Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Read 'n' Seed 4: Third Quarter of The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight

So far I am up to page 300 in the book I am reading.  Just like the other pages in the book, these also have had mini chapters that all relate to the main theme. Some of the interesting headers that are covered in these pages were, The Robots Take Over, But What About Darwin?, What Can We Do About It?, The Science, Learn To Create Awareness along with a few others. All of these go into great detail and do a good job of describing what they mean.

So far, I have learned a lot more new information, gained knowledge and learned some interesting facts that I had not known previously. Some ideas that were talked about in the book on ways to transform ourselves for  better and more positive future are as follows:

  • Transform ourselves 
  • Change our technologies
  • Change how we think of and use science 
  • We can learn many lessons by reconnecting to the to the wisdom of out ancestors
  • We can build communities that work
  • Transforming culture by transforming policies
Some words in the reading I wanted clarification on: 

-Neurochemicals: which means a drug or something else that effects the nervous system.  This makes more sense now but the context which it was used in the book made it somewhat confusing. 
-Evangelism: The work of spreading the Christian gospel.

-Self-preservation: To protect yourself from harm

This is important to us because we all have to live on this planet and we should be aware of what is going on.  We also need to know that what we do and the actions we take do make a difference.  If we know and understand some ways to make the difference that we make positive this will have a better effect on the future for us and those around us!


Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Share & Voice: Earth 911


 I want to share a website that I found!  I know that now-a-days people are recycling more than ever, but still not as much as we should.  On this website you can find places to recycle near you and you can search depending on your zip code as well as the material you are looking to recycle.  Take a look if you are interested.
 
*Earth911
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Monday, October 18, 2010

New Blog Header at Kristen's Atmosphere



Check out the new header that I designed using the Picnik website that was introduced to us in class.  Hopefully now, my blog looks a little more interesting and lively!  Let me know what you think and I look forward to seeing all of your new headers as well.