Right now on the Web site of the University of California Santa Cruz there's a fascinating look at how one student constructed a rich major in environmental studies.
The piece says that Katie Roper (right) was encouraged to seek ways to expand her studies. And she did, through on-campus studies in globalization, two internships in Kenya and a stint living in UCSC's own sustainable community. Through her globalization studies, known as the Global Information Internship Program, Roper gained videography skills that she put to work in Kenya. She produced a six-minute video documentary on the supporters and opponents of an invasive tree whose growth is providing fuel but compromising the African nation's fragile water supply.
Her experience with UCSC's Program in Community and Agroecology seems to have been equally challenging: PICA students are required to grow, harvest and cook as much of their own food as possible.
Roper was graduated in December and she already has her next step in hand. Next month, she starts work at production assistant for filmmaker Alicia Dwyer.
Photo credit: Jim MacKenzie/UC Santa Cruz
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