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An essay on life, death and extinction

This is an essay I wrote for my Environmental Studies sub-major. I want to share it with anyone who is willing to strip away their immediate materialistic desires and make a conscious effort to understand our individual and collective human impacts on the world.

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10 Hidden gems of Europe

Unleash your inner wanderlust and thirst for adventure by being a bit a travel hipster. You’ll be the envy of all your Instagram followers when you post photos of your uniquely breathtaking European trip.

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Christmas in Sweden

Christmas in Sweden is like no other. The sun rises between the hours of 9 and 10, catching the crystals of ice that is sprinkled across deep inches of snow.

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The last day in Lausanne, Switzerland

Sometimes I think about the fact that I’ll probably never ride the M1 metro from Bourdonnette to Flon again. I think about how if I ever do visit Lausanne again, it will be as a tourist rather than a student or resident.

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Hello Helsinki

I’ve never really had the urge to go to Finland- it’s always been the last on my list of favourable Scandinavian/Nordic countries, so I didn’t have much of a high expectation.

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Svensk snö

My time in Sweden was really nice. It started snowing as I got there, and I was not prepared for how cold it would be.

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The Swissters Road Trip

This year I met a handful of awesome people that- I wouldn’t exactly say “changed my life”, but definitely had an impact on it, that’s for sure. These girls, I call them my SWISSTERS. Because we’re all in Swiss together…

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