Closing Reflection

In the beginning of this class, I expected the course to be mind numbingly boring and useless.bTo the contrary,l I've learned quite a bit. there are things I've also applied to my everyday life. I am now more aware of the carbon footprint I leave behind due to my daily activities

Monorail

Matt's presentation is about a monorail system that can be implemented in swfl. The goal would be reducing congesting and placing an emphasis on public transportation. This will in the end reduce our carbon footprint. It would be a three train track which would all come to a Grand Central Station type place. This will be at RSW.

Pollution in FGCU

This group spoke of the pollution. Apparently the parking garage is interfering with thte natural habitat of our campus. There are too many cars in the worild which is leading to our parking problems.

Solutions
More park systems
Buy a parking spot
Riding a bike
Using public tansportation

Recycling

I like the powerpoint. It looks very "green". They went through the history, including the history of the sign. It's important ecause it's the best mean to counter damage made by natural resources being consumed. It also reduces poisonous emissions into the atmosphere.

Living on Local

First things first, I do not think I can live on local. One bite of shrimp and I got sick. Not for me. Kudos to the prestenter though. She has explained what's locally grown and how it can be very benefical to us. It's quite close to home for her it seems since her sister has a chicken coop.

Here are some you can't get:::
Bread
Oils
Vinegars
Salt
Pepper

Curriculum

This was a pretty good presentation. They developed a curriculum surrounded around environmental studies. I love that they presented something for middle school aged children and something that seems to be elemtary friendly. I was mostly interested in the art section, especially the animals built by recycled paper. Over all it was interesting.

Global Warming: Fantastic Four

This group began by speaking of the greenhouse effect. The sun's radiation i reflected into space, , and the earth radiates heat which is absorbed by greenhoue gases. That prevents the earth from losing too much heat. They also spoke of the Great Conveyor elt. When warm water evaporates out of the North Atlantic, then saltier water is left. If it stops flowing, catastrophe happens such as a permanent winter in the eastern coast. Temperature changes are another factor of global warming. Since 1880, average temperatures incresed 1.4 degrees Farenheit regularly. The last two decades have been the warmest. This group was overall kind of lacking energy except the last speaker.