Ashley Mendoza

Biology 100 Spring 2021

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Ashley's actions

Health

Happiness

I will write down three things every day that I am grateful for, or send one email every day thanking or praising someone.

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Community

Support Native Communities

I will use the resource links provided below and spend 15 minutes learning about the native populations that lived in my area prior to colonization, and what I can do to support those that still exist.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health Happiness

How does/can practicing gratitude keep you centered and motivated to work for a better world?

Ashley Mendoza 5/21/2021 8:08 PM

Practicing gratitude can keep me centered and motivated to work for a better world because I want others to experience these positive emotions as well. Gratitude inspires reflection and this ties into our actions, we view ourselves in the ways we interact with others or navigate the world and want to ensure that we are doing so to make the world better.

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- Janeth Maya 5/24/2021 8:58 PM
  
  Gratitude is strongly and consistently associated with greater happiness. Gratitude helps people feel more positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve their health, deal with adversity, and build strong relationships. People feel and express gratitude in multiple ways which is great term we can all practice.
  
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- Emely Gaytan 5/23/2021 10:35 PM
  
  Hi Ashley, I totally agree with you! Practicing gratitude can change the way everyone thinks around the world, plus it's not a bad thing to be thankful for any and every thing!
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Community Support Native Communities

Indigenous speaker and activist Winona LaDuke says that, "most indigenous ceremonies, if you look to their essence, are about the restoration of balance — they are a reaffirmation of our relationship to creation. That is our intent: to restore, and then to retain balance and honor our part in creation." Why is balance important to sustainability?

Ashley Mendoza 5/20/2021 6:42 PM

Balance is important to sustainability because it allows for preservation. When natural resources are balanced, protected, and maintained then it aids in sustainability.

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