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Okay so first blog post!!

For some context:

- currently in Santiago, Chile on a Northeastern DOC

- we're focusing on the effects of climate change on emerging economies

- my FIRST time travelling outside of the country on my own (mom was freaking out)

- it's been a very amazing experience so far :)) although I was very nervous in the beginning and I'm just starting to get comfortable with my peers (YAY)

Now that that's out of the way....

Onto the actual post!

UDLA

kathi struggling womp womp


During our first academic session, I came in so confident with my Spanish skills like I was so sure I would be able to understand everything. I was so wrong.

I'm used to conversational Spanish just with my family and occasionally at school, but I have never once been in such a scientific (?) setting in where I'm hearing these types of terms in Spanish. It took some very, I mean very, focused locking in so that I could understand what was happening, but I ended up getting the hang of it by the end! I just can't be distracted at all and had to be paying lots of attention to the diagrams to know what was going on!

prof lectures

I really enjoyed the lecture given by Cecilia Paredes! And, correct me if I’m wrong, but her research was about different methods that could be used as fertilizer, instead of the commonly used phosphorus. 

I also enjoyed Sra. Paredes's responses during the panel session held at the end of our day at UDLA. She consistently brought up how taking care of the environment is something that has to be instilled into children and the upcoming generation. A large contributor to the climate crisis is the lack of knowledge about what is going on, leading people 


to either not recycle or easily waste more water without batting an eye. By beginning to discuss ways to help the environment at a young age, the future generations would already have an advantage over the rest of us, and hopefully be able to slow down climate change as a whole.

The first professor who presented at UDLA repeatedly stated that this should be viewed as a "climate opportunity" (could potentially not be the exact phrasing he used) instead of as a "climate crisis." He kept mentioning how this could be used to better the economy, which yeah that's important, but I believe climate change itself should not be seen in that light, and instead be treated as the crisis that it is.  

ZIPLINING WOW

insane. beautiful. breathtaking. I really don't even know how to describe it. I enjoyed it so much I've never done anything like it, although I do love going on roller coasters (rip Kingda Ka). 

peep the little pushup competition we had                       
  --> Audri won!!                       

Universidad de Chile

I can't code... I have a minor in computer science....




Puja's tutorial unfortunately did not work for me :(( I was so excited to make my little climate models (I will definitely try again someday, maybe when I have too much free time at home over the summer) Her tutorial was very cool and interesting though, different topics we had learned about started to click in my brain and make a lot more sense when I was watching the process take place.



Vina del Mar

The drive here was so so so gorgeous I really enjoyed it. It was nice to witness a different side of Chile, much more laid back than the hectic city of Santiago. The city itself was really cute and peaceful. We learned about the erosion of a sand dune that was related to an issue with a drainage pipe. This wouldn't have happened in the first place if the coastal area hadn't been so developed in the first place. We also decided to run into the beach, which was so so so fun. I only put my legs in since I didn't bring extra clothing, but I still count it as my first time in the Pacific Ocean!
































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