Ethics, Values, & Sustainability
Environmental Strategy & Sustainability
Systems Thinking & Sustainable Businesses
Last Updated 01/14/2006
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GROUP 1
Take time out and relax
Smile, breathe.
Figure out what makes you happy
And share it with someone
Life on earth is magical!
Don’t let it pass by too quickly
Enjoy what you’ve got
Entice others to do the same
Eat vanilla ice cream in the rain.
Amelia Musser
In nature it is said, you see your true reflection
The time we take to see its magic changes our direction.
The earth is but a chasm, a labyrinth to solve
Humans but a dozer, oh how we did evolve.
Vanilla beans and saffron spices are worth their weight in gold
Yet the stories of the species gone are never to be told.
Let the problems of the air we breathe, entice in you a goal
For with the help of others, it’s time we take control.
Lucas Roe
I walk with spirit, with determination.
The sun is my energy.
I feel it deep inside of me.
With each breath sunshine fills my lungs, my heart, my muscles.
Sunshine and blue sky seep through every pour of my body.
Like magic, I am alive again.
I notice everything:
The laughter across the street,
The vanilla patches that slowly shrink away,
The brown earth that peeks into view.
The sun is enticing to us, energizing us all.
It is the spirit from which all life flows.
And it has returned to remind us of the vivacity with which we are capable of living.
Brynna Larsen
Magical seasons, magical Earth
Breath in the leafy greenness of a summer day
Feel the wind blow through the trees as they sway
Into a tawny fall enticing you to play
In the falling leaves that will soon decay
After being entombed by soft vanilla flakes
That turn into anticipated April showers that makes
Spring the season of rejuvenation and rebirth
And completes the seasons of magical mother earth.
Chelsey Wolfgram
Enticed to act, but taken back
The last or first to breathe.
The weight of earth is not its worth
So what’s the worth of me?
A magic bin, a manic sin
I sink into the sea,
Vanilla dreams, or so it seems
Awakened I am free.
John Szcygiel
Madison
The question that every student asks
Is home here or is home home?
A higher education enticed us here
Liberal studies teach us about the earth
The magic of making new friends
Made it easier to stay away from home
The magic of fresh Babcock ice cream
Made it easy for the freshman fifteen
Travis North
To Senegal
I still can smell her vanilla skin in my room
As if she wanted to leave her presence
The image of her eyes staring at me still burns in the back of my mind
I can’t concentrate on anything else
It is almost like she put a magic spell on me
Enticing me to never let her go
But now she is gone
I can’t even breathe thinking about how it will be one year before I see her again
Tomorrow, she will be on the other side of earth
Ryu Suzuki
Earth
Iridescent stars
Entice and take my breath
High above the earth
Travis North
Vanilla is middle-of-the-road.
Life is an experience, not a chore.
Take a stand against a vanilla life.
Don’t just breath, FEEL!
Experience the interconnectedness of Earth.
Of its simple, yet complex magic.
Alter your own experiences,
Change something small for the better.
Entice change in your surroundings.
One good leads to another –
Exponential goodness starts with you.
Tim Puchter
I breathe in short quick breaths
Huff.. puff.. huff.. puff
The cold night air numbing my cheeks
Exhausted and elated I trek home
Class is over for the week I’m free!
Huff.. puff.. huff.. puff
And yet sadness creeps in.
How long have I walked these streets home?
The sweet vanilla scents from Greenbush trying to entice me to indulge.
But those days are numbered now
My departure from this place is looming
Huff.. puff.. huff.. puff
Eminent
Sad
I should take comfort in the knowledge,
That I merely leave Madison and not this earth;
And that the magic and memories will never fade.
But creature of comfort I hesitate to leave
And embark into the unknown
Huff.. puff.. huff.. puff
Sharon Tiedt
The Others
I see them on the street
and smile
their vanilla lives are magic that I breathe.
I watch them in their cars
and sigh
I want to entice them outside of their boxes.
The Earth groans under our weight.
What will it take?
The smog? The epidemic? The flood?
Or the softer things . . .
the gift of a hug?
Leah Hart
The magic of nature entices me
As I take a breath of fresh air
I can taste the earth
Like sweat vanilla melting in my mouth
Pure and simple
Soothing my soul and clearing my mind
Lisa Ashenbrenner
University
Amidst the clustered buildings, my newfound wings.
An isthmus hugging a world of hippies
Vanilla skies, a magic lake
fill evenings with a state of bliss.
Scholars, custodians, partiers,
breathe of the same sweet liberal air.
“Protect the Earth” the posters cry
although the average college guy
will shake his head and wonder . . . why?
Leah Hart
The crisp night air breathes life into me
The sweat aroma of vanilla pours out of a shop nearby
The magical atmosphere of State Street entices me
But the earth’s harsh elements soon awaken me from this fantasy
As the wind and snow whip against my face
I must go home
Lisa Ashenbrenner
Fall Morning in Madison
I woke up at the crack of dawn
There is no explanation for this
I never wake up this early unless I have to
Tried to go back to sleep but couldn’t
Surfed through the channels but nothing was on
It is too early
Decided to go for a run
My footsteps automatically took me to the lake
It was a crisp fall morning
Cool fresh air I breathed in revitalized my out-of-shape lungs
Sun was starting to shed life on Lake Monona
Never seen a sun rise over a horizon in Madison
Vanilla like fog was slowly dancing on the surface of water
I haven’t seen a single car polluting the air
It was as if all the automobiles magically disappeared in a single night
Dead silence besides the sound of my feet hitting the ground
Who ever said the city is an antinomy of nature?
Natural beauty is all around us, if you only look
Even in the heart of the city
Ryu Suzuki
You can’t have the earth without letting her breathe.
You can’t let her breathe without letting her work her magic.
You can’t let her work her magic, if you sour her vanilla essence.
You can’t sour her essence if you aren’t enticed to take advantage of her.
So why are some enticed to take
When it’s better to give than to receive.
Ted Condon
