Recycling video

The group with the recycling video presented us with a lot of statistics.  I did not find the video interesting at all because it has no sound only sheets with statistics written on them.  I think recycling is a bit of a trite environmental topic because it’s been shown to all students so many times already.  To be honest I did not learn much from this presentation but they certainly had a lot of information.  They also had a fish made out of recyclables that was very artistic.

Ocean Pollution

The group presenting on water pollution described the 3 different trash island located in the worlds ocean.  They presented us with interesting facts about recycling and how trash will eventually go out to sea if not disposed of properly.  The video was short and direct with some comedic bloopers in the end.  I had no idea there was more than one trash island but it turns out there’s three

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Baggit

This week we watched a documentary called baggit, it's about the shocking number of onetime use plastic convenience items like bags and bottles and packaging.  The documentary really shocked me, not because of the plastic not breaking down in landfills or litter in the ocean, I already knew about that; what really surprised me is the amount of toxins we intake into our bodies on a daily basis.  At one point in the documentary a man uses plastic convenience items and shampoos and other artificial products and his blood analysis came up spiked with harmful toxins.  Whats worse is these toxins can even be found in many children's toys and soaps some are even linked to ADHD and Autism.  It seems company's have been asleep at the wheel when it comes to product safety and something has to be done about it.

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Echo

After watching a video on how food is grown by most American farms I was amazed by how efficient Echo really is.  Everything at Echo is environmentally Conservative, from simple irrigation methods to advanced seeding.  Not only dose Echo provide the needy with healthy foods they also show people simple cost effective methods of agriculture that could be used anywhere in the world.  Echo impressed me so much I have chosen them as the origination where I will do my Service learning hours for.

Farming industry

We watched a video about the commercialization of the farming industry.  Large corporations have taken over the farming industry driving prices up and cutting the small farmer out of the picture.  More artificial ingredients, more steroids and antibiotics.  As well as cost cutting methods that risk our safety has all become a part of the farming industry.  In my opinion we need to find  a more ethical and sustainable way of feeding this country what ever the cost is.