Share and Voice 4!

For this share and voice I decided to find a new and cool blog that was pro-environment and being green. The blog that I found was EcoGeek.org. This blog is all about how we can reuse old materials and objects in new ways which are green. The page is also talks about ways that green technology is being used in a multitude of different and innovative ways. One of the first articles I saw posted on the site talked about how old would was being used in the construction of new buildings, and another article I saw talked about how solar power was being integrated into some prisons. All in all I think this would be a great blog for you all to go and check out. 

Share and Voice 3!

For this share and voice I wanted to challenge you all on an environmental topic that I'm passionate about. This topic happens to be flushing the toilet, or more that we flush it way more then we should. Most modern toilets require around six liters of water to flush, older toilets can require up to eleven liters to be flushed. In both cases, over the course of the day that's a lot of water being wasted in the name of flushing, and I don't like it. While I understand the desire, if not the need to flush the toilet after you poop, I find it ridiculous to flush the toilet after each urination. Urine is not off putting enough of a substance to merit being flushed away immediately. The standard I go by is to only flush after every five urinations. Though the water in the toilet has a more yellow appearance I've noticed no other side effects from not flushing the toilet as frequently, but I have noticed how much water I save by not flushing. I challenge you all to live by the moto: "If it's yellow, let it mellow, if it's brown, flush it down."  


http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_water_goes_down_the_toilet_when_you_flush

Share and Voice 2!

For this share and voice I found a video relating to the environment. It was put up by the oil company
Chevron and talks about how their company is working to find a way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere.

In this video they talk about a proposed solution to reducing the amount of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. What they propose is a program in which various industries and refineries send all their CO2 emissions to a compressor in which the CO2 is converter into liquid. From there the liquid is to be pumped deep underground. Though this could have positive effects on climate in the short run, I question how environmentally friendly this will prove to be in the long run. Also, considering this is coming from a  big company I wonder what the exact motives are behind this project concept. Never the less, I found this to be and interesting solution to the current issue of CO2 emissions in our atmosphere.

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.

Welcome to the Geyser of Johnson!

Hello, My name is Alex, I am a senior this year and will be graduating in the spring. I am a psychology major with a health education minor. This blog will be a log of nature related facts and topics that I come across as this semester progresses. I look forward to an amusingly eco-friendly semester that I hope to learn something new from.

There are five types of posts on my blog.
They include:

1. Advocacy Project
2. Eye Openers
3. Reflections
4. Eco-Chic Life style change
5. Share and Voice

If you notice at the bottom of this post, the categories will be listed as labels. This post is has been labeled with all five kinds of posts. You will also see the number of each kind of post in my Labels Gadget at the top of the page. All post titles from now on will begin with one of the categories above.


The members of my web group are:

1. Alina@Splashing Along the Shores with Alina
2. Haley@Adventureswithhaley
3. Dr.V/Kristen@Enviro-Surfing with Amy and Kristen
4. Nicole @ Nicole Exploring the Environment

You can subscribe to my blog by clicking the subscribe gadget in the gadget column. You can also follow my blog by clicking "Follow this Blog" in the gadget column. You can see my complete profile and all the blogs I am following by clicking on "See Complete Profile."


This class is going to be interesting