I\u2019m a geographer – I think I always have been and always will be. As a child I collected virtually every rock and leaf I ever found, my favourite day out was the Owl and Otter Sanctuary (although I\u2019ve never worked out why they combined those particular animals), and I constantly begged my parents for a pet otter to keep in our backyard. Sadly, they never gave in, but they did take me on lots of nature adventures – always in impeccable style, as evidenced below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus, as the result of many childhood trips to cold, wet beaches, being dragged across muddy fields, and eating squashed picnics in the back of a car, I absolutely love being outdoors. I now regularly, voluntarily, drag myself across muddy fields and enjoy nothing more than a squashed sandwich on top of a hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m also a Millennial, which my Gen-Z sister insists is a defining character trait. This means I\u2019m still wedded to skinny jeans, have an unwavering love of Fall Out Boy, and am currently only able to understand 70% of what gets said in our SGO meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How I got here…<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For the past few years, I\u2019ve had different roles in education and generally introduced myself as a teacher. I\u2019ve mostly taught geography, so I love a good map and some properly sharpened colouring pencils. Being a geography teacher meant that I spent a lot of time thinking about sustainability, talking about environmental issues, and exploring some of the solutions with students. However, I\u2019ve been reliably informed that \u2018teacher\u2019 no longer really suits my situation (and caused a little bit of confusion for the job interview). So, after a brief existential crisis, I am adjusting to being a student again. I thought an academic route had closed off for me a long time ago, so I am coming back to university with a renewed sense of excitement – alongside a strong intention of utilising the library a lot more this time around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What I\u2019m looking forward to…<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve loved my time in education, and I\u2019ve enjoyed being able to teach issues around sustainability. Exploring ways to be more sustainable and trying to integrate sustainability into everyday life makes you think differently, and I\u2019m hoping to explore some alternative ways of thinking and doing this year. Trying to live more sustainably can sometimes seem like an overwhelming task, but I strongly believe that a community helps it feel a lot less daunting. So, I\u2019m especially looking forward to meeting lots of you lovely people who are trying to make the world a little bit better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My aim is to bring a sense of hope, excitement, and joy to sustainability. It shouldn\u2019t be something that people try to do alone or feel obligated to do out of guilt. It should be something that we do together, in the hope of a better world. I\u2019d love to join you all on this joint search for better ways to look after the planet, and start to explore the exciting, intriguing, and sometimes questionable, things that are already taking place. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing lots of your lovely faces at our events this year as we celebrate this wonderful planet and the people in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By Lauren Satsi, SGO Projects Officer<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello! My name\u2019s Lauren, and I\u2019m very excited to be joining the SGO this year. I\u2019m new to CCCU and new to Canterbury – having finally ventured past London. I\u2019ve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":331329,"featured_media":21714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,66],"tags":[334,366,1822,1942,1954,2014],"class_list":["post-21710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-green-office","category-sustainability-engagement","tag-canterbury-christ-church-university","tag-cccusustainability","tag-sgo","tag-student-blogger","tag-student-green-office","tag-sustainability"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2026\/10\/Baby-Photo.jpg\")