Log:
An attempt at an early morning. I simply could not get up at 6:30am to go to the Educational Farm. I enjoyed the return to sleeping. There’s something special about going back to bed, honestly, it’s cozier than just getting up and really starting your day. When I did start my day I prepared to table on the quad with Patrick. This time the fair was for transfer students. The timing was perfect because we could invite everyone to the potluck tonight. It was really enjoyable to get to tell others about CCAT. I don’t always realize how much I’ve learned through this internship, but I was reminded when I was able to answer almost all of the questions anyone asked us.
I also finished the first draft of an article about CCAT for the new SENS newsletter (the first edition is slated to go out in August).
The potluck rolled around and we didn’t get a very large crowd. I was really excited to give the presentation about Berea’s SENS program. Everyone was really interested and amazed at the progress we had made in such a short time. Seeing the reactions everyone had to the Ecovillage and SENS house pictures reminded me how amazing our facility really is, and how fortunate SENS is to have such a house. After my presentation I asked everyone to share their favorite thing about CCAT. The list included:
-CCAT’s sense of community
-the student involvement
-the food and innovative cooking (cob oven, hot box, solar oven)
-the bulletin board with work-trade, internship, apartment and other miscellaneous postings
-the networking is so extensive—CCAT has been around long enough that people know about their program and they receive information requests from all over the world
-the fact that everything at CCAT is being rebuilt enables more students to experience the building process
-how applicable the CCAT technologies are to the average joe’s life
-CCAT changes people’s perceptions of what technology is
-how many needs are met at CCAT by plants on site.

After the potluck crowd had dwindled we took a midnight walk in the forest. After Charles assured everyone that there were indeed magically fairies in these woods we stopped to notice something glowing on the ground. It looked like tiny worms, but felt like bark. I picked up a few pieces, calling them stardust. Of course we took a small detour to the playground for the swings and animals on large springs to rock on. I took everyone to my favorite tree stump to sit in. I was surprised at how much I still recognized the path at night, having only been here a little over a month. An unexpectedly twinkling cloudy night was a fine end to another week at CCAT that went by too quickly.

Questions:
-How are Berea’s orientation weekends going? I hope that the SENS display is being used.
-What could I have done to make my presentation better? (Please leave feedback on this one, thanks for coming!)
-What the heck was on that bark/mulch to make it glow? (Please, please tell me if you know this one)