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