Discover, Inhabit, Sustain is the chosen motto for Emory as Place.
The places we inhabit, our living systems, built environments, human histories and values, shape our identities and actions. Places shape us and in turn we shape, build, and redefine our place. Emory as Place's motto fits into the process of sustaining place.
To sustain a place, one must inhabit it and to inhabit a place, one must discover the place.
Discovering a place includes researching the histories and intricacies of the place's past. Who lived here? Who or what are the roads named for? Does the place have a history of environmentalism? Of activism? These questions and more can lead someone on a deep and long search for the history of place. However to really learn about a place, one must experience it, leave the library and walk in the place.
Being present in the place and inhabiting the environment leads to developing a stake in sustaining it. When we recognize the benefits and beauty of our place, we establish a connection with the place. We create memories in the place. And the combination of history and memory with living in the place gives us a reason to sustain it. Our bond with the place inspires us to work harder and live better for the place. In doing so, the place becomes our place.
--kate
The places we inhabit, our living systems, built environments, human histories and values, shape our identities and actions. Places shape us and in turn we shape, build, and redefine our place. Emory as Place's motto fits into the process of sustaining place.
To sustain a place, one must inhabit it and to inhabit a place, one must discover the place.
Discovering a place includes researching the histories and intricacies of the place's past. Who lived here? Who or what are the roads named for? Does the place have a history of environmentalism? Of activism? These questions and more can lead someone on a deep and long search for the history of place. However to really learn about a place, one must experience it, leave the library and walk in the place.
Being present in the place and inhabiting the environment leads to developing a stake in sustaining it. When we recognize the benefits and beauty of our place, we establish a connection with the place. We create memories in the place. And the combination of history and memory with living in the place gives us a reason to sustain it. Our bond with the place inspires us to work harder and live better for the place. In doing so, the place becomes our place.
--kate
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