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Cycles of Reciprocity: Knowing Where You Belong
In a world where concrete jungles and fluorescent screens have manipulated our sense of reality, it is no wonder that so many feel an...

Carissa Arcega & Franklin Ocaña II
May 44 min read
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Human or Windigo?: How We Rooted Ourselves in Darkness and How We Can Branch into Light
Windigo "Deer Monster" Illustration by Dane Cozens Colonizers of this world have used organized religion, geographical terraforming,...

Romeo Shamoun & Megi Tsvetkova
May 24 min read
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Reciprocity, Gifts, and Sustainability at Oakton College: A view from the Sustainability Specialist
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we want to share our respect, appreciation, and gratitude to the Native people who lived on...

Charmaine John
Nov 21, 20235 min read
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January Thaw
I visited the flatwoods on campus for the first time in a few weeks and was struck by the understated loveliness of the thin winter light...

Paul Gulezian
Jan 9, 20232 min read
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A Story of Fire and Ice
Last week the conditions were almost ideal for burning parts of our oak-hickory woods on the Des Plaines campus. I wasn't paying close...

Paul Gulezian
Nov 28, 20223 min read
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"It's never too late to bloom" - A Lesson from Witch Hazel
The sun was sending shafts of thin, hazy light that filtered through the now leafless tree canopy as I walked towards the science...

Paul Gulezian
Nov 22, 20223 min read
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"You Always Hear Them Before You See Them..."
Today as I was walking from my car to the Lee Center before my lecture I heard the unmistakable bugling, gurgling chorus of ancient...

Paul Gulezian
Nov 8, 20221 min read
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