http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NKXDXRC
Olivia Chen
Monday, November 19, 2012
Essay 4 survey results updates
So far, 21 people have filled out my survey, 13 from female students and 8 from male students. Since my theory is that women bear a greater burden of the recycling role than men, I'd still like to have a couple more male respondents to fill out my survey. I would say that my survey results support my theory because when asks "who recycles more often in your household," 52.4% answered "my Mom" and only 33.3% answered "my Dad." But I also noticed that most of the male students recycle regularly and they think that recycling is very important, sometimes even more so than female students.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NKXDXRC
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NKXDXRC
Monday, November 12, 2012
English research paper survey
My theory is that women bear a greater burden of the recycling role than men.
My survey questions are below:
My survey questions are below:
1)
Are you
a college student?
2)
What is
your gender?
3)
Do you
recycle?
4)
How
often do you recycle?
a)
always
b)
most of
the time
c)
sometimes
d)
rarely
e)
never
5)
When
did you start recycling?
6)
On the
scale of 1-10, how important is recycling to you? (1 is the least important, 10
is the most important)
7)
Why do
you or do you not recycle?
8)
Do your
parents recycle?
9)
In your
household, who recycles more often?
a)
my Mom
b)
my Dad
c)
neither
10)
Who was
the first to educate you about the importance of recycling?
a)
my Mom
b)
my Dad
c)
my
Grandma
d)
my
Grandpa
e)
teachers
f)
do no
remember
g)
none of
the above
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NKXDXRC
I only have 7 responses right now, but I don't think results will be surprising to me. I'm targeting both the college students and their parents.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NKXDXRC
I only have 7 responses right now, but I don't think results will be surprising to me. I'm targeting both the college students and their parents.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Indigenous resistance and racist schooling on the borders of empires: Coast Salish cultural survival
This article discusses the separation of indigenous people from their own society and culture. They were not allowed to speak their own language and practice their own religion and culture. Americans and Canadians tried to assimilate them so that they can be more educated. Marker describes the process of assimilation and how the children were separated from their family and culture and were for forced to go to boarding schools.
I believe it is important for people to be able to keep and practice their own culture in the way they wanted to. The world is a combination of different cultures and every culture is equally important. Every culture should be respected by others .
I believe it is important for people to be able to keep and practice their own culture in the way they wanted to. The world is a combination of different cultures and every culture is equally important. Every culture should be respected by others .
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Food Sustainability - Santa Monica
The demand for food is forecast to grow by at least 50%
over the next four decades due to population growth. When local food production
failed to meet the demand, commercial agriculture began to thrive. Given all
the negative aspects of commercial agriculture, people should start
thinking about how to make food production more sustainable and start making
movements towards this goal. The City of Santa Monica is taking the lead by supporting
sustainable, local, and organic food through its own purchasing, and by helping
to make sustainable food more accessible to its residents. Santa Monica
was also the first city to sign on to the Cool Foods Pledge, and had
elevated food sustainability as a priority focus within the Sustainable City Plan.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Environmental Ethics #2: bottled water
Nowadays, consuming bottled water has become one of the most common thing to do; nearly 1 billion bottles of water are being shipped to each cities each week in the US alone. At this point, what we should do is try to use as little energy as we can because we are running out natural resources; but instead, we are wasting about 1.5 million barrels of oil a year making plastic water bottles. Is bottled water really better and healthier than tap water? Why do people spend so much money on bottled water when tap water is just as good and healthy?
Monday, October 1, 2012
Environmental Ethics
This
blog post written by Gavin Van Horn was a very
interesting post. In this essay, he focuses his points on environmental ethics
and the definition of being humans. He sees that the entire planet as a team;
every animal and every plant is a member of the team. In this team, there is no
letter “I”, there is no individualism, because we are a whole. In this world,
everything is constantly changing; humans are simply the “constant process
rather than final product” (Van Horn). To make the survival of the entire team
last longer, humans need to realize that we are only beings-in-relation not
beings-in-control. This means that human survival also relies on others who we share
the planet with.
risks of fracking
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v477/n7364/full/477271a.html
In
Howarth’s article, he writes about the risks of fracking and whether it should
be stopped. In this article, he points out that many fracking addictives are
toxic and mutagenic. He also points out the fact that “frackig extracts natural
salts, heavy metals, hydrocarbons and radioactive materials from the shale,
posing risks to ecosystems and public health when these return to the surface”
(272). When the poisonous and toxic fluids return back to the surface, they
contribute to the methane contamination in the water wells. Right now, we have
not figured out a way to handle everything safely, so it is the best that the
gas remain safely in the shale.
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