY GRANDPA WAS STATIONED, FOR 4YEARS. BECAUSE OF THE WAR MY GRANDPA HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN EUROPE AND EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT CULTURES.
2. IN WHAT WAY(S), IF ANY, DID THE ENVIROMETNAL EXPERIENCES STAY THE SAME FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION?
MY MOMS SIDE OF THE FAMILY HAS ALWAYS LIVED IN LEBANON OHIO, THOUGH THE SMALL TOWN HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS, IN COMPARISON TO THE SURROUNDING CITIES LEBANON IS STILL A SMALL QUAINT TOWN.
3. IN WHAT WAY(S), IF ANY, DO YOU THINK YOUR ENVIROMENTAL GENEALOGY HAS INFLUENCED YOUR OWN ENVIROMENTAL PERSPECTIVE AND VALUES?
CLOSENESS IN COMMUNITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT TO ME, GROWING UP KNOWING ALL OF MY CLASS MATES SINCE ELEMATARY SCHOOL PROVIDES A SINCE OF FAMILARARITY AND COMFORT. NATURE HAS HAD A HUGE INFLUENCE ON WHO I AM TODAY, GROWING UP I WAS FORTUNATE IN THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF LAND. 44 ACHRES OF WOODS WAS MY PLAYGROUND, INCLUDING A POND AND CREEK. EVERYDAY IN THE SUMMER MY BROTHER AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS AND I WOULD PLAY AND EXPLORE IN THOSE WOOD. I DON’T REMEMBER WATCHING TELEVISION UNTIL I WAS IN THE 5TH GRADE. BECAUSE OF THAT I HAVE A DIFFERENT APPRECIATION FOR NATURE THAN I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DO.
4. IN WHAT WAY(S), IF ANY, DO YOU THINK THAT INFLUENCE HAS BEEN POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE?
I CAN’T THINK OF ANYTHING THAT WOULD SUGGEST THE WAY I GREW UP HAD ANY NEGATIVE INFLUENCE ON ME, IT’S ONLY BEEN POSITIVE. I THINK I HAVE A MUCH
EXERCISE 1: ENVIROMENTAL FAMILY TREE
REFLECTIONS:
1. IN WHAT WAY(S), IF ANY, DID YOUR FAMILY’S ENVIROMENTAL EXPERIENCES DIFFER FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION?
THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT GENERATIONS IS LOCATION. I’VE NEVER KNOWN ANYTHING OTHER THAN LEBANON OH AND LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. WHEREAS MY GRAMIE GREW UP LIVING ON A DAIRY FARM IN MAINE, THEN MOVED TO DAYTON OH AND EVENTUALLY ENDED IN LEBANON OH. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MY FAMILY, MY GRANDPARENTS ALONG WITH MY MOM AND UNCLE LIVED IN GERMANY, WHERE MY GRANDPA WAS STATIONED, FOR 4YEARS. BECAUSE OF THE WAR MY GRANDPA HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN EUROPE AND EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT CULTURES.
2. IN WHAT WAY(S), IF ANY, DID THE ENVIROMETNAL EXPERIENCES STAY THE SAME FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION?
MY MOMS SIDE OF THE FAMILY HAS ALWAYS LIVED IN LEBANON OHIO, THOUGH THE SMALL TOWN HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS, IN COMPARISON TO THE SURROUNDING CITIES LEBANON IS STILL A SMALL QUAINT TOWN.
3. IN WHAT WAY(S), IF ANY, DO YOU THINK YOUR ENVIROMENTAL GENEALOGY HAS INFLUENCED YOUR OWN ENVIROMENTAL PERSPECTIVE AND VALUES?
CLOSENESS IN COMMUNITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT TO ME, GROWING UP KNOWING ALL OF MY CLASS MATES SINCE ELEMATARY SCHOOL PROVIDES A SINCE OF FAMILARARITY AND COMFORT. NATURE HAS HAD A HUGE INFLUENCE ON WHO I AM TODAY, GROWING UP I WAS FORTUNATE IN THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF LAND. 44 ACHRES OF WOODS WAS MY PLAYGROUND, INCLUDING A POND AND CREEK. EVERYDAY IN THE SUMMER MY BROTHER AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS AND I WOULD PLAY AND EXPLORE IN THOSE WOOD. I DON’T REMEMBER WATCHING TELEVISION UNTIL I WAS IN THE 5TH GRADE. BECAUSE OF THAT I HAVE A DIFFERENT APPRECIATION FOR NATURE THAN I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DO.
4. IN WHAT WAY(S), IF ANY, DO YOU THINK THAT INFLUENCE HAS BEEN POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE?
I CAN’T THINK OF ANYTHING THAT WOULD SUGGEST THE WAY I GREW UP HAD ANY NEGATIVE INFLUENCE ON ME, IT’S ONLY BEEN POSITIVE. I THINK I HAVE A MUCH