When first starting Colloquium in January I thought it was a “tree hugger” class. I figured I would read the information but wouldn’t learn anything. But as the weeks went on and I read more and more articles about different problems with the world it made me think a lot different. I found out that I was blind to what was going on and did not know much about our planet earth.
I had always heard of global warming but never paid any attention to it. But after watching the inconvenient truth and reading articles I have learned that it is a big issue and if we don’t start changing our ways we will set ourselves up for disaster. Al Gore who was the one who narrated it, gave great detail about how we are so oil obsessed we would kill and do anything of it. It is sad that within the past 100 years or so we have done more damage to our earth than any one else that has been here before us.
Taking a stand and teaching what you believe is something that more and more people need to do. For instance when watching Food inc. it showed where our food came from chickens and cows. It was disgusting how the living conditions were for these animals. They were all close together stepping in each other’s feces not being able to move and just living a terrible life. Before watching this I use to love Purdue chicken that you just pop in the oven and it would be ready in 10 minutes. However, after watching this I have not picked up any Purdue chicken. I find it ironic how some people say that the natural way of raising and killing these animals is inhuman but they are all for corporation plants that treat their animals like crap. I do not know about you but I rather have the chicken I eat come from a sanitary open farm not a closed dark warehouse.
One thing that I would have never learned unless I took this class is about how oil hungry we are. There are so many other resources we can use but we still keep coming back to fossil fuel. Burning fossil fuel is the big culprit for a lot of things that are going wrong. If we would get rid of the coal and focus on wind and solar power we could really make a difference. Solar and wind is unlimited we would never have to worry about running out. In addition, it would create thousands of thousands of jobs. I have realized that American’s don’t like change and that they rather dig themselves into a hole than change their way of living. Well congratulations we have!
The world is defiantly taking a turn for the worst and after reading all these articles and seeing all these documentary it defiantly has made me think what I have contributed to this downfall. I have a v6 engine, I do not even have a bike and I keep my television on 24/7. I know I am only one person but if I can realize that I am part of the problem why can’t anyone else. American in my opinion needs to stop being so hungry for oil and really focus on the important aspects of the world. If we don’t we will not have a world to live on. This course has really taught me the value of energy and how wasting it is not only harming our generation but generations to come.
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