Bio/first Blog Post

My name is Jake Denning. I am a senior at Saint John’s University in Collegeville Minnesota. I am studying biology. At this point in time I am unaware of what I will be doing after graduation. I recently applied for the Peace Corps and am hoping to have an interview by the end of the month. For some reason, the idea of spending 27 months in a foreign country speaking a different language is absolutely fascinating to me. If I am accepted I have requested to help with natural resource conservation (although, I would gladly do anything). I am hoping to study forestry after the Peace Corps. The more I think about my life, the more I realize that, in terms of a work environment, being outside is a necessity.

I am very excited to be enrolled in the environmental ethics course at CSBSJU. The reason I am enrolled in the class is to fulfill the ethics requirement for graduation. It is exciting for me due to the fact that I want to work in natural resource conservation. I feel that the class will lead to a better understanding of many environmental challenges existing today. I believe that being in the wilderness is perhaps the most rewarding experience that planet earth has to offer. I have witnessed this first hand canoeing in the Boundary Waters, and backpacking in the Grand Tetons and Swiss Alps, and exploring the redwood forest in California. These places are the reasons that I am so excited to take this class. It is important to preserve these wonders of the world, if I may call them wonders. I want to learn about the things that are threatening the environment so that I can do my part to help. I am eager to learn of other viewpoints on the issues that will be discussed in class.