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Collapsibility Reflection
The countries that I selected were Costa Rica and Luxembourg. Both are countries that I believe will not collapse. I didn't know they both had two extremes though. Costa Rica is the most green planet on the planet, and Luxembourg has the largest carbon footprint. It was a nice realization and made the process of comparing them a little easier too.
The five point framework was fine. Climate and environment were a little difficult to distinguish between. Also, this system gives equal weight to each section, when in reality, I think that some might be more important than others and should hold more weight.
I like my final product, but I think if I could go to these countries and visit them (or visit them again) and take my own pictures with this project in mind, I could come up with a lot more useful graphic images.
Collapse'ability of Sudan and Vietnam
During my research, I was able to see that Sudan and Vietnam was more similar than I thought. At first I thought they were totally random and different. But Sudan and Vietnam both have a very warm climate and are both affected by climate change. It was perplexing to figure out the different five frame points because while I did research, the frame points seemed to overlapped a lot of the times. It was a bit difficult because I was confused the more I researched the information. I was super unsure about what to put under the different topics, afraid that I would probably repeat myself. It was also a bit frustrating to decipher the information I was reading because most of it didn't match up and I didn't exactly know which one I could trust. But I was able to get the project done in a one piece.
Reflection
- I chose Australia and The Netherlands because they are both very well developed industrious countries. It was interesting to see the prevalence of certain factors within each country. My 5 point frame work was pretty straightforward, I just researched how well developed or underdeveloped each country was in each section. If I could change something I would add more information to the economic categories.
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I just realized I didn't post yesterday.
I was doing so well.
Well, right now I'm in Econ and I'm still raising money so if anyone has any donations please!
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Haiti and Madagascar Collapse-ability
Prom date?
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Reflective Post 1 (Sorry)
Reflective Post 1 (Sorry)
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Patty Waddy
Patricia has allot of issues she needs to settle. I think that allot of the problems stem from home. She is extremely hostile and for a reason that is beyond my knowledge she LOVES to pic out imperfections from everyone around her; I think it's a counter jealousy affect.
at the moment she is writing something called, "please don't be mad if you don't see Katherine at graduation"
Truth is she is just mad that although things stand in my way from not always being in school everyday all my work is done and I can always pull my grade off.
She is currently wearing beige knee high boots; a lime green pair of sweat pants and a purple adida's zip up jacket/ sweater thing that is zipped all the way to her neck... what lies underneath is UNKNOWN. She is sporting pined up "curls" and a $22 dark tan bag she bought from the thrift store. Most likely along with the rest of her outfit. OBViOuSLY something is wrong.
Sad.
Congratulations
Never Again
Cough
I heard her cough from upstairs.
The only thing that went through my mind was, "Die already, die."
The Truth About Bambi
A vulnerable species is an organism that is on the brink of being extinct. When they go extinct, they stay that way. However, we humans ignore this fact. We focus on the temporary positive effects of killing animals for their desirables. Yet, we are blind to the long-term consequences of this practice. The time has come to dig deeper into this major issue.
This tradition began in the early days of human occupancy on Earth. Animals were required for food and clothing. Yet, the difference is that at that time we only took what we needed. We killed living creatures only when it was required. This was because we lacked the technology to simply pull a trigger to kill a specimen. Each slaughter at that time meant sharpening spears, gaining momentum, grouping together, and a higher risk of failing. This very fail could in fact be fatal. Thus, we avoided these risks as often as possible.
Today, humans take the necessary amount and more. Many would think that there isn’t really a problem because the main source is from an abundant species. One of the most widely used animal products is leather. It is believed by some that leather comes exclusively from cows: an animal that is thought of as being less by a large population. But, this is misleading. Some leather is also made from the threatened zebra, among others. It is clear that the zebra is what one would call a “favorite animal”. Yet, the companies that produce them don’t express this. Their one priority is to make more money.
As horrid as that may seem to the already threatened animal species, it get’s much worse. There are consequences to those that manufacture the goods. Although leather makers often claim that their products are “eco-friendly”, the process of tanning it stabilizes the protein fibers. This results in the biodegrading process actually stopping. Along with this, today animal skin is turned into leather with a combination of dangerous substances. This included formaldehyde, coal-tar derivatives, and different types of oils. To make the bad even worse, the resulting waste usually contains chromium. The Environmental Protection Agency claims that all wastes containing this substance are hazardous.
But, it doesn’t end here. There is more harm done to the environment. In order to make the pastures that contain the animals being bred for their skins, trees must be cut down. That means less oxygen for we humans. In fact, the dairy itself is harmful to the environment. A recent study found that a single cow released nineteen pounds of volatile organic compounds a year, surpassing the amount of smog made by cars and trucks.
