May 30, ECHO Field Trip

During class on May 30 we took a field trip to ECHO. ECHO is a self sustainable farm that focuses on efficiency and providing food and knowledge to those in third world countries who unfortunately do not have access to even clean water. Before I arrived to ECHO I honestly had no idea what it was. I obviously knew it had to do with the environment but I did not know what exactly it was. Once we arrived I realized that ECHO had a lot to do with farming, crops/harvesting and water, just by the looks of it. After I got there we walked around and I realized that my theory was right but it also had a lot more to it that I was not aware of. I realized that it is more of a lifestyle for the people of ECHO. They take pride in this farm. They take their time and effort into each thing they do for the world. They are trying to make the world a better place, one step at a time. As we took the tour though out ECHO I saw that there were many different means of food. There were fish, goat, rice, etc. They even had a way to make their own electricity for the stove. I thought all of this was impressive. The most impressive part was that the interns had to live on the land in order to get the whole experience. This I thought was very productive because in order for them to preach the life they needed to live it, and that is exactly what they did. ECHO is a very up-warming and generous system. The people at ECHO are thinking of everyone but themselves. They seek other problems from other countries and they make them their problems. This helps out the world because once ECHO figures out a solution to a problem they let that country know and it is then fixed. This solves more than just a mediocre problem. ECHO can help solve hunger, crop issues and it can help save a lot of energy. Going to ECHO makes you think twice about your every day habits. It makes you realize that buying groceries are not such a necessity when you can grow food. But in all reality, the regular human being is not going to grow their own groceries. This is contributed to laziness and impatiences. I will agree wholeheartedly that I am at fault for this. I could only image how hard it would be to harvest their own food and to create their own electricity, this is why I have so much respect for ECHO and I can only hope that I give back as much as they have in a lifetime.