Thursday, November 10, 2011

Share and Voice 1!

The title of the site that I found was Global Issues: Social, Political, Economic, and Environmental Issues That Effect Us All http://www.globalissues.org/issue/168/environmental-issues.

This website is dedicated to looking at various issues around the globe and how these issues are affect us. Specifically, I found a number of articles on this site about the importance of conservation, climate change, GM foods, and biodiversity. This variety of environmental topics makes this a great educational site for people looking to learn more about some current global issues. The creator and author of the site is very forthcoming about who he is and what he's trying to accomplish with this website so the site has a credible, professional feel to it as well. I recommend checking this site out to anyone in the class because it contains much of the material that we've talking about in class and could be a good source of conversation material for future class periods.

Monday, November 7, 2011

Advocacy Project: My Political Representatives

The president of the United States is Barack Obama. Obama is a member of the Democratic Party. his website is http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-obama .

Obama's contact info is:


The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500



Our two senators are Amy Klobuchar (DFL) and Al Franken (DFL). Their website is http://www.wrhammons.com/mn-us-senators.htm


Amy's contact info is:

302 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
Phone (202) 224-3244
Fax (202) 228-2186

Al Franken's is: 

309 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
Phone (202) 224-5641

Minnesota's governor is Mark Dayton (DFL). His website is http://mn.gov/governor/dayton/ 

Dayton's contact information is: 

130 State Capitol
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
Phone: 651-201-3400

Our house representative is Chip Cravaak (Republican). His website is http://www.wrhammons.com/mn-us-representatives.htm 

Cravaak's contact info is: 

508 Cannon House Office Building
Washington DC 20515
Phone (202) 225-6211
Fax (202) 225-0699

My Minnesota State legislator in the house of representatives is Mary Murphy (DFL). her website is http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?id=10444

Mary's contact info is: 


343 State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155
651-296-2676 or 800-890-5428


My Minnesota State legislator in the senate is Roger Jonathan Reinert (DFL). His website is http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=15299

Reinert's contact information is:

100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
State Office Building, Room 149
St. Paul, MN 55155-1206
651.296.4188