Responses 6-10

Article 6- The article, Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food, was very well written. Not only did the author, Bryan Walsh, talk about the problems with concentrated-animal feeding operations (CAFOs), but he also gave a few ideas to remedy the situation. When you think about where the pork you are eating for [...]

Research Proposal and Outline: Topic Change: Organic Farming

Although there are many choices in a grocery store, organic foods should be seriously considered over inorganic produced foods because organic farming reduces chemical pollutions, animal pollutants, and preserves our lands and plants species. Chemical Herbicides Nonorganic solutions Organic solutions Pesticides Nonorganic solutions Organic solutions Fertilizers Nonorganic solutions Organic solutions Animal Types of animal agriculture [...]

Responses #6-10

Article #1 The article Eating Mercury by Alexandra Gross is aimed at the growing number of people who eat High Fructose Corn Syrup or HFCS. The article reveals the results of a study that found levels of mercury in a majority of food containing HFCS. While the FDA has released standards for seafood mercury levels [...]

Reading Responses #6-10

Article 1 Kathy Freston wrote an article named “Vegetarian is the New Prius.” Walsh’s article discusses environmental risks involved with mass production of livestock. The article takes a new look at an old problem. The problem is global warming and the production of greenhouse gases. Her article examines how people are very aware that driving [...]

Essay 2 Thesis Proposal Duckworth

Spring 2012 Essay 2 Tongass National Rainforest Unification from the Saw Blade to the Sea Thesis: Although Tongass National Rainforest seems to have a ceaseless supply of timber, an overabundance of wildlife, and plethora of suitable hunting grounds, the timber has its own unique time frame, including: Mass quantity of loggers depleted the amount of [...]

Spring 2012-Response 6-10 Duckworth

Spring 2012 Response 6-10 Environment Article 1 In Don Young’s article called, “Oil Exploration Can be a Boom to Alaskans and Environment”, he tries to persuade Alaskans who want to expand from living in Third World-like communities to the Greater Alaskan population to people in oil industries. In his opinion, he views using oil to [...]

Response #6-10

ARTICLE #1 The article “Electric Bugaboo” by Tim Dickinson tells of the struggle to get started with renewable energy here in the United States.  It would seem natural to believe that the biggest obstacles standing in the way for renewable energy construction would be large corporations that supply energy already, coal and oil.  The shock [...]

Responses #’s 6-10

Video: The Future of Food This documentary attempts to explain to the food consuming public a fraction of the science behind genetically modified foods. In the film, narrators take a tone aligned with conspiracy theorists with an objective of uncovering a lie perpetrated against the people who have consumed foods under false pretenses. While the [...]

Girard Gaul- Response #6-10

Vegetarian is the new Prius Kathy Freston’s article, Vegetarian is the new Prius, is aimed at health conscious adults that are interested in being green or reducing their impact on the Earth. The article highlights the fact that while some measures are being taken to become greener in the form of updated homes or environmentally [...]

Responses #6-10

Responses #6-10 Article #1 As Bob the Builder would say, “Can we do it? Yes we can!” We are all responsible for the changes that need to be done to ensure that life here on Earth is the best it can be. In an interview done by Nell Greenberg, Charles Moore tells how while sailing [...]