Wednesday, November 27, 2013

The 11th Hour

1.) Describe some of the emotions you felt during the film. Which aspects of the video had the greatest impact on you and why?
          At the first place, I felt guilty, because I can say that I am also a destroyer of our environment in the way of waste and using air-condition. That is not that big, but little mistakes can cause big destruction. Somehow, i realized that we need to save our mother nature and ourselves are the only solution to save it. 

2.)   What information contained in the video was new to you?

          The green house gasses is the information that was new to me. All this time, I only know is the green house effect is produces by us, people, and by producing much of green house gasses that causes global warming. But in the movie says that earth has natural green house gasses that warm us.

3.)   What topics presented in the film would you like to explore further? Do you know what you need to know in order to continue learning about environmental issues? If the answer to that question is no, how can you find out what you need to know?

          The topic I like to explore further is about the structures that uses solar energy. As technologies goes on and on, we can't prevent these structures to be build in. These structures can produces green house gasses that destroys the environment. So as an future engineer, we can help our environment applying the solar energy to the unstoppable technology. Aside from it is free and given to us, it can produces oxygen the helps the environment.

4.) Discuss ways that eating locally produced food is an environmental issue. What can individuals do to support the local production and consumption of foods?

          Some food are still wrapped with plastics that can harm the environment. We need to improve our waste by using papers instead of plastics so we can prevent this problems.

5.)   Who should see this film and for what purposes? Who might be unreceptive to the ideas in the film and why?

          The one who should see this film is no other than each of all of us. We are the only one the can solve the problems to our environment. We have the power to control the save this mother earth. So we need to watch this film for us to be aware what is happening to our environment.

6.)   Share one issue or item that you wrote on your index card while you were watching the 11th hour.

          This is the thing that i can share, it's my care and awareness to our environment. As long as i can reduce using plastics, I will. As long as i can recycle things, I will. It's either big or small contributions, It helps.

7.) As a result of your having seen this film, what, if any, specific actions do you think you will take?

          The thing that struck me in this film was using solar panels in structures. Once I can build my own house, i hope so, haha, i will uses solar energy so i can help my environment, i can save mother earth!
         



Wednesday, November 13, 2013

How students contribute to sustainability

As a student, sustainability starts inside the campus. It is like a organization that emphasizes leadership, pursuing the institutional sustainability, and awareness not only on the campus but the whole environment. It requires responsibilities and commitments to build sustainable innovations and to continued excellence. It takes effort in every student to contribute environmental sustainability. It is for us to develop fresh ideas and sustainable practices. 

Sustainability

Sustainability is the capacity to maintain, support, and endure. Sustainability has been used more in the sense of human sustainability in the world and this has resulted in the most widely quoted of sustainability as a part of the concept sustainable development. It says "sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs"