Friday, November 5, 2010

Reflection: Weeks 5-8

Overview:
Over the past couple weeks we have discussed the effects of plastic bottles on the environment, water mining has on communities, and industrial plants have on communities.  We have also checked out what cool websites you can find such as JunkMarketStyle.com or costmeticdatabase.com.

Film:
The documentary 'Tapped' showed the effects that water mining has on communities.  It showed how corporations like Nestle can enter in to communities with cheap permits to pump water before the citizens realize it.  They pump the water and then sell it for many times its value, without the communities being compensated for their resources.  The documentary also showed the negative effects of the overuse of plastic bottles.  Consider this map and Wikipedia page.  It is pretty disgusting to think this is something real.

Websites:
JunkMarketStyle.com is a very cool website that shows creative ideas that people have had with their old, otherwise unusable, stuff. 
The other website that we used in the Eye Opener post is called cosmeticdatabase.com.  At this website you can search for the things you use for personal hygiene to learn about how hazardous it is for you. 

Conclusion:
Overall, I have found the stuff listed above as the most interesting stuff covered up to this point in the semester.  I love films and found Tapped to be very well done, I think I can speak for a lot of viewers in saying it kept you engaged the entire 75 minutes and raised concerns that will not be forgotten anytime soon.  I loved the websites too.  I am always looking for ways to make my house feel more 'homey' and I think this is going to help me open my eyes to find different ways of doing that for the future.  And the next time I am going to buy cosmetics for myself, I will be comparing them in cosmetic database before I purchase new ones, partly to see how hazardous mine are, and partly to see if I can discover something new!

5 comments:

  1. I thought that junking was a good way to get a home to feel more "homey" also.

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  2. The movie "Tapped" definitely had an impact on me. I'm also excited to start our junk project, I think it's a good idea to save money and the environment!

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  3. I still cannot get over "Tapped" I find myself constantly thinking about all of the toxins I most likely consumed throughout the course of my life. This class has been a huge eye-opener, and we are only half way through!

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  4. I too thought that all of this was really interesting. Hopefully all of this stuff can make us more aware of what is going on

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  5. Great links to the garbage patch! I forgot that we had talked about that in class and was absolutely astonished when I read about it on those sites! It's sad that it's so big they had to name it.

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