Reflection Post: Weeks 11 and 12

Week 11: This week we watched a short video entitled "The Story of Stuff," narrated by Annie Leonard. In this video there were many different topics discussed that were related to environmental health. One of the most interesting things I have learned in this class that was reiterated in this video is the fact that the US uses 30% of the world's resources. This is especially shocking considering we make up much less than that percentage with our population. After the video we looked at some of the different objects that Dr. V brought in that most people would consider "junk." We then made a list of things that the different objects could be used for. I had a lot of fun doing this!!!

Week 12: This week we learned about MckLinky blog hops. We then used the blog hop that we created to show our photo essays to the class. It was interesting to see the different topics that people in the class picked to share. After we shared our photo essays we talked about an upcoming assignment for our advocacy project. As a class we discussed how to write a letter to an editor as well as a political representative. I got a lot of good ideas from this :)

Looking forward to the last few weeks of the semester! Have a good weekend everyone.