I went to the Digital Humanities showcase this morning as I had some of my photos being presented, and I got the opportunity to look around at other people’s projects. There was an educational VR project that involved putting on a VR headset and going on a ride into the paleolithic era. I thought this was a super innovative way to approach education. Another interesting project I got to see was one on transit in San Diego. There was a group of students in a journalism class that put this together, and the project looked into the transit system in San Diego. They analyzed a few different perspectives, such as corporate interests and comparison to other countries. I found this project to be interesting because of the differences between the U.S.’s public transit and other countries. When I traveled in Europe and Asia, the public transit was much more efficient, organized, and clean. The same presenter for this project also told me about a project she did individually about composting. Apparently, in 2022, San Diego passed a law saying all organic waste should be composted in the county. I found this surprising because I literally have never seen a green can in San Diego. Where I am from, in the Bay Area, everyone has composting bins along with their trash and recycling. The girl I was talking to also said that the city said they would give out green cans but then only followed through with about 200,000 cans, which isn’t enough for the population of San Diego. It’s interesting to see what’s going on in the county that I might be oblivious to.