Day 20: We began the day by visiting a residential community in Berlin that was built 20+ years ago. While also aiming to be an affordable, welcoming living community, one of the main goals of this community was to be sustainable. This was done in the community through retention and detention basins to manage stormwater runoff, […]
Internship Week 4
I am officially two weeks away from America… it is a little weird thinking about going back. I hope to bring back some good habits I’ve made while here. I will only have a week to prepare for school, so it’s right back to work! My fourth week has been exciting – I have been […]
Third Week of Internship
My third week in the internship phase started with an adventure on Sunday. My next door neighbor from my home recently moved into a flat in Frankfurt, and my childhood friend was visiting during a break in her study abroad adventure in Dublin, Ireland! I got to see some familiar faces and enjoy a little […]
Praktikum Week 2
My second week of internship was full of new information and adventures. I will be posting about many of my experiences outside of work as well, and living in Germany in general. My flat is only about a 20 minute walk or 5 minute bus ride from work. Transportation in Germany, as I’ve said before, […]
Berliner’s Exercising
Something I didn’t expect to learn so much about in Germany is about how and where German’s exercise. A block over from where we lived on Schönhauser Allee there was a park with plenty of space for exercise, lounging, or playing any sport you’d want to. There were five tennis courts, a track, soccer fields, […]
Soundscape Ecology
Thanks to a guest professor and his assistant my group and I got the opportunity to learn about soundscapes. The study of soundscape ecology, in essence, is the study of the different sounds we experience in different ecological areas. Specifically there are three types of sound that characterize a soundscape, biophony, geophony, and anthrophony. Biophony […]
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