Drip, Drip, Drip...

Our environment is in a fragile state of existence to the point where it has become our responsibility to nurture and care for it as it has done for us these many centuries. The obvious answer to why it’s pertinent for us to begin the healing process to our earth would be to save ourselves. Yet, through my research of global warming and even the research done in media class of all the evils human beings are capable of has just made me all the more keen on saving our planet – the innocent bystander of our irresponsibility.

In my quest to “Go Green” as Dr. Smith has encouraged us to, I found myself at a loss for certain answers. Why must we conserve our water supply? It was always sort of a given to me that water is all around us and it will always be available. The explanation I found was that people use our planets fresh water faster than it can be replenished. This does pose a problem because the human adult body is 50-65 percent water. Therefore, to maintain a healthy body system, I’m sure we all want the best quality of water we can get.

Here’s a site that points out some of the key values of water: What is "safe" water and why is it important?

A few tactics of conserving water will be linked to my will power. I myself enjoy long showers because it tends to be the time in which my thought process is the most fluid of artistic ideas. My solution to this will be to get one of those running waterfall fountains or just attempt to break the habit. A more practical approach towards over-indulgence of water would be when people leave the facet running while they’re doing dishes or brushing teeth. These things aren’t necessary because you can shut off the water in between cleaning to the same result. I can already tell I am going to annoy my family quite a bit with this information. =D

Well, these were just a few ways I found to keep our water consumption regulated, more information can be found on this site : How to Conserve Water and Use It Effectively

I also found this site which contains 50 Simple Things YOU Can Do To Save The Earth

Historical Truth.

The apparent rise in temperature over the past decade is giving us the scare that is needed for us to have a healthier environment. All around me, I've been noticing advertisements with environmentally charged statements or even, just a very pronounced usage of the color green. It may just be a tactic of the media to capitalize on the people's growing interest on saving our planet, which, isn't as horrible as capitalizing on our thirst for things like sex, violence, etc. At least now there's a noble cause behind the shady workings of our media.

I wondered if my observations were correct and turned to yahoo by searching "green advertising," here's an article in the New York Times I found very interesting: Now Looking Green Is Looking Good

As far as my trip to the museum, it was full of fun and adventure. As life always is when you're in a museum you haven't been to since you was 10 years old tends to be. Me and my friend found various evidence on the effect of greenhouse gasses on our climate. As far as I knew or thought of greenhouse gases, they were a controlling factor in our planet’s climate. Four natural examples of greenhouse gases include water vapor, carbon dioxide, the ozone and methane. The graph that displayed our temperature increasing as the amount of carbon dioxide in the air does. With technological advancements bring higher concentrations of greenhouse gases which increase our global warming potential.

In relation to the movie An Inconvenient Truth, I found the museum much less interesting and captivating of my attention. It gave information but didn’t have the warning effect of Al Gore’s presentation.

As a whole experience thus far, containing what I’ve learned from the media we’ve been researching, I find that it all ties together in the sense that the truth is always available but it’s how we use it or if we use it at that makes us who we are. In Allegory of the Cave, the enlightened one uses his knowledge to his advantage and to not be stuck in ignorance. The Matrix, Neo accepts the same journey and in An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore can be seen as our Neo, seeking the truth to wake the sleeping world.