Designing Nature's Futures

Name: David Kohler Hometown: Oranjestad, Aruba Major: Computer Science Three topics/ideas/issues that intrigue me: Ornithology, Culinary Arts, Robotics Most interesting bit of news I read today (or lately): The development of a series of drones to cover hundreds of acres and plant seed pods to build forests

Name: Francesca Martella Hometown: Rome, Italy Major: Environmental Science & Literature Interests: Environmental Humanities, Existentialism and Story-telling Most interesting news: Why eating more vegetables is good for the planet (or something along those lines)  – The Economist 

Name: Mary Stuart Elder Hometown: Chesapeake, VA Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering Three topics/ideas/issues that intrigue me: Medical breakthroughs (especially relating to the brain), personal cultural backgrounds, robotic gadgets Most interesting piece of news I read today: President Obama and his family flew to and volunteered in Texas to support…

Name: Jana Woerner Hometown: Raleigh, NC Major: Environmental Sciences Three topics/ideas/issues that intrigue me: Climate change, conservation, political ecology Most interesting bit of news I read today (or lately): Trump is trying to change the naturalization/citizenship test to make it harder for immigrants, but most American aren’t able to pass the…

Name: Xinchun Hu (Atsushi) Hometown: Jiangsu, China Major: Mathematics and Philosophy Three topics/ideas/issues that intrigue me: Big data, Digital Design and Epistemology Most Interesting bit of news I read today: Taylor Swift published her new song and in the MV she kind of “revenges” or “mocks” all her old enemies

Name: Matthew Brecher Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Major: Undecided, but considering computer science, statistics and economics Three topics/ideas/issues that intrigue me: biotechnology, entrepreneurship, sustainability Most interesting bit of news I read today (or lately): A Facebook AI research team had to shut down their programs because their AI bots were communicating…

Name: Joseph Hawes Hometown: Princeton, NJ Major: Spanish Three topics that intrigue me: Sports, Medicine, Surgery Most interesting thing: Pigs are being grown/ genetically modified to serve as organ donors

Name: Adam Tache Hometown: Weston, FL (suburb of Fort Lauderdale) Major: Computer Science Three topics/ideas/issues that intrigue me: Blockchains, p2p energy trading, using blockchains and decentralization for crypto-governance of the environment and to incentive sustainability Most interesting bit of news I read today (or lately): Estonia is establishing the world’s first…

Introductions Blog Example… Name: Amanda Starling Gould Hometown: Jackson, MO (a tiny place in southeast Missouri) Major: BA French & Italian, MA Writing and Publishing, PhD Literature & Media Studies Three topics/ideas/issues that intrigue me: Environmental Humanities, Digital Environmental Media, Care-full living in the “Anthropocene” Most interesting bit of news…