Hi, my name is TJ Diaz. I am a 3rd year student at University Park, studying Earth Science. My major is relatively geography intensive, so that is why I am enrolled in this course. I am planning on being a high school science teacher (probably a earth science teacher) once I graduate college. If this career option is not available for any reason, I have no clue what I will do! I grew up in Hagerstown, Maryland, and I still live in the area, but after I graduate, I do not plan on living there any longer. My fun fact is that I can play basically any instrument that does not require me producing air.

I believe some of the biggest issues in our future are environmental problems. We are quickly running out of fossil fuel resources (a few generations and we will have depleted them). Global climate change may be an issue, but our energy resources are much more immediate. Distribution of resources and preservation of resources is also of extreme importance. Increasing globalization increases the importance of proper resource management. All of these problems can be aided with geography. Geography will help us to better plan where we can grow our crops, how to distribute our resources, how to take advantage of our environments renewable sources of energy, how to grow in population without disturbing other life. Geography is a necessity when devising plans to overcome virtually every environmental problem we will have in the future.