Allaince for Climate Education

       The website that I found to be the most engrossing and interesting was acespace.org, which is an environmental website to spread awareness about the ongoing climate change thats been happening. Their main goal is to educate kids around the country and help them make  a difference in their carbon footprint. They also interact a blog for people to discuss environmental issues or opinions. Kids can ask Ace's science board questions about the environment if they have any. This website also has a strong and engaging video to give veiwers an idea of what their goal is for acespace. It is fun and does not just list you facts or bias information. This website also shows you different reliable resources to read so that you can increase your knowledge and share with others the information that you have gathered. This site was created by scientists and researchers who have worked hard on getting information to the people of the U.S and kids so that they are able to change their ways of living, and to decrease the amount of energy they use on a day to day basis. The site is freindly and easy to navigate through. They do not force their morals upon you, but only share with you the surprising information about our earths climate. Overall I was able to get so much information from acespace just from watching their introductory video. And had a better idea of how much of an issue climate sustainability has become.

Meat and Methane

       My first blog is going to talk about the meat industry and what its doing to our planet. With the way our meat is produced and grown, you would be surprised about how unhealthy it is. Nowadays we grow our cows and pigs indoors in huge factories. They cram as many animals possible into an area and feed them nothing but grains and oats. With these grains they bulk the cow up faster and they can keep a faster flow of meat going to grocery stores. Also since these cows don't move around much, they cant get rid of any of the weight . They are also given a lot of antibiotics due to the fact they they stand in their own feces till they are slaughtered. These antibiotics keep our meat clean and free of harsh bacterias that could become lethal. The same process occurs with pigs too. The meat production industries main goal is to have the meat grow as fast as possible and sold as fast as possible. Only there are several problems with wanting your meat to be produced fast and at a high quality.
       One main problem is that cows are not meant to eat grains and corn. They are vegetarians and need a source of green food. Their stomachs are evolved to eat and digest grass and plants. When cattle is brought to a factory farm, their stomach gets a harsh awakening when they are weaned from grass and putting on a corn and grain based feeding regimen. With this type of food, their bodies cant process it or get any nutrients. All they get is more and more weight added to them. So in reality your meat does not entirely have all the nutrients and vitamins that it should when you purchase it. Since the cows body isn't getting what it needs to be healthy, you don't get very healthy meat. Another key problem is what this process is doing to the environment. When cattle eat corn and not grass, their bodies produce a gas called methane. Carbon dioxide is a weaker form a methane that gets put into the air. But a single molecule of methane is around six times stronger than a regular carbon dioxide molecule. An too much carbon dioxide is what is deteriorating our ozone layers. So every time a factory farm cow farts, more CO2 is being released into the air. And their are over a million factor farm cows in the United States. So adding those numbers up shows that  feeding cows grains and not grass fills our air with unwanted and unneeded gasses that hurt our environment. So what do you think is the solution? To feed cows grass and lower our carbon footprint down a couple sizes and reduce meat production? Or would it just be easier to keep killing cows at a faster rate and feeding them the food we have for several decades?
      

Overview of my topic

        For this project I am extremely interested in talking about our current issues of the worlds sustainability. Over the past couple decades, the consumption of our goods has sky rocketed and all of our resources are deteriorating rapidly. This is due to us not recycling, keeping lights on, wasting water and thousands of other actions that we do daily. Some of these earth threatening things are habits. People of this day and age have become accustomed to wasting and it has become second nature to all of us. A message has been spread that using a lot of energy at one time is okay and that our world can still properly function if we don't let up. But now things are changing, trees are not growing back fast enough, oil is reaching its peak, the ozone is falling apart and not protecting us from the sun, and fresh water is scarce for those who need it most. Americans are mildly unaware of the damages being done to our planet. And part of my goal for this project is to inform everyone to become a little more aware of the issues going on with our planet. We all don't realize that our population could diminish if we don't try to limit our waste and energy use. So spreading the message on sustainability and conserving our energy is something important that people need to know. Over the next couple weeks I am going to address many controversial issues that we face. Each one will have a big question that is up for discussion. These questions are always debatable and good to think about.