Standing with Standing Rock

People are using social media to fight for social justice in this particular situation by providing updates as well as information. However according to Michael Bennet in the article “Cohn, Michael Bennett. "The Dakota Access Pipeline Protectors Won't Give up." Newsweek. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Nov. 2016.” New reports and social media told two different stories. A popular hashtag they have been using on twitter is #dakotaaccesspipeline. Considering many people use social media it is a very good method of action going into this. But if you mean methods they are using to solve this issue a very good method they are using is their protesting. Although the protesting has been getting a little violent it has still been getting the point across and spreading awareness on this issue. Social media plays a huge part in environmental justice in this issue. I took a look at the twitter hashtag and it looks like social media is bringing for people together for this issue. Social media also got people who are well known also involved. This is getting justice for an environmental issue. A way to improve their strategy is by trying to stay away from the violence part of things. I understand protesting and getting your point across in social media. But when it comes to things like rioting, that just makes it worse.

In this article they were a lot more logical. They broke down the pros and cons to each option they had dealing with this Dakota Access Pipeline. In my opinion I actually agree with this article. It is discussing how we can help/address the issue but it is also being logical about it. American people and the government can help the environment in many ways. You can help the environment is by reducing how much food you waste. This may not sound like much of a big deal but food waste is really bad for the environment. 40% of the food in the United States is wasted, when this food could be filling up 1 billion of the people starving in America, it is instead too busy filling up landfills and eventually turns into to methane. The solution to this issue is quite obvious. Just don’t bite more than you can chew, and try not to waste food.