One meaningful experience I had from our learning community was participating in an outdoor lab where we tapped sugar maple trees for sap. Although the lab was to introduce us to our community’s sustainability efforts, I found an interest in the Indigenous traditions and their relationship with the land. Amanda Krause, Oakton’s Naturalist, shared with our class that the Indigenous people used the same seasonal techniques to gather sap. Their practice consisted of tapping mapl

While the stances of many are considered through liberal and democratic governance, decision making is often left in the hands of the political elite and high ranking members of self interested institutions. To circumvent this muting of public discourse, many people have taken matters into their own hands — some becoming philosophers, some creating stages to voice their own ideologies, and others expressing their qualms through artistic mediums. We may live in a society that