Hey Scholars,
This week's topic is Solid and Hazardous Waste. We talked briefly about Sustainable Dave and his quest to keep his trash for a year. This week's online assignment is to post a relative comment on sustainable dave's blog:
http://365daysoftrash.blogspot.com/
Please copy and paste your comment back on our blog (see if dave will post on our blog!!!)
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i did that castle made of plastic bottles!!!!
AFTER ALL...i am a princess (:
Hi My name is Josh and i am a high school AP Enivromental Student. I have done some math and if 1/10 of the United States population we would have alot of money to give to the country of Haiti. A tenth of our population is 3,000,000 people. The minimum wage of an average worker is $7.55, and if the 3,000,000 people worked an 8 hour work day, each of them would make roughly about $60. The total of those 3,000,000 day salaries are $181,200,000. This amount is before tax but imagine if the whole work-force of the United States agreed to this challenge and participated that numer would be much greater. We take all that we have in America for granted. Thank you Dave for being a polite and caring person, we need more people like you in this country.
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Josh
AP Environmental-White Oak High School
Josh Morton-4th Period
Kelsey Rupp
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Concerning the plastic bottle castle:
I have recently read another article about a 60-foot sailboat made out of 12,500 plastic bottles and sugarcane-and-cashew-nut glue called the Plastiki. The six person crew is sailing the Plastiki from San Fancisco to Sydney to raise awarness about the 20 billion pounds of plastic litter that end up in the oceans each year.
For one, its amazingly impressive that this boat can even sail, just as that house is fit for people to live in. Achievments like this are a testiment to human ingenuity and problem solving. I love to see it.
mewooten said...
ReplyDeleteThis was very interesting you can really see how things grow exponentaly when one person does not care many times.
Melissa Wooten
This is the link to the blog I particiated in
http://365daysoftrash.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-bad-for-environment-can-throwing.html
We always hear about global warming and the ozone layer and all of these processes that are so somplicated but when this atricle was published it brought the problem down to a more public level, it was something that they could relate to because it was not a bunch of big scientific words.
Austin Wood
ReplyDeleteHello My name is Austin Wood and I would like to tell you thank you for your hard work and dedication to informing people about how to be environmentaly friendly. This video shows just how bad our world is at harming the environment. We need to find a new energy source besides fossil fuels, its really putting a hurting on our world. If you have any ideas on eco-friendly fuels or any other eco-friendly practices,my classmates would love to hear them. If you have time please post a comment on http://dillmanapenvironmental.blogspot.com/
Joeline Kane
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http://365daysoftrash.blogspot.com/2008/12/answer-to-plastic-water-bottles.html
Hey Dave,
I'm a high school sophomore in North Carolina and recently did a project in an AP environmental science on plastic water bottles. I learned how terrible water bottles are for the environment. The fact that plastic water bottles take thousands of years to bio-degrade amazed me. But this paper water bottle seems to really be the solution for undeveloped countries that do not have safe drinking water. But the paper water bottle is still waste. So, my question for you Dave is, how long would it take for one of those paper water bottles to bio degrade?
The comment I have posted on Dave's blog is being approved by him. When it gets approved I can then post it on this blog becuase i forgot and didn't copy the blog post i have written. but you will also be able to see it on Dave's blog. Alex Pennington
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“… This is the power of corporate energy, this is the power of toxic energy, this is the power of high-priced lawyer energy, and this is the power of silence.” The subliminal message conveyed through this video is quite alarming. It’s disturbing to see how the cold hard facts about Chevron corporate energy have been applied to such realistic circumstances and conditions. I wonder what will have to happen in order for companies such as these to stop the environmentally hazardous practices in which they participate in on a daily basis…
Maybe you could provide not only me, but my AP Earth and Environmental Science class with an answer to this seemingly always unanswered question of mine.
http://dillmanapenvironmental.blogspot.com/
Your feedback would be widely appreciated,
Dannielle Nadine Hobbs (Senior)
Hey All,
ReplyDeleteGreetings and salutations. Thanks so much for highlighting my blog Mr.Dillman. From the looks of what you are doing it seems like you were the kind of science teacher I would have wanted to have in high school.
I like that your students are asking hard questions. We need them to in order to put the fear back into the minds of the people who make the decisions. Viva La Revolucion!
Danielle, I think that companies respond to two things but both are really tied together - bad PR and money (the second really feeds from the first). Just like you quoted "this is the power of silence". Apathy is the real enemy here. We need to speak up and really scream about the injustices we see and not let corporations get away with environmental destruction. Hit them where they hurt (the wallet) and they will listen. As a teenager (I'm assuming here) you have more power right now than you can possibly imagine as adults will not be able to dance around you when you look them square in the eye and hit them with facts. Write letters, attend meetings, ask hard questions, really hard questions and hold people accountable. That's how these things get changed.
Joeline, I answered your question on my blog but the reality is I can't recall how long they take to break down. What's important though is that the materials can be locally sourced and they will break down inertly (is that a word?)
Alex, keep at it. No one thought we could fly before we did so who knows what answers lie out there. Technology is an important part of all of this (i'm particularly fond of the sterling engine myself) but we're also going to have to realize that we can't continue to live as if there is an infinite amount of planet to use up. Remember, a 13 year old kid came up with the concept of television, so imagine what you can do.
Keep up the good work folks and thanks for contacting me. I'll actually be teaching at the Governors Schools East and West this summer so maybe I'll see some of ya.
peace
Dave
Hello Mr. Dave,
ReplyDeletemy name is Antonio Hardison and i am a student at white oak high school. I would just like to say that it's an a great privilege on mine to meet someone who has thought enough about the environment to try to limit their personal amount of waste that they produce. When we first talked about you in our class i was surprised about what you had done, but it influenced me to want to cut back on my own personal waste.
i forgot to copy and past it!
