My Reflection:
This unit has blown me away with crazy facts and statistics. I’ve learned how we humans are making unhealthy decisions-- decisions that may seem innocent-- but are actually harmful to our planet and future generations to come. Some crazy things I’ve learned is farmers barely exist anymore, the amount of meat Americans consume in a week--let alone in a month, how if our diets of so much meat continues then chickens, cows, and pigs will out live humans, humans and global warming, and basically how everything we eat/use affects the environment someway, somehow, and could hurt us in the long run.
I was--still am-- astonished by these facts and statistics I’ve learned this unit. This unit has definitely changed my mind on how I go about life for the greater good. I’m wondering if others would do same with all this newfound knowledge.
Our Citations:
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Business Insider, 4 July 2010,
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- “Impacts of Population Growth, Economic Development, and Technical Change on
Global Food Production and Consumption.” Egyptian Journal of Medical Human
Genetics, Elsevier, 24 Dec. 2010,
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X10001575.
- Bakalar, Nicholas. “Air Pollution May Pose Serious Risks to Young Children.” The New
York Times, The New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018,
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- Wimmer, Harold P. “Trucks That Pollute.” The New York Times, The New York Times,
25 Feb. 2018,
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