New Quarter

Today's the first day of a new quarter at school... last week was full of presentations and a final exam on Friday, then a three-day weekend. I was pretty lazy for the weekend -- my body and mind both said it was time to veg out for a bit... so I watched a few movies, played with my plants a little, and spent a couple of evenings preparing and eating dinner at friend's houses and talking about whatever we would think of to talk about. Friday night involved making chinese dumplings and last night involved japanese noodles. My tummy has been happy!

I don't have any good sustainability issues at the top of my mind today. As I was checking the news yesterday, I did notice that there was quite a bit of discussion about climate change in the news -- I'm thinking that Stern's report on the economic effects of climate change came out, so perhaps that has been garnering some attention.

When all else fails, talk about the weather, right? Well let me tell you... it's been getting windy around here! Right now there are 30-40 km/hr winds... (20-25 mph) that are quite sustained... and that seems to be the norm over the last week. When I looked at the forecast yesterday, snow was predicted for later in the week, but when I checked back this morning, the temperature was forecasted a couple of degrees higher and the snow had been taken out. Either way, I think we've entered the gray season here... as indicated both by the weather and the variety of food that is available at the farmer's market... we're down to potatos, onions, apples, bakery items and maybe some flowers... most of the fruits and fresh veggies are now out of season... and of course, my garden isn't producing just yet.

Well. I think I'll go find breakfast. We're starting off with a fairly long day of class -- this morning is an introduction to one of the two choices we have as an elective class for the next two months -- I think it's called "Sustainable Product Development" or something along those lines... it's supposed to be the more scientific aspect of what we do, as opposed to the other elective which is more about organizational leadership, so choosing an elective might be a tough decision!

Namaste