Blog Fifteen: For Feinstien

Dear Senator Feinstein,

I believe that there are may things for us to be able to help this dying environment. First thing first, every piece of plastic should be recycled. There should be a fine for no recycling. Did you know that only 20% of plastics are recycled. We need to seriously change that. Another thing we should do is unplug our appliances and get people aware about the vampire appliances. We soend over 3 million a year because of them according to ScienceDaily website. There are some plugs that don't suck the energy from appliances. Those should be given out. People should also try to conserve water. They not only waste water, but they are taking advantage of our society. IN many countries, people don't have any clen water. These are just some small suggestions. Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Lauren

Blog Twelve: What's the point?

Pesticides are horrible. They may take away certain diseases from plants or even "protect" the plants, but th long term effect is more worst than anythig else. They cause diseases like cancer or brain damage. Especially for younger children who are developing. INfact many pests become resistant to the pesticides and then continue to cause damage. When they become resistant, even more stronger pesticides need to be used. When does the madness stop? There is literally no end in sight. People don't realize that food could be done organic with little or even no pesticides. It may be at a higher price tag, but what many people have forgotten is that, when your dead, you will not have any more money, ao you might as well spend it for a good cause.

Blog Eleven: Unfortunate, but Real

Farmer Berry was sued by a company that owned a pesticide which had gotten on his farmland. He didn't even use it, but the company truck had passed by his land and the wind had blown onto the land, effecting his pesticides. He had to give lots of money to the already-rich company, and get rid of any and all of his seeds that his family and him had collected for many decades. This really isn't fair, however, it just goes to show how strong coroperate america is nowadays. There isn't really much to learn from this expiernce he has had other than sink down to the rulers of this world, and stand by and watch as they destroy what was once good about this beautiful world. What would have been better was if the company had just left him alone, or to have him give a certain amount of money, but there is not such thing as happy endings in this now-cruel, dying world

Blog Ten: A Vegetarians Caution

I noticed that I don't have enough protein in my system. Since I'm a vegetarian I need lots of protein. It is unfortunate that I don't have enough protein because I do want to be healthy, still I don't really have enough time to eat protein filled foods. I usually just grab something quick like a bag of chips. I know that if I want to be a vegetarian I have to be very detailed of what goes in my body. I need to remember to take my vitamins or each more healthy, yet vitamin filled foods like yogurt and cheese. Even a bowl of whole grain with milk will do the trick. Whole Grain is a nessessary food for me.

Blog Nine: Mopane worms

The mopane worm is a type of moth that is often eaten in Africa. It has a high source of protein. IN Africa, a person can easily buy a can of these suckers and eat it. They usually have to have their guts squeezed out before being eaten. A common way to eat them is by boiling them, then placing them in a frying pan with onion and tomatoes. They are about 60% crude protein, 17% crude fat, and 11% minerals. Some people may even eat them in soups or just like a regualr snack. They live in semi-desert regions, like Africa.

Blog Eight: Niche?

One thing that seems to confuse me about Chapter 7 is the concept of Niche. I don't understand the differences between the two Niche's; Fundamental Niche and the Realized Niche. Is one Niche suppose to be more dominate than the other, like the Brown Anole being dominate over the Green anole. I ask because the Brown anole took over parts of florida which the Green anole occupied at first. The green anole were pushed out into the wetlands because the brown are certainly much more bigger, even though they came from Cuba and aren't native to Florida. This is just something that still seems to confuss me and I would be glad if it were to become clear.

Blog Seven: Dear Senator Moor,

My name is Lauren Ramirez and I am a concered citizen of California. The poplation in America has increase over the past years. Not just here, but all over the world as well. I believe that a solution to this may seem radical and even no clear. However, we could always try in improving the future. A reproduction policy might be needed, even though it does seem to bizzare. We don't have to nesseccarily have a reproduction policy, since we are Americans and it goes way beyond the constitution. What we could have is a better knowledge of this. We could teach it to teens and younge adults who seem eager to have sex and not kow the consequences, or rather not care of them. Any sort of methods to decrease the early pregnencies, which seems to be increasing as well. As long as we try to stay as far away from a reproductive policy. It would just be hypocritical to do so in the "Land of the Free".