Journal 2: Your neighborhood-either at FGCU or at your childhood home. Use all of your senses to describe the things you care about and that you noti

When living in a certain neighborhood, it is always important that one cares about their surroundings and takes notice about how their neighborhood may intrigue their senses. In the neighborhood that I live in today, being FGCU, there are several of different factors that please my senses as well as turn them off. Being that I live in a college town, I generally walk to most places either being class or on the board walk that enters through the woods to the parking garage. I am able to capture different views, smells, and noises that help give notice to my surroundings.

There are times when walking to and from the parking garage that I am able to see several of things that are going on in my surroundings. For the past couple of weeks, I have taken notice that several sections of beautiful trees have started to disappear. This has hurt me knowing that people are tearing down what we have of natural life here on campus. This is going to begin to drive the important wildlife that is protected here on campus, to an unprotected area off campus. This in turn can lead to the possible death of those animals. Also, when walking on campus there is a smoking section where students congregate to have a cigarette break. I am able to smell the cigarette smoke from several of yards away. I believe that this takes away from the beautiful essence that FGCU has to give through the smell of trees and other various plants.

FGCU has not only become my new home, but also my place of higher learning. Therefore, I would love to see FGCU to turn back to the place is used to be. As a freshman I was able to take notice to all the beautiful smells and noises from the various wildlife and plants that would fill the campus scenery. FGCU is still a beautiful place to go to school. Yet with the growing population of students that are coming to FGCU some of these beautiful senses I once had, are disappearing. I care for this place because I live here, study here, and walk through campus and the surrounding Fort Myers area every single day. With the growing population, I believe it is imperative to try and conserve FGCU wildlife and environmental surroundings. Therefore we will all be able to keep those beautiful senses of sight, smells, hearing, and touch.

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