A Starving World

In the United States (U.S) and across the world many families are suffering. Not for reason that would be assumed like a natural disaster, war or disease, but from simply not eating. In the U.S, people are suffering but nothing is comparable to the amount of people suffering in developing nations. Many of these people are children who are left with an empty plate. This is what the United States and many other nations would call a “Global Food Crisis.”

We live in a world today where many people fail to realize where food and other resources come from. Just take a second and ask a five year old child who is only exposed to going to the grocery store; where does beef come from? More than likely their answer will amaze you. It is quite astonishing that a child of that age does not know that beef comes from cows. Better yet they even fail to realize how many people work their hardest to grow and produce the amount of food that is in their refrigerator. Lots of people may not know what really is going on, but they do notice that everything they buy cost more. This global food crisis did not come from people over eating, but many seem to think so. In fact, there are few people who even know that there is a food crisis.

This global food crisis is what many people and organizations would call a “silent tsunami,” I call it a phenomenon. This crisis is not just affecting you and your neighbor but families across the world. “With the world being interlinked like never before, the food crisis is spreading country to country sparking unrest and spiking hunger.” (Faiola) Millions of people are suffering, mostly children. Over the last few years prices for common household goods have increased dramatically. Food prices for rice, wheat and beans have doubled since last year. Though all people from middle class to rich have been hit by this food crisis; the poor are suffering the most. They are left having to spend a larger portion of their money on basic food items leaving little left for bills and other necessities.

The previous food crisis is nothing comparable to what the world is facing today. This is the worst food crisis since World War II. Food shortages have affected developing countries for generations this is what you would call cyclical problem (income, value, or earnings fluctuate widely according to variations in the economy). But this crisis is different it is urgent and is devastating. In recent months many food prices have risen eighty percent. In these developing nations many children are only eating at church based centers; but churches can only provide little food for these starving children. While food prices remain low in most developing countries, there is still a chronic need for help, because of the existing food insecurities and high food prices resulting in food emergencies.

This food crisis would grab the attention of G8 Leaders meeting in Japan. In this meeting they pledged to reverse the decline in Aid and investment in Agricultural. Then accelerate research and development to boost food production. General Ban Ki-Moon of the United Nations called for an immediate meeting with the Bretton Woods Institution organizations. In which he explains that the global food crisis is not going anywhere, but we must do something to prevent citizens from going out of control. Like the recent riots that took place in Bangladesh, Haiti and Port-au-Prince causing a five day protest that would destroy tanks. In Somalia 10,000 rioters covered the state capital in a protest for high food cost. Ban Ki-Moon said in this meeting that, “This crisis could result in a cascade of others…and become a multidimensional problem affecting economic growth, social progress and even political insecurities around the world.”

In response to the global food crisis the United States provided 770 million dollars to USAID as part of the Presidential Food Security Response Initiative (PFSFI). Of the 770 million dollars 590 million went to funding for emergency humanitarian programs. Many Governments have come together to help their nation and others through these hard times. They are still left with many people to feed or are left with the option of them starving to death.

In this world today, no child should have to go without a meal. As Sabrena would say, “going hungry is worse than being homeless.” Governments in places like Mexico have implemented new policies that would help their citizens through these hard times. Programs that are run by organizations also help with the food supply; unfortunately there is simply not enough food to go around. Tariffs and taxes on many key staples have been reduced. Governments are doing what they can to lower prices for food. It seems as if it is becoming even harder to keep food production constant with natural disasters.

Natural disasters continue to hit many places that produce a lot of grain, leaving hardly anything to sell. In April 2008, a Manson hit South Asia making it possible for a lot rice to be produce. However this is not the case everywhere. In 2007, a natural disaster caused Tista and Jamuna in Northern Central Bangladesh to flood causing over a million hectors of farm land to be destroyed. That then caused an agricultural loss of about 600 million, also they would only receive about four ton per hector verses their usual five ton. Agricultural productivity growth is only two percent a year. Joachim Von Braun, director in general of the International food policy said, “This is too low to meet population growth and increased demand.”

This food crisis will be with us all for a while because there is simply no easy way to get rid of it. Many people like Philip Purdey, who is an agricultural economist at the University of Minnesota said, “Demand will continue to rise as the world populations grow more and more.” There is more graining being used to produce bio-fuels and livestock for consumption.” More graining is being used in so many places that the world farmers cannot keep up. With the current recession farmers cannot produce the amount of food they were years ago causing are grainer’s to deplete. There is a hope that farmers will once again be able to get loans from banks that will make it possible for more grain production. Some also suggest that a green revolution needs to take place if the world is to avoid wide spread famine.