At this point, one must realize that a change is required. We humans must sacrifice a temporary pleasure for a lasting one. One possible solution to this conflict is using an alternative. Instead of leather, one can use cotton, linen, or rubber. Although these efforts do indeed increase the chance of a species survival, only time will tell if even this option is too little, too late.
3.30
Spongebob
Like the one character on the show named Squidward Tentacles. I can always talk about him because I think he is the funniest character. He is just always mad at the world and gets annoyed do easily. He as the craziest laugh, I love to imitate it.
Then you have Patrick Star. He is the second funniest character on the show. He is Spongebob's best friend. He plays the role of the stupid character. He says the craziest things and his laugh is also funny as well. I just love him. I'm sure I'll be watching this show at the age of 30. I can't get enough of it.
Sleep
Q3 Collapse Benchmark
Reflection
Before I began my project I mapped out an outline in order to give my approach to this task some structure. I researched each of the five point frameworks for my countries first, recordered my resources and then I began brainstorming the different types of mediums I could use to present my information. I decided to make a website and from there began adding information and pictures to my website to make it center around the five point framework for each country.
Assessing each country for the five point framework was fairly easy, but it was difficult in a sense because while their were some detailed explanations in the book as to what the five point framework meant, I didn’t really understand the rating scale to well because I figured there were so many other outside variable shat could contribute to the climate or environment being the way it is.
I would add a “home” or “introductory page” about the two countries to give the reader/audience some background information about the two countries. I think it also would of been nice if I combined two mediums, if I pt up some articles or footage about the countries to entice the reader and give them more information.
I think this project was interesting , I think it could have been a little more fun or interesting for the student if we were given more ways to present this piece and focused more on the collapse of different societies from the past. Maybe create our own countries and determine whether they’ll collapse or not based on the five point framework.
HWS!
Session One
Op Ed
Op Ed
Big Business and Inventions
When you were growing up, didn’t you think by 2011 we’d live like the Jetsons? Didn’t you think we’d be beyond worrying about trivial things like what fuels our cars and homes? Of course not! But in 2011, we still worry deeply about what fuels our cars. Why? Even though we don’t have basic things like flying cars; we have things like microscopic computer processors. We have the technology to solve this problem, so where are the 1000mpg cars? Oh, they’re here but they’re not welcome.
Though we have the technology for 1000+ mpg cars, they have yet to be seen on the public market. Maybe it’s just because no major car companies have produced them. That makes sense, I guess. But now Ford Motors has created a 300mpg electric/hydrogen hybrid and I don’t know about you but I haven’t seen any on the roads. The car is standard size and can go up to 85mph. It runs on a lithium battery until it depletes to 40%, once it hits this point it switches to a hydrogen powered fuel cell and with this change goes from 25mpg to 280mpg. Pretty neat, huh? But I still don’t see any. That’s probably because oil companies have made it just about impossible for any car that runs over 60mpg to be commercially produced.
In the past, people have claimed to have invented cars that run 1000mpg, cars that run on water, and just about everything else. Most of these claims can obviously be seen as propaganda but a few claims do seem plausible. There is one claim of a water-powered car(it’s more like a dune-buggy but for the sake of the argument) by Stan Meyer. It achieved an amazing 100mpg but never became popular due to Meyer’s somewhat suspicious brain aneurysm at 57 years old. There are many theories that say oil companies ordered him assassinated, though that is unlikely, the fact is he created a water-powered vehicle that worked. That means we have the technology and it isn’t being used.
The list goes on and on about other people who have invented things like 2000mpg cars and simple, emission-less, energy that have supposedly been killed by big time energy companies. These claims are probably propaganda but that doesn’t change the fact that even if the inventors death wasn’t the fault of the companies, they certainly benefitted from it. If these people hadn’t died or been put into jail, the companies would be in jeopardy of losing billions upon billions of dollars and in the past, companies like this have shown that they will do anything for another dollar and will go very far to do it.
So whether these inventions are publicly available is due the the inventors misfortunes or companies preventing them from getting there or not, the truth is the technology to make them exists. This technology is available and we’re going to need it if we actually want to affect global warming and keep this planet able to sustain life.
Q3 Benchmark on India and China
In order to do this project I had to dig deep and find things that were recent. I looked through journals and blog sites that reported about recent policies of both countries. I knew that it was supposed to be a visual representation of the rates of the countries so I tried to make it as visually attracting as possible. At first, finding the information for the 5 point framework was hard because I didn't really know how I should base the ranking on. But after the second slide, I got the hang of it. If I could change one thing about my project it would probably be the countries that I picked. Doing this benchmark helped me realize a lot of what was going on in those countries and why they were the way they were.