Suggestion for Next Blog Topic

During our first class discussion on the blog posts, there was a suggestion of the topic being about the environment. While ultimately we chose to focus on American culture, I do think that a class blog focused on environmental discussions would be very original and informative. Science and Math are grouped together in most incidents as English and History are. Crossing over scientific issues into creative writing would create an opportunity to write about loads of different environmental topics.

Climate Change is a popular environmental as well as social discussion. It can even be related to politics. The possibilities for anyone's take on our worldwide handling of climate change are endless. The "Earth Right Now" NASA blog is a great contributor to this conversation.

There could also be a post about our strategies to deal with waste and pollution. Air, land, and water pollution are things that we have been worried about since the day we were born and it just continues to get worse. What are some ways we could improve this? Are there any projects we should invest in to approach this issue? What are waste treatments like around the world and which places lack the resources to contain waste and pollution at all? Why? Should we do anything about the increases amount of earthly pollution or forget about it and let it be?

There are also immense new findings in the scientific field because of increases in technological ability. What kind of technology helps or hurts the environment?

Our human interactions with nature can also be a blog post topic. How do we compare in modern times to ancient humans and their interactions with the environment? As we learn more about nature and all that inhabits it, are we helping or hurting by interfering (man-made things like tracking collars, animal reserves, zoos, etc)?

I'm sure there is much more to be explored with this, so I believe it would be perfect for 6-8 posts. Here is a link to a page that connects to 15 popular environmental blogs.

Comments

  1. Julie Quinn TACApril 28, 2018 at 6:19 AM

    Thank you for these suggestions! I think writing on the environment is a definite option. I think people shy away from it at times because they're scared of either what they might find or recognizing that they don't lead a very environmentally healthy existence...

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