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  Book 2 Post 2 - Losing Eden The book I chose for book 2 was Lucy Jones’ Losing Eden. As I mentioned in my previous blog post, I chose this book for more perspective on my enjoyment of the outdoors in my time as a boy scout. I don’t think I got the exact answers I was looking for from the book, but I learned things I never imagined that I would, and overall it was a pleasurable experience. The book touched on many topics, each chapter talking about a different aspect of nature, the future of nature in relation to humans, and the ways that nature can be healing and beneficial to humans. In many ways the lack of childhood involvement with nature in recent times has been linked to many problems plaguing the current generation, and the book serves as a great reminder that the world is not composed of people and nature as separate entities, but rather as intertwined and related in many fundamental ways. One fact in the book that stood out to me was the eventual phasing out of many natu...

  Book 2 Post 1 - Losing Eden The book I chose for Book 2 was Losing Eden: Our Fundamental Need for the Natural World and Its Ability to Heal Body and Soul by Lucy Jones. After reading through the recommended book descriptions, it was difficult to narrow it down to one particular book, since they all looked interesting and would grant me a perspective that I hadn’t had previously. But upon further inspection, Losing Eden definitely spoke to me the most at a first glance. As an Eagle Scout and someone who has been in scouting since 6th grade, I’ve done my fair share of hiking growing up. I don’t do it much anymore, since most of the community I’ve found at college doesn’t really hike that much, and I’m the kind of person that’ll do something more for who’s at the event than what we’re actually doing. When I was in middle school, I’d actually say I wasn’t a big fan of hiking, since it was tiring and hot and sweaty; I’d have much rather been at home playing video games or sleeping. As...

  AMDP Investment Proposal To: Professor Clark Hansen, CEO, AMDP From: Leon Hua, R&D Analyst Date: March 2, 2022 Re: Investment Proposal - Lettuce Grow After comprehensive research and analysis, I recommend Lettuce Grow as a worthy investment opportunity. Lettuce Grow is a company dedicated to innovation against problems caused by big agriculture to ultimately allow for sustainable food solutions across the globe. Lettuce Grow is a company that is rethinking sustainability and environmental impact in the agriculture industry, and meets our rigorous standards, making it an ideal candidate for inclusion into our investment portfolio.  AMDP Standards Before continuing further discussion regarding Lettuce Grow, I would like to reiterate our standards for consideration of potential investment.  Triple Bottom Line The Triple Bottom Line is a term coined by John Elkington in 1994 to measure company performance (Investopedia). He summed up the three bottom lines with three P’...