Research Part 5: Can Corn Really Save Us?

With oil politics raging and pump prices steadily rising, many are looking to golden rows of corn as an out for the nation’s daunting energy crisis; the United States has made a goal to substantially increase biofuel production in response to the rising prices of gasoline and other petroleum products. Many factors must be considered [...]

Responses 11-15

Website The 20 liters website is about raising funds and awareness for people in the world who have limited access to clean drinking water. It talked about a fundraiser many people take place in called “walk for water”, in which people walk long distances carrying heavy jugs of water in order to experience what it’s [...]

Essay 2 Revision

Essay 2- Putting Ourselves First: Earth’s Rebellious Children Humans have always debated the roles of man and nature. While some view humankind as the noble conquerors of earth, others would argue that we are but small players in nature’s great game. One thing that’s for sure is that by considering our relationship to nature, humans [...]

Berrios Workshop 2

Overall 1. What does the author do particularly well? Be specific. You did a much better job of organizing your research into distinct subjects; I could easily tell that the essay moved from animal welfare, to pollution, to human health concerns. 2. Ask the author for one particular concern that s/he had about the draft. Examine that area and see [...]

Essay 3 Proposal- Fairbanks North Star Borough School Busses: Filling Empty Seats

The Fairbanks area is unique in that its relatively small population is spread out across many suburban areas 5 to 20 miles outside of the city. Places like Goldstream, Fox, Ester and Chena Hot Springs road provide beautiful and scenic homes to many residents who wish to live outside of Fairbanks’ small city limits. Unfortunately [...]

Essay 1 Revision

The development of Pebble Mine in southeast Alaska has been a heated issue for years. Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP), a marriage of two mining companies based in Canada and London, wish to develop an enormous mineral mining operation in Southeast Alaska near the waters of Bristol Bay. The mine could uncover nearly a trillion dollars [...]

Research Part 4: Can Corn Really Save Us?

With oil politics raging and pump prices steadily rising, many are looking to golden rows of corn as an out for the nation’s daunting energy crisis; the United States has made a goal to substantially increase biofuel production in response to the rising prices of gasoline and other petroleum products. Many factors must be considered [...]

Berrios Draft 1 Workshop

Overall 1. What does the author do particularly well? Be specific. You have a lot of good information. 2. Ask the author for one particular concern that s/he had about the draft. Examine that area and see if you can offer the author helpful suggestions. Concerns? Thesis 3. Does the author clearly express his/her opinion of the topic in the thesis? [...]

Research Project Rough Draft 1- Corn Ethanol

The United States has made a goal to substantially increase biofuel production in response to the rising prices of gasoline and other petroleum products. Many factors must be considered in evaluating the benefits of switching from petro-based products to biofuels, including the economic efficiency, availability of resources, and potential environmental impacts. The rising price of [...]

Essay #2 Book Review- Putting Ourselves First: Earth’s Rebellious Children

Humans have always debated the roles of man and nature. While some view humankind as the noble conquerors of earth, others would argue that we are but small players in nature’s great game. One thing that’s for sure, is that by considering our relationship to nature, human’s have established a paradigm in which we are [...]