Lennox

This was my first term at TGS, which I spent in Botswana. During this time, I learned a lot about the human–wildlife conflict, especially between elephants and humans—something I hadn’t known much about before and quickly became very interested in. We saw this issue firsthand through Ecoexist and weXplore, when we visited the Delta. There, Ecoexist showed us how they work to mitigate conflicts by mapping elephant corridors with GIS Mapping and sharing this information with farmers, helping them choose land outside of these corridors. I also learned about Botswana’s culture, including the traditional law system known as the Kgotla. Overall, I had a great time in Botswana and gained a lot of knowledge and new experiences.

This was my second term with TGS, and this time I was in Mexico as part of the Artivismo module, which focused on activism through art. Although I was initially skeptical about how engaging the module would be—since I’d never been particularly interested in art—it ended up being far more interesting than I expected, and I really enjoyed it. For our final summative project, we created printmaking pieces meant to represent different forms of activism. My piece focused on corruption in Oaxaca, and we eventually printed all of our works onto a wall as a collective installation. Overall, I had a great time this term and genuinely enjoyed working on this project.

This was my third term in TGS, and it was spent in India. As a personal project I wanted to assess the water quality of the tap water, bottled water and a water hose. The experiment taught me a lot about the scientific method and how to safely conduct an experiment. The results were very shocking and if you want to see them you should open my personal project to see how I did it and what the results were.