9/11/09 - Presentation Notes

I found the presentation on waste to very interesting. While it reminded me of many things I already knew (like the things waste is comprised of), to hear that the litter, food, nuclear waste, and the many other things that we are all responsible for at once brought it all to the forefront of my mind, and made me think about the part that I play in the waste that we output. The number that really struck me was when they said that over 8 billion tons of waste is output in the U.S. each year.

Learning about water is something I've done a lot, but like waste, to be reminded of the major contributing factors to water pollution, and the ways to help, is still beneficial to me. It's always important to remind myself to take shorter showers, not dump toxic chemicals, and throw away trash.

Something else I found to be interesting was the presentation on food. This is especially important to me because this is the topic I am going to do my senior project on. It's scary for me to think about all the food that is genetically altered, and treated with chemicals known to be hazardous to my health. What I found useful from this presentation were some of the major pros and cons of imported food and non imported food. Imported, like I said, contains hazardous chemicals and can be genetically altered. Meanwhile, non imported food helps to generate jobs, is fresh, has no chemicals, is all healthy, and saves fossil fuels.