Eco Event #5

I found this article on a cite called naturalnews.com. On this website they have articles on all kinds of "eco-event" type articles. All the way from reusable energy to whats going on in Japan.

The title of the article is "Hawaiian ocean water could be used to produce reusable energy". In this article it discusses how they believe that on the downwind side of the island that the water there could be turned into a reusable and renewable energy source. It even stated that they believe some of the plants that grow in the Hawaiian waters could power heat engines. OTEC or Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion is the process they believe they can use with the Hawaiian waters. The process works where a heat engine is installed and warm water is at the top and cold is underneath. When these two transfer into each other they move the turbines inside to create electricity.

I thought it was great that we are still trying to find new ways to produce energy. People are so glued down to the fossil fuels that we do not realize that we are able to use simple things such as water to produce energy. I think this find is great and that we should continue to look in places that we would least expect to find reusable energy sources.

Eco Event #4

I found this article on a website called independent.co.uk. Here they discuss different articles about Haiti and what is still going on there.

I wanted to find an article on Haiti because although it did not happen all that long ago the spotlight has shifted away from Haiti and on to other places. I thought it would be interesting to hear what is still going on there. The title of the article is "Haiti was forgotten too soon". This title caught my eye because I realized that it was true how the spotlight on Haiti had moved away. What people do not realize is that just recently an outbreak of cholera has struck the island of Haiti. It has already killed 250 people and is expected to kill many more. In to the thousands they said. I realize that other countries need our help but I do not think that we should completely shift our attention away from the country of Haiti because they still are in pain and they still need our help.

Eco Event #3

I found this article on a website called articles.latimes.com. It provides articles on many different kinds of "eco-events".

The title of this article is "Wind Turbines could more than meet U.S. electricity needs". When I first read this title it caught my attention because everyone always talks about how we need to find another re-usable energy source but then why does no one ever talk about using wind turbines? In this article it stated that offshore turbines could produce up to 20% of the power demand for coastal states. To me the number sounded significant in comparison how much other energy sources we wouldn't be using because of the wind turbines. It also states that Obama's administration is pulling for an offshore energy program. I think that it is great to hear that we are taking full advantage to other energy sources that will better our environment.

Eco Event #2

I found this article on a site called aidwatchers.com. On this site they have many articles on what is going on in Japan and what can be done to help.

The title of this article is "Does Japan Need Your Donation?". The reason I chose to read this article at all was because of how interesting I thought the title was. When you first read it you think to yourself, "well of course Japan needs our donations". What we do not realize is that the American Red Cross does not need anymore donations. They stated this to the public and since then they have still raised over 34 million dollars. In the article they discussed that they did not even know what they were going to do with all of the extra money.

I found this article shocking because I always thought that organizations that do things like give aid will always need money but I guess I was wrong. Then i realized that it's not money that helps people but that only people can help people. This article gave me another view on how someone can actually do some good for Japan.

Eco Event #1

I found this article on msnbc.com. They have all sorts of articles that relate to this specific assignment.

The title of the article is "Some abandon rebates for reusable bags".The article is about grocery chains like Krogers and Safeway are turning away from using plastic bags because they are tired of giving the consumer a choice between the plastic bags or the ones you buy and reuse. It allows the costumers to save money every time they bring in their bag. To gain costumer support Krogers has offered to anyone who uses one of these reusable bags will get fuel perks each time they use it.

I think that it is great that the grocery stores are making the choice for the customers to live a better and more eco-efficient lifestyle. I also think that it is cool where some grocery stores are persuading people to use the bags by giving them fuel perks. I think that all big name grocery stores should consider doing something like this because it can only do good.

New Prezi that I'm using for presentation

"Going Green", Media's Influence and Indoctrination