La Terre Bioregional Center
The Saturday morning I visited the La Terre Bioregional Center was drastically different from other Saturday mornings spent on campus. It wasn’t because the displacement from my usual environment was so vast since the Kiln and Hattiesburg are only about an hour’s drive apart. I did, however, feel isolated from the university as I sat in the forest, processing my surroundings. A mere seventy mile journey had transported me to an entirely different realm, one that intuitively felt more instructive than the most reputable of schools.
Nature: An Outdoor Classroom
By: Lindsay Patorno
Nature is something we may not always notice during our hectic lives but it is there around us every day. Not every person feels the same way about nature. Sometimes it is hard to hone in on one single feeling when one has not truly experienced nature before. Nature is such a beautiful thing that we sometimes take for granted.
An Eye-Opening Experience
By: Madison Silva
After eighteen years, I have finally begun to understand my place in this world with respect to nature. My realization came from the day trip to La Terre that I was fortunate enough to experience. Ever since that day, I think of myself not as a single person but as a part of something massive.
IOn Saturday, September 20, 2014, two English 101 Honors classes took a trip to Kiln, Mississippi, to visit the La Terre Bioregional Center that is run by Dr. James Inabinet. While there, the classes were divided into five groups and given sections of a trail to “map” with instructions to look at the plant and animal life, soil type, runoff, and several other aspects. I learned so much on this field trip that I never would have the opportunity to without having this experience. Learning about nature added a whole new dimension to the idea of spending time in the outdoors.
A Natural Education
By: Kathryn McIntosh
A Place in the World
By Matthew Hasler
Niche
By: Sofia Gilmore-Montero
All my life, I've always saved animals, bugs, and anything else I could. When I was younger, it was "normal" for girls to play with bugs and dig through the dirt. No one questioned me holding yellow and red ladybugs on the tips of my fingers or moving a suffering slug from the sun-scorched concrete to the relief of the nearby grass.
Introducing Dr. Inabinet
By Anna Hotard
Though he is an active community member, Dr. Inabinet is not a stranger to academia. He received his Bachelor of Science in Geology from Louisiana State University. Twenty-seven years later, he would receive his Master of Arts in Earth Literacy from St. Mary of the Woods College in Indiana. After receiving his Doctorate of Philosophy in Philosophy and Religion with a concentration in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness at the California Institute of Integral Studies, he would go on to be an Adjunct Professor at the Institute for the 2013-2014 academic year.
