For one of my Honors events, I went to the first Botanical 'Booch selling event. The event took place over spring break, at the HTH Forum. Real World Scholars was having a conference for administrators and teachers from around the country, so they decided to set up a small farmers market outside with a few of the school's companies they were helping out. It was a really cool experience because every single person that came up to our stand was genuinely interested in the work we were doing and the product we were showing off. While selling, I was able to practice my sales and communication skills, which are definitely areas I need constant practice in. Because it was the first time we were selling the product, John and I had to figure out how to answer all the questions people were asking on the spot which was really difficult for me. Luckily, John is really good at talking to people so he took the lead of that. I was handling the money and labels throughout our time selling. I think it was really beneficial for me to have gone to the first selling event because we got an idea of all aspects that have to be taken into account when starting a business. There were questions that people asked that we hadn't even thought were factors when selling. After this event, we talked to Chris and reflected on certain ares we needed to have as a priority before the end of the year, like the labels, website, business cards, branding photos and other selling events. In the end, we actually sold out extremely quickly which was really cool to see because we thought we were going to have so many bottles left over. I know we sold out because we were at an event with so many adults that were new to the idea of student run businesses, so I am curious to see how sales do when at a school exhibition or event.
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For my other Honors event, I went to a 2-mile, guided nature walk around Florida Canyon in Balboa Park. I went with a few friends from my class and some that were in Honors Biology. During the hike our guide, Sam, talked a lot about native and invasive plant species, which we learned about in class. He mentioned that Florida Canyon is most known for being one of the only natural reserves with a majority of the plants being native to San Diego. While we were walking there was an acacia tree in the middle of sagebrush, making it stand out even more. Our guide had mentioned that this particular acacia tree became naturalized in the area because someone put have planted one somewhere and the tree adapted naturally to the San Diego climate. He also mentioned that there is a species closely related to the cashew tree that is native in San Diego, but I don't remember the name of it. This related to class for me because we have been talking about sustainability within a society and after this walk it made me realized that even nature reserves like Florida Canyon should be taken into account when looking into it. If we were to fill up an entire society with invasive, non-native plants the ecosystem would fall apart because the native animals would start to die off. Not only would that effect the environmental aspect of a sustainable society, but it brings it back to biodiversity, which we talked about in the beginning of the semester. Before this event, I didn't even think twice about the natural reserves around San Diego and how much they positively effected the city. Overall, I really enjoyed this nature walk because it helped me realized how important biodiversity and environmental sustainability, in even the smallest corner of the world, is so important to the entire ecosystem.
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