Bio- fuel may prove to be something in the future but as of now it is not. Bio-fuels consume a large portion of the world’s corn, and as more nations producing bio-fuels the less corn we will have to eat. Corn prices have risen constantly as governments subsidize more ethanol programs. With many countries increasing in population the world cannot withstand another nation creating bio-fuels.

Survey Results: Analysis

The prices for food are changing every week making it harder and harder for mothers and fathers to provide for their children. A survey was conducted that was geared to discover how food prices have impacted families. Families are so upset with the food prices that they are considering growing their own produce. Within the last two years families now have to budget more than they had years ago.

There is nothing that happens in the world that does not affect you or your next door neighbor. Many of these families did not know that there is a global food crisis. There is no doubt that these families dread the upcoming year. Unless prices are going down in the next year these families will suffer even more. With prices increasing in other areas as well as food families are not able to survive. Dreading the moment that they get there bills from car note to mortgage payment, to cell phone bill, and electric. “One of these bills will not get paid this month just so I will be able to feed my children.”

It goes without saying that a child should be able to eat when they are hungry, and a family should be able to make it through the winter with heat. Just knowing that a mother and father is scared, that they will lose their job. The situation has become worse than it has ever been. Some families lose sleep knowing that at any moment there electricity can be turned off. This survey really shines a light on these struggling families. What would you do if you couldn’t provide for your family?

Reading Response for ""Dream Machine"

"Dream Machine" written by Will Wright is, really true to some extent. It is very informative and give an opportunity for other people to really analysis and review there ideas. This article basically talks about video games and how beneficial it is for many children and society. That it is beneficial for people to be creative and allow them to be free to a degree. In this article he compares Hollywood movies to video game.
Watching a movies and video games both come with nasty habits. Rather it be from gorging yourself at the movies, or being addicted to the game and still gorging yourself. All bring good things, what those things are may be very different. Rather it is learning how to accept someone in you neighborhood or it is learning to be more creative.

Video games and movies both can teach somethings that are just not acceptable but in the end it is up to the parents to let there children know that these things are just not okay. And set the first example before they go outside of the home.

Like many children and adults I play video games and I also enjoy a very good movie. All of which, I also learn how to adapt and acknowledge that all things are not under my control and there is only so much that one person can do. I also know that somethings are simple fiction.
It is perfectly to okay to play a video as it is okay to watch a movie. But there needs to be a line that seperates realate from fiction. Most people view video games as a waste of time. Without even taking the time to acknowledge the good that it has. Rather it is creating a family on the Sims or trying to win a race it teaches you a lot of things. How to lose and how to overcome things when obstacles come your way.

Family without Food

In the United States and across the world many families are suffering. Not for reason that would be assumed like a natural disaster, war, or disease, but from simply not eating. In the U.S people are suffering but nothing is comparable to the amount of people suffering in developing nation. Many of these people are children who are left with an empty plate. This is what the United States and many other nations would call a “Global Food Crisis.”

We live in a world today where many people fail to realize where food and other resources come from. Just take a second and ask a five year old child who is only exposed to going to the grocery store. Where does beef come from? More than likely their answer will amaze you. It is quite astonishing that a child of that age does not know that beef comes from cows. Better yet they even fail to realize how many people work there hardest to grow and produce the amount of food that is in their refrigerator. While this global food crisis did not come from people over eating, many seem to think that. In fact there are few people who even know that there is a food crisis.

This global food crisis is what many people and organizations would call a “silent tsunami” it is what I call a phenomenon. This crisis is not just affecting you and your neighbor, but families across the world. Millions of people are suffering mostly children. Over the last few years prices for common household goods have increased dramatically. Food prices for rice, wheat and beans have doubled since last year. Though all people from middle class to rich have been hit by this food crisis; the poor are suffering the most. They are left having to spend a larger proportion of their money on basic food commodities leaving little left for bills and other necessities.

The previous food crisis is nothing comparable to what the world is facing today. Food shortages have affected developing countries for generations this is what you would call cyclical problem. A cyclical problem is…. But this crisis is different it is urgent and is devastating. In recent months many food prices have risen eighty percent. In these developing nations many children are only eating at church based centers. Theses church’s can only provide the little food they have to these starving children. While food prices remain low in most developing countries, there is still a chronic need for help, because need for food insecurities and high food prices still exist, resulting in food emergencies.

