The "awesome" blog i found web surfing is cool to me because it combines science and the environment together. It's okay to just talk about how global warming is effecting the environment but without the science you really don't know to what extreme. My awesome blog talks about everything from politics, temperture to dolphins.... yes killer dolphins that is. It doesn't just talk about how people are still playing dumb about the global warming or tips you can do everyday (not that any of that stuff is wrong) but it's everywhere that's if you are looking for it. Like how many people knew dolphins were killing other dolphins for food because food is running out due to global warming or how Sarah Palin could have cause thousands of people to not care about harming the environment.
My awesome blog shows the charcteristics of a scientist and environmentalist all in one. Now i love science dearly so that could be the reason why i think this blog is awesome. To me science is everything and more because with out it we couldn't prove global warming was happening and what solutions are out there to reverse it. Meaning this blog is freaking cool, interesting, is on the top 35 blogs on http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_35_environmental_blogs.php and the bonus...science... here the website:
http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/
and my favorite newscientist blogs:
Dolphin serial killers?- september 2008
Do leap years bias temperature data?- sept. 2008
How GPS and Satnav Sally can cut CO2- sept.2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Blog 8
I think all the presentations were very organized and well presented. It was very interesting to learn about daiosim, hindusim, islam, and judaism. As a christian, I know alot about Judaism because i study it before. I also study Islam as well as buddhism so i knew quite a few things.
Judaism:
I learned that there's 39 catorgies on the sabbath day and there is no burning or electricity or finishing used on that day. Also, how they have Jewish laws, which i do not know alot about but they have a thing called green belts and don't cut down fruit bearing trees or dont eat limb torn from a living animal. I know there are tons of other stuff that i did not mention but the group that presented this religion did a good job.
Islam:
I have study this religion and it's very interesting in itself. I know that they believe christianity is wrong in there beliefs because the original maniscripts were not passed down properly meaning it's not all believable. But i learned from the presentation that Allah has 99 different names and believe Jesus was a prophet. It also teaches people in islam to be kind, loving, civilized human beings.
Hinduism:
Something like my group presentation on Buddhism, Hinduism teaches some of the same values in the same areas. It teaches that Hinduism was started in 3000bce, in the Indus valley civilization. It consist of the Caste system, they don't like the Tiger pouching that's going on and they feel planting trees is a duty. It was interesting!
Daiosm:
It was formed in 300bc by Zhang and it's alternative to conficianism. They also believe that two forces are in constant stuggle within everything and that we must not destory the harmony of nature . I never heard anyting about this religion but it was very different and interesting so i enjoyed this one especially, plus we got cool gifts.
All the religions presented was all good and it taught me alot so i think i will do further research about them in the future to learn more:)
Judaism:
I learned that there's 39 catorgies on the sabbath day and there is no burning or electricity or finishing used on that day. Also, how they have Jewish laws, which i do not know alot about but they have a thing called green belts and don't cut down fruit bearing trees or dont eat limb torn from a living animal. I know there are tons of other stuff that i did not mention but the group that presented this religion did a good job.
Islam:
I have study this religion and it's very interesting in itself. I know that they believe christianity is wrong in there beliefs because the original maniscripts were not passed down properly meaning it's not all believable. But i learned from the presentation that Allah has 99 different names and believe Jesus was a prophet. It also teaches people in islam to be kind, loving, civilized human beings.
Hinduism:
Something like my group presentation on Buddhism, Hinduism teaches some of the same values in the same areas. It teaches that Hinduism was started in 3000bce, in the Indus valley civilization. It consist of the Caste system, they don't like the Tiger pouching that's going on and they feel planting trees is a duty. It was interesting!
Daiosm:
It was formed in 300bc by Zhang and it's alternative to conficianism. They also believe that two forces are in constant stuggle within everything and that we must not destory the harmony of nature . I never heard anyting about this religion but it was very different and interesting so i enjoyed this one especially, plus we got cool gifts.
All the religions presented was all good and it taught me alot so i think i will do further research about them in the future to learn more:)
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
BLog 7
Last week at the museum of natural history was pretty cool. Me and my group (other classmates) went to the biodiversity hall first in which we learned: how certain part in every country all over the world have protection and restoration acts all over and that coastal pollution "red tide" humans activities are altering global systems. Also, damage to soils and fresh water caused the disapperence of the aral sea, due to global warming, once the fourth largest lake in the world and Biodiversity loss and ecosystem disruption alter disease pattern like argentine hemorrhagic fever. Futhermore, atleast half of hawaii's native land snails, two thirds of it's native birds and countless species of insects and plants have already gone extinct. This was all in the hall plus i learned: Pollock in berlin sea has decline from over fishing by huge mechanized thawlers and a majority of Madagascar's original forest have been cut down since people arrive there 2000 years ago. The most crazy fact to me is that 20% of the population living in wealthier developed countries do more ecological harm than the entire remaining 80% of the earth people. Crazy rite.
