Reflection: Weeks 3 & 4

Hey everyone!

During the third of I finally started getting the hang of blogging; having spent hours at Dr. V’s office. So thanks Dr. V! I finally learned how to post a blog, add pictures/links and comment on others. I was very excited to learn all these because I never thought I would get the hang of them. Though I am still at a basic stage with blogging, I am glad I learned how to something that’s going to be of great use for me in the future and also for the environment. I’m hoping to get more creative with it! I am even thinking about do having a few friends create one. It’s a very good tool for communication and it is fun and colorful, and more creative that my web-source communication right now I think. In week three we discussed chapter one of the book on “The Chanlenges We Face”, it was basically an introduction on the earth’s condition and what’s going on around the globe. We also talked about article 27 in the book “Knowing and Saving the Enverironment on Film”; which was basically focused on choosing the right documentary on environmental topics, and what’s hidden from documentaries for marketing and entertainment sake.


I found week four was very interesting; we finished watching the film "An Inconvenient Truth", a documentary by Al Gore. It was a documentary to raise awareness about global warming. It was a very long movie but it worth every minute; I was very drawn by the facts. It was really touching, and Al Gore had a very sincere tone. I was astonished by the research of this film. I liked how we made it personal; it could’ve been just a piece that poured all the facts about global, but it was filmed in a sense where pretty much everyone could relate to it. I've always had doubts but,I think I am officially convinced about global warming; I was even thinking doing a research paper on it for my writing class. Unfortunately it's too broad. Overall weeks 3 and 4 were very educational; I learned a great deal of things and some eye openers about our environment and what we could do to save it. I am hoping to become more conscious about my environmental daily choices; for instance leaving the light in my room before I head out to school just because I am in a rush, due to the fact that I don’t get a bill in the mail since I live on campus and already paid for it anyways.

~Val~