Reading Response #11 – Fast Food

Fast Food by Mike Rdsenwald The article Fast Food by Mike Rdsenwald is a great bit of information about how green energy and technology are making their way into new territory. The use of green products in making and powering a race car has quite an allure to many, and while it may not be [...]

Reading Response #11: An Inconvenient Truth

Al Gore’s documentary about the current environmental crisis combines the matter-of-fact-ness of scientific evidence with Hollywood producing. He didn’t want to just target science or environmental gurus, he wanted to rope in a general audience. Putting together a documentary rich with information that’s still entertaining to the average Joe is no small task. This documentary [...]

Reading Response 13

I didn’t quite like this article. I didn’t understand the point of it, and I didn’t really understand quite who the audience would be. (I assume it’s biology teachers.) I’d go as far to say that it is completely useless. Peter McLean tries to explain in his article, The Need for Sustainability, that teachers must [...]

Reading Response 12 – Earth911.com

Earth911.com provides a multitude of information regarding green living. Here, any internet surfer can find information on how to save energy, better their gardens, eat healthier, purchase green products and find information on how to reduce their carbon foot print. The website is quite easy to navigate. The toolbar at the top of the screen [...]

Reading Response 11 – Sperm Whales Bear Testimony

Again I find myself reading an information poor document. Obviously, the main point of this article is to inform the general public about the growing amount of pollutants in the ocean, and by keeping the verbiage to a minimum I agree that the author does accomplish this goal. I do, however, feel that the author [...]

Essay#1-Proposal; Fairbanks Brave the Cold and Plug it in!

In 2002 Fairbanks and Anchorage were on the Environmental Protection Agency’s list of worst offenders for Carbon Monoxide pollution.  Other cities that made the top six were Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Spokane.  How does lowly Fairbanks with a population around 80,000 make a list comparing its pollution to cities like Anchorage and Los Angeles [...]

Research Draft: Water Pollution Causes Tremendous Environmental Problems in China

My hometown is Hengyang, China. This is a beautiful city, which is surrounded by a pure and clear river called Xiangjiang. When I was little, I often played in the water. I swam, dove and went fishing there. Honestly, Xiangjiang River has become part of my sweet childhood memory. However, since a paper mill factory [...]

Response 12: Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food

            “Meat!  I need Meat!”  This is a common phrase heard in the United States today.  It is one quite commonly heard from a good friend of mine when he sees too much green and not enough meat on the table.  My wife will also say that this is something that I am known for [...]

Response 11: Reuniting a River

            Clean energy is a good thing, go green for mother earth, hybrid and electric cars, eat veggies.  All of these things are seen as good things for the earth and going green.  People say we need to clean up our act and clean up the earth along with it.  Sometimes when we are already [...]

Red Gold-The Red Gold of Bristol Bay (E.C.)

Bristol Bay, Alaska is the depository for the sockeye, or red salmon that return here each year to their natal stream waters. The rivers that empty into Bristol Bay are the breeding, dying and rebirth watersheds for millions of salmon that have been repeating that cycle in these waters for hundreds of thousands of years. [...]