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The Ending Trilogy of Wicked Blog about Wicked Problems by a Wicked Dude

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Starting my blog off by talking about the Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard. In a brief video, she talks about making Acrylic Polyester Synthetic Blend clothing out of recycled plastic bottles. Wow, a great idea. Another way to recycle … Continue reading →

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Making a change!

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There are many environmental and global issues that we face nowadays. High level of consumption and environmental degradation are major problems that contribute to global warming. In the market vs. government regulation reading, buildings are largest contributor to electricity consumption, … Continue reading →

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Our Voice Matters.

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Consumerism is the main reason for many of today’s social issues. The story on stuff breaks down each step of the material economy. It is based on the life cycle of products from extraction, production, distribution, consumption, and disposal. But … Continue reading →

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This week’s lectures we started off listening to Annie Leonard’s Ted Talk on “The Story About Stuff.” This story talks about our production and consumption patterns. The story of stuff is informational about how we can make our world more … Continue reading →

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The Final Chapter

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              Taking care of the environment is something I have always been passionate about, something I credit my dad and his love of science for, but prior to taking this class, I was getting to … Continue reading →

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Striving for Sustainability

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Our society is greedy and overconsumes, this has put us on a course for destruction. We over mine the earth in order to keep up with our habits. Since our culture is consumer based we produce a lot of waste. … Continue reading →

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Making this world a better place

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Making this world a better place We all want to buy new things and dispose the old ones because well, new is better which is probably why a large percentage of goods we buy are hardly being consumed after 6 … Continue reading →

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