Part 1
1. Name
five people that got your attention and tell why. (2.5 points)
One
of the people that caught my attention is former President George W Bush. “And
here we have a serious problem, America is addicted to Oil.” The reason I think
it really caught my attention is because he owns oil farms. Not only is he part
of the problem but he’s, kind of, encouraging it. Hunter Lovins, said that the
year 2000 was 40 years in the future. It’s mind blowing to imagine how much
life has changed since she was a kid. It’s also interesting to know if it
turned out as she thought it might. Stephanie Mills made a great comment. “The
preciousness of life was imperiled. Subconsciously I understood that my way of
life, the middle class, was imperiled. I didn’t understand it then...” The last
2 people that I’d like to point out is Rachel Carson and President Kennedy.
Rachel Carson produced a book that proved pesticides were more harmful than
good and President Kennedy’s science team found that Rachel Carson’s research
to be accurate. So President Kennedy supported her findings.
2. Name
five events that got your attention and why. (2.5 points)
Southern
California used to have electric trains that could go anywhere. But in 1950
L.A. had to closed down high school due to all the smog from the development
after the war. Watching just how much Los Angeles has grown is truly incredible
and sad at the same time. Living in fear of the nuclear war is also an event that
caught my eye. People, families, were stocking up bomb shelters to survive the
potential nuclear war. Human extinction just placed in everyone’s mind along
with that iconic mushroom cloud. The idea that was out there that Atom was
going to be the salvation. It could drive not just a few species but thousands
of species into extinction. People focused on the immediate situation that ends
up hurting us. Silent Spring brought us that the Earth is very fragile
and we, as humans, are destroying the life system of the planet. Rachel Carson
gets the credit of the environmental movement. In 1960’s New York had such bad
pollution that it killed people.
3.
What do you feel so strongly about that you would want to
fully dedicate yourself to it, producing a groundbreaking work of literature,
film, music or other media, even if this risked your professional reputation
and how others thought of you? (1 points)
If
I could choose something that I would want to fully dedicate myself to would be
in marine biology. I would submerge myself into the research and development of
all the micro organisms and the large organisms that live in our oceans and
rivers. I would also do research on how we are killing our greatest natural
resource. I would also love if it would turn into a feature film to get the
message to more people. There are few movies that go into detail on what is
going on in our world.
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