Coronavirus: A sustainable way to restart the economy As the United States surpasses a month of quarantine, politicians and health officials are discussing when and how the country should reopen and resume business as usual. On April 17, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that beaches should begin reopening. According to the New York Times, DeSantis […]
Washington and Oregon
Washington and Oregon, USA Here it is, Day 40 of Quarantine. Weird, it kind of feels like a reverse Lent. But hey, it’s still the Easter Season so let’s be happy and celebrate! We’re going to skip back a post and hike on with the Washington-Oregon 2017 trip. Although I have not mentioned it […]
Columbia River Gorge
Columbia River Gorge Oregon, USA All right! Week 2 of Quarantine is almost complete! I hope everyone’s online classes are going smoothly and that you and your families are safe and healthy! Today, we’re going to take it back to 2017. This was one of my absolute favorite trips! (I was shocked to realize I […]
Civic Issues Blog #4: Issue Report
How has the Trump administration impacted the United States National Park System? I will address the impact that the Trump Administration has had on the Department of Interior, specifically the National Parks and Monument systems. This will touch on reorganization of the Parks and monument and also changes in legal classifications. After describing these changes, […]
Colorado 2016 & 2020
Lots of Places over Multiple Years Colorado, USA To everyone reading this, Welcome to quarantine blog! As much as this sucks for everyone, I hope that my passion blog can be an escape into the great unknown and beautiful wilderness of the National Parks. Also I live in Bucks County which is basically in the […]
Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park Montana, USA Welcome back to the Passion Blog! I know we missed a week with the Deliberation Nation project, but be sure that the wait was worth your while! Glacier National Park is one of the most famous National Parks in the USA. Although it is usually outshine by its southern Montana/ […]
Civic Issues 3: Reflections
In the 2020 Deliberation Nation event, I helped facilitate the “Sentenced to Rehabilitation: Rehumanizing the Prison System” deliberation which took place on March 1, 2020. I also attended a deliberation entitled “How PSU Handles Sexual Assault” on Wednesday, February 26th. The sexual assault deliberation went through three different approaches. Their focus was approaches surrounding sexual […]
Grand Tetons
Grand Tetons Jackson, Wyoming Welcome back! You’re probably thinking “Finally! A National Park!” “YES!” (One of my favorites)! While traveling to Montana to visit my dad’s crazy uncle (yes, the same Uncle Jim from the Yellowstone Post, He’s an absolute legend) we decided to drive down to the Wyoming border to visit the Grand Tetons […]
Civic Issues Blog 2: Brexit
Civic Issues Blog: The Politics of Brexit On the 31st of January 2020, the United Kingdom officially exited from the European Union in the long awaited, and long debated, Brexit plan. Legislation passed earlier in January by the Conservative party, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson officially set up the terms under which the country […]