STAFF & FACULTY DIRECTORY PROFILE
MC McDonald
Job Title:
Living Lab Gardener
Department:
Creation Care Team
Email:
Phone: (510) 577-9100
ext.
Started at O'Dowd:
2022
Degrees:
BA in Sociology at University of Illinois at Chicago
Originally from:
Chicago
Why I Teach:
I love to garden because it connects me to the natural world that is often overlooked. Gardening helps my observation skills and keeps me curious. It is also a way of plugging into my community and using my skills to help bring abundance to land that has often been used primarily for extraction.
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Why are the subjects you teach important?:
Favorite quotes:
"I'm no longer accepting the things I cannot change, I'm changing the things I cannot accept" -Angela Davis
Favorite trivia:
Recommended visual media:
The Tree of Life, Away We Go, Pan's Labyrinth, Fantastic Mr. Fox
Recommended reads:
Parable of the Sower, Emergent Strategy, Braiding Sweetgrass, 1984
Hobbies or outside interests:
Playing music, hiking, camping, plant identification, working out, being around cats, and karaoke