tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post6529611874258989082..comments2023-10-22T09:27:47.213-04:00Comments on It Just Comes Naturally: A Ray of HopeScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-56097937812065118092015-02-18T15:22:25.415-05:002015-02-18T15:22:25.415-05:00Robin Andrea: The students had a choice: freeze f...Robin Andrea: The students had a choice: freeze for 1-1/2 hours or listen to me drone on for 2-1/2 hours. :) Actually, I think most of the students appreciated the site despite the cold.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-6031493355359023752015-02-18T15:21:09.146-05:002015-02-18T15:21:09.146-05:00Packrat: Most of the students seemed to have appr...Packrat: Most of the students seemed to have appreciated the field trip (though one undergraduate woman, after we had been outside for over an hour, asked if we could retreat inside because she said that her brain was numb).<br /><br />If you listen to NPR, you may occasionally hear that Joan Kroc left a significant bequest to NPR.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-50515372736626382252015-02-18T15:18:23.633-05:002015-02-18T15:18:23.633-05:00Mark: It was really cold. At one point, we decid...Mark: It was really cold. At one point, we decided to visit a portion of the site shaded by an adjacent building; let me assure you we didn't stay there long.<br /><br />I'll ask about the cypress the next time I see Chris.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-54353988459002453842015-02-18T10:51:30.273-05:002015-02-18T10:51:30.273-05:00Such an interesting, well-planned endeavor. I'...Such an interesting, well-planned endeavor. I'm also impressed that the students showed up in such crazy cold temps. Pretty impressive. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-764062782184562212015-02-16T18:19:10.836-05:002015-02-16T18:19:10.836-05:00Fascinating blog post, Scott! I love learning abo...Fascinating blog post, Scott! I love learning about these kinds of projects. I'd never heard that the Krocs had donated so much money for these developments. No matter what anyone may think of them (and I really know nothing about their lives) $1 billion + is nothing to sneeze at. Despite the cold your students must have appreciated the field trip.packrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16266949090288383421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-470679509983493622015-02-16T17:19:07.297-05:002015-02-16T17:19:07.297-05:00We haven't had temperatures that low this wint...We haven't had temperatures that low this winter, I'm happy to say. We may reach near that this week, though.<br /><br />I like the concept of the zero waste site. it's a neat idea, and it sounds like it was pretty well executed. I was surprised to read that they used cyprus.Mark Phttp://www.caniconfidimus.comnoreply@blogger.com