As far as involvement with this community that I live in, I have spent my entire life about an hour away in Silver Springs so I am fairly familiar with my new home in Reno. I recognize it as very low in pollution mainly because of its size and location.
Right now, I consider myself a sole consumer, but I hope to change that in the near future by volunteering at Urban Roots, an organization that teaches children how to plant gardens and conserve.
Walking around campus, I realize that everyone is constantly "making place" for others around them, whether they are familiar with them or not. One might hold the door open for another person and in a sense, that person is making room for the other to enter or exit before them. One might take time out of their schedules to make place for another person and tutor them with their homework. It happens everywhere, in both positive and negative atmospheres.
I try to create place for others by doing the small things, much like the ones mentioned above, and overall just trying to create a better environment (both physical and intellectual) for my peers.
The dictionary definition of "politics" is the act of governing or taking part in government, particularly over a nation. However, the term "governing" can go many different ways and from a much smaller perspective, each individual acts as governor of their own environment. I govern my world simply by making certain choices, from deciding to plant a garden to choosing what food I consume. I may not be negotiating foreign policy or writing a bill, but politicking exists within and without of our perceptions of the term "government".
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