Monthly Archives: February 2022

A Wicked World

The curiosity of human beings is why try new things that may seem weird at first, but after doing what was once a curious action has now become normal. The wicked problems that we face as students at Oklahoma State … Continue reading

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What’s So Wicked? Learning What Our Ways Are Costing Us

What’s so wicked about our actions?  That is most certainly a question I asked myself when enrolling in my required “Wicked Problems of Industrial Practice” class last fall. However, upon attending the first few weeks of class I came to … Continue reading

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Me, You, and the Planet

Starting this class, I really wasn’t sure what it expect. You always hear people listing ‘Wicked Problems’ and they expect you to come up with an answer to it all. But isn’t that what is so wicked about it? We … Continue reading

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

Reduce, reuse, recycle. A three word phrase that perfectly summarizees my knowledge of sustainability until this semester. I have memories from early elementary school of earth day celebrations and lessons on being conscious within our environment. We were encouraged to … Continue reading

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Sustainability What?

Sustainability: this is a word that I never heard anything about until here recently when I enrolled into wicked problems. Coming from a small town where we did not really every talk about anything of this sort was kind of … Continue reading

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Wicked living

Joining wicked problems of industrial practice I had no idea what this course intended. I originally thought this course was going to go over wicked problems briefly. Instead this course goes in depth on the wicked problems we face even … Continue reading

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Am I the problem with sustainability? Yes, yes you are.

A wicked problem is a problem that is impossible to solve. In today’s world it is impossible to get everyone on the same page about an issue. The issues that we face today, we often like to ignore. Before taking … Continue reading

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Fashion vs Sustainability

The fashion industry is a multi- trillion-dollar industry, that has created thousands of jobs but has also produced 10 percent of humanity`s carbon emissions as well as the second biggest consumer of earths water. Land is destroyed by chemicals used … Continue reading

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Being Sustainable In Life

  When I started this course, I had no idea what I was getting myself into because I had no idea what wicked problems were, and every time I go to class and tell my friends I’m going to my … Continue reading

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Eyes Are Being Opened to Sustainability

Most people care about the Earth and its environment in some way, shape, or form. They want animals and humans to coexist and to live safe, happy, and healthy lives. The only issue with caring about the environment is not … Continue reading

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