Reflection: Weeks 3&4

Hey there! Wow...can't believe we are already almost a month into Environmental.  I am really enjoying this class and I hope that you are too!  I think that we can really get to know each other by reading blogs and getting a feel for everyone's unique personalities! I already feel like I have learned a lot about our environment!  Everyone's blogs look awesome;) I am planning on spending some quality time blogging this weekend since I haven't had much time to add a personal touch to mine.   I am really enjoying learning about the new things technology has to bring us!  Keep up the good work with your blogs everyone;)

WEEK 3:

During week 3,  two reading assignments were assigned: Reading 1: The Challenges We Face and 27: Seeing Green: Knowing and Saving the Environment on Film.  I feel like we learned a lot through these readings.  Reading 1 was about our earth and the problems we face such as population and health, food, water, energy and climate, and biodiversity.  A group was then assigned to do a blog post on the review of the reading.  (Everyone did an awesome job with their posts by the way!).   We then spent some of the class time going over these readings and the class was open to discussion.  I really enjoy when we have class discussion because it gives everyone a time when they can share their thoughts and ideas with everyone else in the class.  The second reading assignment was Reading 27: Seeing Green: Knowing and Saving the Environment on Film.  I did a review for this reading.  I had a tough time reading the article because i had a hard time putting words into my own terms so I could understand what they were trying to say.  This reading was about how nature films are edited and not done in  a natural way to capture so called " natural" moments in wildlife.  I thought this article was really interesting because I have never thought of environmental films as being super edited and fake.  It really opened my eyes.

Week 4

During week 4: we watched Al Gore's documentary " An Inconvenient Truth".  This is a documentary that portrays Gore's argument of how we can no longer see Global Warming as just another issue in our environment, but as the biggest challenge facing our world today.  An Inconvenient truth is the fourth highest- money making film in the United States.  The film focuses on Gore and his travels around the world trying to spread the message of Global Warming.  Gore's main message is that Global Warming is happening and we need to act now or our world will be in greater trouble than it already is.  This documentary really opened my eyes to things that I have never thought about before.  When he showed the pictures of the glaciers several years ago and then showed pictures of them today, I was stunned on how much of an impact Global Warming really has had on our world.  This absolutely changed my view on things.  This isn't just a hoax like some politicians are saying. How can they not believe this is happening when there is scientific fact that there is?  I think we all can help to spread the message to anyone and everyone we know by being educated on the topic and really putting effort into knowing more about the issue.