We then went into the plantary hall i think that's what it's called and saw how different plants and trees grow. It showed the whole process in some displays and how the sun and the condition of the earth affects the growing ability. I can't say this part of the hall was that interesting it was slightly not my interest. But what was crazy was this huge piece of tree the museum have, it's chopped in half not saying it's have the tree but i don't know the word to descibed it, anyways it's like two of me standing on the shoulders. It is called The big tree, Mark Twain, from 550AD in California sierras. In the photograph it shows how big these trees grow, they are outragely tall.
The last hall i saw not knowing the name either but i think was called the human biology hall because it was 3 and i had a class at 435. It was the most coolest thing ever, mainly, it was like the sum of the whole human process in one room. I love biology so this really caught my eye, it started with how a cell looks upclose and how the process goes concerning how you get your mother mitchondria chromsome and how the guys get the Y chromsome, how it passes down. Then you see all these bones from all the primates and how each one evolve in to something else all the way down to us, the modern human, It was pretty amazing i thought. It was a video showing about how scientist now believe humans didn't get modernized in Europe but before humans left Africa they were already modern, which put the spotlight back on Africa. It was cool i thought, it was the best hall so far but i couldn't make it to see the Planet Earth hall because i was in the human hall for a hour.... but maybe next time.
We then went into the plantary hall i think that's what it's called and saw how different plants and trees grow. It showed the whole process in some displays and how the sun and the condition of the earth affects the growing ability. I can't say this part of the hall was that interesting it was slightly not my interest. But what was crazy was this huge piece of tree the museum have, it's chopped in half not saying it's have the tree but i don't know the word to descibed it, anyways it's like two of me standing on the shoulders. It is called The big tree, Mark Twain, from 550AD in California sierras. In the photograph it shows how big these trees grow, they are outragely tall.
The last hall i saw not knowing the name either but i think was called the human biology hall because it was 3 and i had a class at 435. It was the most coolest thing ever, mainly, it was like the sum of the whole human process in one room. I love biology so this really caught my eye, it started with how a cell looks upclose and how the process goes concerning how you get your mother mitchondria chromsome and how the guys get the Y chromsome, how it passes down. Then you see all these bones from all the primates and how each one evolve in to something else all the way down to us, the modern human, It was pretty amazing i thought. It was a video showing about how scientist now believe humans didn't get modernized in Europe but before humans left Africa they were already modern, which put the spotlight back on Africa. It was cool i thought, it was the best hall so far but i couldn't make it to see the Planet Earth hall because i was in the human hall for a hour.... but maybe next time.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Research Topic
I haven't fully thought about my research topic but i think i want to do my paper on the environmental racism in the village near Lake Chad. I feel that would be a good topic but i know i need to narrow down my search to just one village. Also, I it would give me alot to write about because alot of people don't understand the effect we are having in Africa from our usage of artifical greenhouse gases. I don't quite know if i will have enough resources to complete my paper but looking on the internet i think i can find what i need but i do need to find one village. Because there are like 33 villages near Lake Chad and it will be impossible to write about all of them, so i just need to learn how to narrow that down.
My First resource is coming from a news report on the disappearing of Lake chad, it's from BBC News and it's a article about it. In the article they talk to people that depend on lake chad for resources to survive but because the lake is half not there it's becoming way harder for the villagers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6261447.stm
My second resource will be from An inconven truth because it has a couple of pages dedicated on my topic and in the book it tell and shows you have it's linked to global warming.
Plus, it's another source for showing me the impact it's having on the people surrounding the area.
An Inconvenient Truth, By: Al Gore
My third resource is coming from another new article that gives me some idea about a town i may want to write about and a village But i'm not sure yet. It's also explain to me the tension that's brewing within the community like the fisher, herdman, and villagers. It helps in making me understand the situation more so that i can be efficient in writing my paper.
http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2005-03/Shrinking-Lake-Chad-Sparks-Tension-Ingenuity.cfm?CFID=60518858&CFTOKEN=11560316
Of course these are not my only sources because i will need way more but aleast these articles got my mind thinking about all the possibilities i can write about involving Lake Chad. And hopeful i can do it and write a good Paper about the environmental racism in Lake Chad villages or village:)
P.S i hope everyone voted!!!!!!!!!!!
My First resource is coming from a news report on the disappearing of Lake chad, it's from BBC News and it's a article about it. In the article they talk to people that depend on lake chad for resources to survive but because the lake is half not there it's becoming way harder for the villagers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6261447.stm
My second resource will be from An inconven truth because it has a couple of pages dedicated on my topic and in the book it tell and shows you have it's linked to global warming.
Plus, it's another source for showing me the impact it's having on the people surrounding the area.
An Inconvenient Truth, By: Al Gore
My third resource is coming from another new article that gives me some idea about a town i may want to write about and a village But i'm not sure yet. It's also explain to me the tension that's brewing within the community like the fisher, herdman, and villagers. It helps in making me understand the situation more so that i can be efficient in writing my paper.
http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2005-03/Shrinking-Lake-Chad-Sparks-Tension-Ingenuity.cfm?CFID=60518858&CFTOKEN=11560316
Of course these are not my only sources because i will need way more but aleast these articles got my mind thinking about all the possibilities i can write about involving Lake Chad. And hopeful i can do it and write a good Paper about the environmental racism in Lake Chad villages or village:)
P.S i hope everyone voted!!!!!!!!!!!
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