RESPONSES #1-5

  Article #1   Trends are part of everyday life for the majority people in this country. Through our lives peer groups in school and work, and more recently social media and attention to celebrity lifestyles help to dictate many of the choices we make individually about the clothing we wear, music we listen to, [...]

Essay #1- Cause/Effect: Food Inc. Change, Powerd by Choice

Since the industrial era businesses have been able to cut production costs and provide mass quantities of products at lower prices. Typical families are now capable of putting meat on the table, not only once a week, or even once a day, but every single meal. The reduction of meat prices is due to the [...]

Response # 4: Earth911.com

The website, Earth911.com, reaches beyond teaching its visitors how to recycle. At the top of the website is a recycling center locator. This is not just a listing of places that recycle items, it’s has a search section that allows visitors to look up exactly what they want to recycle. Additionally, the locator has a [...]

Response #3: Which came First, Chickens or Automobiles?

According to Kathy Freston the author of the article “Vegetarian is the New Prius,” chickens, or livestock in general, produce a far greater impact on the environment than automobiles. Freston stated that this information comes from a United Nations report on livestock, and suggests that livestock is a leading cause for many environmental problems including [...]

Reading Response #1- City of the Future

Have you ever wondered about the actual limits of this green trend that is becoming so much of a trend? Some find that making all of these changes required for going green is too much of a bother for their liking, so they choose not to submit. One possible reason for this would be that [...]