In my first two years at OSU, I have found a lot of personal achievements in the ENR Scholars Program. The most prevalent for me was going straight to the Olentangy River to clean up litter in the area once a semester: Unlike most of my time here at OSU, I was stepping out into the real world, working with others to make a real impact. In this time, I have also incorporated habits of dedicating time to current environmental issues on a monthly basis, from

watching companies discover solutions for minimizing their carbon footprints, to keeping up-to-date with efforts to preserve commitment to it in US politics.

I have managed to incorporate this into my habits too. Since, on a daily basis, I pass by lit rooms in buildings with no one inside, I turn those lights off whenever I can. I have also spent time reducing my impact on trees by minimalizing the sheets of paper I need to print, and by taking pictures with my phone instead of taking pamphlets. After I move out of Morrill Tower, I plan to keep preserving electrical power however I can, along with finding other ways to convince students to do the same.

For the students that are starting their first year in ENR, I would say that the key to dedication on these issues on a personal level is to reevaluate your daily actions, and focus on something special about you. Before moving onto OSU campus, I, like many other students, was well aware of inaction regarding hunger for energy and depletion of environmental resources, but was not sure what else I could be doing about it. While I was already making sure I did not over drain the resources around me, being in ENR Scholars taught me how to find room for progress in resolving this issues as one person. Now, I know how to expand my commitment on these issues.