ReplyDeletebut basically i told him that we appreciated his video and that his word would be helpful. asked to give him ideals and things like that.
Hi my name is Brittney Dennis i would like to start by telling you how grateful i am for you taking the time to inform everyone on how to make everything more eco friendly. i like this video because it shows us how really bad we are harming the environment and how were not doing everything we can to help prevent this.
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ReplyDeleteI forgot to copy and paste it too. But this is the address that popped up.
I basically asked him why he thought manufacturers insisted upon using plastic bottles to hold soft drinks and water and not some other recycled material.
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5843688607135360107&postID=7768114468882379005&isPopup=true
Shannon Cole
Hello My name is Victor Foster and I am a student at White Oak High School. We learned alot about your efforts to create awareness about the problems that the majority of people have concerning waste production. After looking through a few of your videos, I was really intrigued by how easy (although sometimes unorthodox)it is to reduce waste during the holiday season. This information is very useful. If you have any ideas on eco-friendly fuels or any other eco-friendly practices,my classmates would love to hear them. If you have time please post a comment on http://dillmanapenvironmental.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteyeah, I forgot to copy and paste too. good thing I have an AMAZING memory and was able to restate it almost word for word lol.
ReplyDeleteI think I deserve extra credit for that, Mr. Dillman (:
Good try Victor but genius doesn't need extra credit.
ReplyDeleteI forgot ot post my comment. But it said how cool I thought he was that he was able to show kids, who are the future, the benfits of being eco-frinedly.
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ReplyDeleteHi Dave,
My name is Alexis
Im a High school senior, also apart of Mr. Dillman's AP earth and environmental class. I think you ideas and efforts to be eco-friendly are wonderful. I find myself becoming more and more eco-friendly and concerned about our environment each day.
I know you are a huge advocate for recycling, but how do you feel about the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? What are your views?
http://365daysoftrash.blogspot.com/2008/01/rules.html
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My name is John Chavis and I am a student in Mr. Dillman's AP Environmental science class. This is was truly a very interesting article. This really does illustrate the tragedy of the commons. Its a shame that people dont realize that their "one bottle" adds up if everyone in their world thought that way. What was really interesting to me was that this really boiled down to people's ignorance about how their habits impact the environment. I'm am so glad that I got to participate and attempt your project; it was really informative as to how much trash I produce and to understand the true impact that I have on the environment.
I really wish people were more informed about the environment.
It is pretty cool what you are doing. I hope that you will open up the eyes of people and show how much we affect the environment
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Joseph Ratte said...
ReplyDeleteI am surprised too but I am a little more amused. I work in the produce department near my house, and before I got to that position I worked as a cashier and was confused on a few of the vegetables or fruit that would come through. Also, it isn' much surprising to find that probably these kids do not go with their parents to the grocery store--as long as the food is there right?
to Dance 4 Oceans and the other bloggers, there is a lot of "ready to eat foods" but they are for more convenience than anything else cuz people are lazy. Just the other day a lady asks me if we have any cut up pineapples, I say not right now, but we do have some but are really small amount. So i end up showing her how to pick out a ripe pineapple and tells me she has never had to cut up a pineapple. also "ready to eat" foods are per say less expensive, but might not be as much quality and as expensive as REAL produce and all of the added individual ingrediants. So I am a high school senior ,17 years old, and know these things that a twenty-something year old doesnt. its not just children but adults too that cannot recognize fruits or vegetables.if i could video tape all the things like what happened in this video, it would be appaling. But can anyone really say that it is embarrassing, for are you too one of those who do not know what vegetable or fruit you are looking at?
Dear Dave,
I am a high school senior in North Carolina, and for my AP Environmental Science class we had spoken about you and your quest on keeping your trah for a year. So I propose to you: What if we could somehow collect all of the rotten produce or expired salads or anything related to produce, collect it and transport it somewhere to produce biofuels? It would mean less solid waste in our lanfills and incinerators or other places. I was brainstorming about this randomly during work. would you propose this has already been proposed that you know of? Thanks for responding to Mr. Dillman's blog and answering my peers' responses. I just thought that this little video was amusing. I would like to know what I should maybe propose to my manager's manager in this aspect of new fuels and preventing a lot of waste from still piling up at:
http://dillmanapenvironmental.blogspot.com/
thanks, sir!
dave said: Joseph,
Way to go at it. It's an interesting idea but you'd have to consider the energy used to transport it and that would be offset by whatever was gained. In the long run, probably not worth it. Much moreso though would be setting upa huge composter on site. Produce goes in adn compost comes out. The store could make money selling compost to local gardners. What'dya think?
Hi Mr. Dave,
ReplyDeleteI'm April Damo, a white oak sophomore and also a member of Mr. Dillman's AP Environmental class. I would just like to thank you for doing such a good job on informing people about the severe impacts of trash on our environment and also, for acting upon it yourself. Although people know some of the consenquences of ignoring environmental issues, only few actually take actions in attempt to lessen or prevent the negative effects. I truly admire your dedication and hope that more people would find this an eye opener and take the extra step that you took in order to save the lives of the future generations.
http://365daysoftrash.blogspot.com/2010/05/this-is-clip-from-film-crude-about-what.html
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Aloha, Dave! My name is Jared Perez and I am a senior at White Oak High School and I would just like to thank you for all the information you provide us with and the ideals that have truly influenced not only our class but me personally as well. I'm glad to see you are accessable!
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