Week 7
To start off week 7, I was one of the people assigned to do the reading of chapter 16. I couldn't decide if I really liked the reading, but I think that it was trying to send a good message! It also tied in really well with the documentary titled "Green" that we watched. The documentary focused on chemical plants along cancer alley, and how it is affecting all of the people living around those areas. It is causing rare cancers to occur more frequent. Also the plant moved people right on top of a dump site, and after people began to complain to fix the problem they decided to remove the top 2 feet of the ground off, but there is 17 feet of dump underneath them. That is NOT going to fix the problem! I think this really opened up my eyes, because I didn't know that this was such a huge problem and how much we are contributing to it by buying the products these plants make.
We also were assigned an eye opener called Environmental Working Group, which allowed us to pick out products that we used in our everyday lives and see what they contained and how they affected us. I ended up chosing contact solution and my results were scary! I think that most of our class was shocked to see what their products actually had in them! I really liked that website and am gonna use it to look up other things that I use and what products compare and are better!
Week 8
We had a discussion on the reading Privatizing Water. I didn't even know that this was going on at all. I think that water is a human right and companies shouldn't be allowed to own any water. If companies start to take over water what will we have as a human right? The companies are just going to jack-up the prices for the poorer nations and people won't even be able to afford water, which we need to survive! I couldn't believe that it took a 17 year old to be shot and killed during a riot for the government of Cochabamaba to take back their contract and make water private.
This week we started to watch a documentary called, "Thirst." This is an appropriate name considering it talks about water being privatized. In the movie it also showed a poorer city with a very limited supply of water and how they overcame it. The idea spread throughout the country and they are now able to have a larger supply of water! I didn't have any idea that they were actually trying ot privatize water in a city in California either. On top of that the mayor wasn't even going to let the people of the town vote on what they wanted to do. I think that is wrong, because that is a right and in America we vote!!
We had a discussion on the reading Privatizing Water. I didn't even know that this was going on at all. I think that water is a human right and companies shouldn't be allowed to own any water. If companies start to take over water what will we have as a human right? The companies are just going to jack-up the prices for the poorer nations and people won't even be able to afford water, which we need to survive! I couldn't believe that it took a 17 year old to be shot and killed during a riot for the government of Cochabamaba to take back their contract and make water private.
This week we started to watch a documentary called, "Thirst." This is an appropriate name considering it talks about water being privatized. In the movie it also showed a poorer city with a very limited supply of water and how they overcame it. The idea spread throughout the country and they are now able to have a larger supply of water! I didn't have any idea that they were actually trying ot privatize water in a city in California either. On top of that the mayor wasn't even going to let the people of the town vote on what they wanted to do. I think that is wrong, because that is a right and in America we vote!!
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Hey Kaileigh,
ReplyDeleteI thought that it was crazy how they referred Americans to "customers" when they don't even allow them to vote on the conditions of their city. I thought these films were very informative and learned a lot. I love your picture of the bath. I hope that we don't begin water privatization in Duluth! Keep up the good work and have a great spring break!
kaileigh-
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that I wasn't sure if I enjoyed the reading from week 7. I think though it was more that I just didn't get it, and after watching Green I decided that i did like it. I think that this is definiteyl that we as a society need to work on and try to reduce places like cancer alley from existing. I also agree with you that most of the class was shocked to get their results from the environmental working group eye opener. I would never have guessed that something so simple could be so bad for the environment. That picture you have pretty much explains week 8 to a T! Great find! I had no idea what water privatization was or that it was an issue. I don't think that we should ever put a price on water. Great Review! Hope you had a good spring break :)
heather
I also learned a lot from the past two films! "Green" has been my favorite documentary so far=)
ReplyDeleteI would have to agree with you that the majority of of our class was shocked to see how bad their products were for them. I know I was! Good reflection=)
Kaileigh!!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, your first image is really powerful and the 2nd image reminds me of spring break ;) haha
Your reflection really brought back my memory of everything we did! I was also unaware of the chemical plant issue! How clueless am I? It was a really interesting issue to me.
Water is definitely a human right, it feels wrong that someone should "own" it. Thirst reallly showed the issues of water privatization! I also think as Americans, we have the freedom to vote and a right!
Good job Kail!
Kathy
Hey Kaileigh!
ReplyDeleteReally like the picture you found! Sums up the privitization very well. And you're right, on a issue like this, we should have the rightt to vote!
Steve