Our Actions : The Consequences

Siyana Kurteva : ODB Garbage Island

We found this post INTERESTING, since we do not really realize how much pollution we are doing from the trash that we throw away. It shows how much we pollute without even realizing what we are doing. It shows how much we aren’t considerate on the way we do the things we do. We throw away our garbage, mostly re-usable, without even knowing where they go, how they are going to be treated, without even a care in the world. And then the result: a sea of garbage on different areas on earth. Places where they just dump the garbage waiting for an answer on how to dispose of them. But in the meantime, these trashes pollute and do not degrade.

http://ymiblogging.org/2010/07/odb-garbage-island/



Jordan McGregor : Is the Blue-Green Algae Killing Off Sea Otters?

We found this post HORRIFYING. First, we are the ones causing the blue-green Algae; as a result, devastating consequences are occurring. For instance, this article explains that we humans are responsible for the creation of algae. Human activity is the main cause for this. Agriculture, car washes, industries, all of these human activities contributes to the proliferation of blue-green algae. It is invading slowly the local rivers and lakes. Some places, where you could swim and drink from the water, there is an interdiction to even touch the water. In fact, even the sea population is threatened. They are dying from the algae; it removes most oxygen from the water so they cannot continue to live. The Sea Otters are in the same boat. They are dying. Dying because of us. Dying because of the pollution of the human activity. We are a source of destruction. And we do not care. We keep on going with our daily activities, with our production. We know that it is happening, we ‘’try’’ to do something, but the true fact is that nothing is happening. There will be no change unless we hear the soon-coming wake up call.

http://www.takepart.com/news/2010/09/21/is-blue-green-algae-pond-scum-killing-off-sea-otters

In brief:
 
In this class we managed to learn about how the meat that we eat (such as poultry, steak, etc.) is made. We learned the truth behind the production (miserable way of living for the animals that are being fattened with corn and live in their own manure).

We also learn in this class that world is getting hungry. We are using harmful means for the environment to achieve our goal of making lots and lots of cheap food and then sell it for cheaper.
Corn is used everywhere, which is why the cost of food is cheaper. There are so many rows of corn that it is just amazing. Whether you like it or not, corn is predominant in our society.

There is also Peak Oil. We didn’t even know that the word existed, nor the concept. We didn’t know at some point in time, there will be a peak of oil. We knew that the quantity of oil was diminishing, but we didn’t know about the concept of Peak Oil.

We also learned that, sometimes, bottled water isn’t as great as we think it is. It might even be worse than tap water. 3

The descision...

After learning this, we will try to be more responsible of our actions. We will think more about the actions that we do. Per say, we will try to recycle more, try to not use water bottles and maybe try to teach some people about what we learned, such as our family. Basically, spread the message to others.



Habib Ur Rehman

Clarence Christian Fontin