Golden Rice...Due 2/21/12

Hello All,
Here is that long awaited blog that I have been meaning to send you. Okay, so here is the article on Golden Rice from Time Magazine. Read this article and comment on the following two questions:
Link to Article: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,997586,00.html


1) The Time Magazine article poses the question:

"At issue is the question of what genetically engineered crops represent. Are they, as their proponents argue, a technological leap forward that would bestow incalculable benefits on the world and its people? Or do they represent a perilous step down a slippery slope that will lead to ecological and agricultural ruin? Is genetic engineering just a more efficient way to do business of conventional crossbreeding? Or does the ability to mix the genes of any species--even plants and animals--give man more power than he should have?

So what is your opinion on this and explain why.
2) Here is another quote from the Time Magazine article"Wamabugu also dreams of getting access to herbicide-resistant crops. She says, We could liberate so many people if our crops were resistant to herbicides that we could then spray on the surrounding weeds. Weeding ensalves Africans; it keeps children from school."

Explain how this quote connects or relates with the idea from the textbook, "Everything you do or do not do, will play a role in our collective choice of which path we will take."

Remember this is due by Tuesday (Feb 21,2012) at 8a.m.

Asian Carp....Great Lakes Invaders.........Discuss! Due 1/20/12

Happy MLK Day! In reading Chapter 11, here is an article right up our alley! So read about the Asian Carp in the Great Lakes & tell me what you think?

Time Magazine Article-Asian Carp in the Great Lakes? This Means War!


So here's your question, what would you do or suggest if you were:
(a) an aquatic environmental scientist
(b) Governor of Michigan
(c) President Obama

Last One Promise!!! Due 12/16/11

Ok I know its about that time for finals, but this was such a great article and it ties in to the carrot mob idea that I couldn't resist. So one last blog for this quarter. Read this article and comment on the following:
Link- http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/opinion/going-green-but-getting-nowhere.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=going%20green%20but%20getting%20nowhere&st=cse

1) AHHH! What do you think?
2) I think this falls in line with the idea of the carrot mobs, so again I ask is this the wave of the future or do you think something else can change this bleak outlook!

Please post the new and fresh ideas of your generation!

Ms.Betancourt

Carrot Mobs....Due Nov 29

Hello All,
I heard about this on the radio & it is totally linked to APES, so I would like to get your take on this. Here are your questions:
1) What is the idea behind a carrot mob? (In your own words please!)
2) Do you think that this will be the enivironmental voice of your generations?

Remember your response is due Tuesday November 29,2011.
Comments we'll discuss in class on November 30,2011.

Ok folks just curious about MRSA article? How is it going because I don't see any posts as of yet!

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Haleakala Slideshow...

Check out the Haleakala Slideshow! Let me know what you think!