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A Better World

I am unsatisfied with the default way we have been taught to view the world. I need to believe in something better, something more. I began this project to decide for myself what a meaningful life looks like. A Better World is an ongoing series exploring and reimagining the different aspects of life, with the goal of spending our days more thoughtfully, and with the purpose of making our tomorrows closer to our dreams of utopia.

Reincarnation

Concept: taking something destructive and polluting and turning it into a vessel for a bit brighter future. The newest in my broken things project is a pipe from my car taken out during repair at the mechanic. It's being repurposed to grow wildflowers, using seeds sent from Honey Nut Cheerios' campaign to bring back the dying populations of bees. By planting these wildflowers, we're trying to save the colonies that are disappearing at alarming rates. It's a small thing for me to do, and it's not enough to counter all the effects my carbon footprint has. But it's something. It's a step. It's one more broken thing that no longer harms, a villain that is trying to change.

Vareesha Khan