Evelyn Glennie: Shows How To Listen

Something I will always remember about her performance is how she could play with 4 mallets at a time and be able to separate them to play two notes that harmonize with one another. I also liked how she was able to actually feel the vibrations because she was deaf.


When she was playing her music what the people heard was affected by where they were seated. If a person was sitting below the marimba, they would hear a lot better than say someone right on top of the marimba.


What she meant by everyone experiences music in their own way was that she experiences music via the vibrations whereas someone else can experience it via the ear because they can hear. Others may experience it if they have really good hearing they'd hear all the tones and the depth to the music. 

Sustainability Visits

Interview Transcript:
1. What is your name and your role here at the farmer's market?

My name is Cora and I'm a vendor here at the farmer's market.

2. Why do you choose to support this farmer's market?

Because it's a new farmer's market so we decided that we would help it in the beginning. 

3. When did you first start selling here?

Back when it first started, in 2008.

4. Do you have a garden at home, why or why not?

We have a big farm at home, we have it because we think that eating what you grow is better than at the stores.

5. What would your advice be to get others to do what you do?

I wouldn't really have any advice to give others to do what I do, but what I do have to tell people is that they should eat healthy. Come out to farmer's markets and buy good healthy food.

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What struck me about the location I visited was how many people were there. There were a lot of people and all of them were buying. This wasn't what I expected because I thought there was going to be less people because I thought farmer's markets weren't as popular. Also what struck me is that we got some lemons and they smelled really good on the outside. It struck me because lemons from a normal market don't smell like anything at all.


My Mom and I bought some lemons which were cheap, they were 75 cents each and they were organic. At our market organic lemons are like $1.25 each. One thing that was kind of outrageous to me was that a cup chopped up mango with chili and lime was $5. I think because of how cheap somethings were I'm going to attend farmer's markets more often instead of regular markets. 


I think that these locations fit into the question "Why don't people live more sustainably" because not a lot of people know about them so they don't do the effort of trying to be more sustainable. Also, it fits into the "How can I convince them to do so" question because most of these locations are really close to where everyone lives, they're not all just in one central location. They're all over the county. 

Senior Garden

Interview with Seniors

1. What will happen to the garden during the summer?

They don't know what will happen to the garden during the summer, maybe someone from facilities will check up on it

2. Will the Juniors take over the garden next year?

Yes, the Juniors will take over the garden. They think that it will be every senior's garden.

3. What are you growing in your garden?

They are growing strawberries, peppers, tomatoes, carrots, bananas, mangoes, peas, watermelons, onions and lettuce.

4. What will you do with the growing produce?

They said they are going to use them for their exhibition. During their exhibition they will use the food from there to cook original recipes.

5. Are you using genetically altered seeds?

They aren't using genetically altered seeds.

Reflection

1. How did this visit change you?

This visit changed me by showing me how easy it really is to grow your own garden. It also showed me of new technologies for watering your garden.

2. What struck you about the garden?

What struck me about the garden was that it had such a vast variety of produce. It's really interesting how they could fit all those different crops into one small space.

3. What did you like/not like about the garden?

What I really liked about the garden was that it was very colorful and organized. It was really easy to get around because of the paths in between crops. One thing I didn't like about the garden was that some of the crops were being eaten by bugs.

4. Did this inspire you to start a garden?

In a way it has but I don't think I'll start one soon. Maybe in years to come I'll start my own garden with my family.