This food crisis would grab the attention of G8 leaders meeting in Japan in this meeting they pledged to reverse the decline in Aid and investment in Agricultural and accelerate research and development to boost food production. Genreal Bon Ki-Moon woof the United Nations would cal for an immediate meeting in Bretton Woods Institution that would discuss and deal with resolving this food crisis. In which we explains that this global food crisis is not going anywhere, but we must do something to prevent citizens from going out of control. Like the recent riots that took place in Bangladesh Haiti causing a five day protest that would destroy tanks. In response to the global food crisis the United States provided 770 million dollars to USAID as part of the Presidential Food Security Response Initative (PFSFI) of the 770 million 590 million went to funding for emergency humanitarian program.

Governments have come together to help their nation and others through these hard times they are still left with many people to feed or they are left with the option of them starving to death. In this world today no child should have to go without a meal. As Sabrena would say, “going hungry is worse than being homeless.” In places like…. Many governments have implemented new policies that would help their citizens through these hard times. Programs that are run by organizations also help with the food supply unfortunately there is simply not enough food to go around. Tariffs and taxes on many key staples have been reduced. Governments are doing what they can to lower prices for food.

Natural disasters hitting many place that produce a lot of grain they are left with hardly anything to sell. In April 2008 a Manson would hit South Asia that would make it possible for a lot rice to be produce. But this is not the case everywhere. In 2007, a natural disaster would cause Tista and Jamuna in Northern Central Bangladesh to flood causing over a million hectors of farm land to flood that would give them an Agricultural loss of about 600 million. Also they would only receive about four ton per hector verses their usual 5 ton.

This food crisis will be with us all for a while because there is simple no easy way to get ried of it. Many people like Philip Purdey who is an agricultural economist at the University of Minnesota “Demand will continue to rise he says as the world populations grow more and more. And as more grain is driving to produce bio-fuels and to feed livestock for meat consumption.” Some also suggest that a green revolution needs to take place if the world is to avoid wide spread famine.

With the lack of production and relocation of grains there is not enough food to go around. With Bio-fuels increasing form year to year. The lack of production and the lack of supplies have become a nuisance. Many people are still left without a grain of rice on their plate. While many of these countries suffer there is nothing comparable to a child starving. There are many programs and help that is coming but there is not enough food to feed the world. There is just too many people and to much of the food is being used to improve things. There needs to be more food produce then is being bought and being used to make bio-fuel people are suffering and there is nothing one person can do to solve this problem. There needs to able a world wide effort then to simple rely on one person.

Sabrena the Frugal Shopper

Sabrena Jones

On her way to the grocery store

Sabrena Jones was born in Mobile, Alabama. At the age of ten she moved to the suburbs of Michigan where she still resides. Her mother Betty and Aunt Gloria raised her and provided anything that she needed. If not for these two wonderful women she would not be the women she is today. Her aunt and mother taught her the ways of a frugalist.

Her mother cared for her and her sister without any government assistance, until her younger brother was born and during this time they would only receive WIC. Growing up her mother was always able to provide more than enough food for the family. She always cooked enough for if someone would come over and also to have leftovers. Now as an adult she says, “I am only able to provide for me and my family. I never invite anyone over for dinner because I need the food to last so I can provide for my family.” Sometimes she even finds herself with less on her plate so that everyone can eat.”

Sabrena is now married with two daughters and she finds herself having to provide for six people every day. Things get harder and harder as weeks pass and with some prices changing in a day it makes matters even more difficult. So as time go on she learns more ways to save money on food and everyday household goods.

Before she leaves the house to go shopping for anything she goes through a long process just to save money. The first thing she does is write a list of food, and household items that are needed. She even clips coupons for extra savings. Then she spends a lot of time looking through Meijer, Kroger, Walmart and ALDI sales paper, so that she can compare prices and see which stores have the best buy. She figures out which stores she will be going. It is not out of the ordinary for her to go to two or more stores in a week. Because many of the stores she shop at are close to her home she saves money on gas when going to the supermarket. She says “I save on time and money by leaving my children at home also I prevent from going away from the task at hand. She sets a dollar limit on how much she is willing to spend and stays close to that amount.

With dramatic change in prices it is more difficult to buy enough food for her family. So when she goes to the supermarket to buy items she has many choices to make because there is never a set value on items. When she had to buy apples, onions, milk and eggs she is left with a very annoying task to complete. She remembers when “apples use to be 99 cents per pound, good bread was two dollars a loft, and when milk and meat was half the prices that she are pays now. “ She says that even finding certain items at the grocery store is difficult because the shelves are never stocked. She is even forced to go without something just to buy more of another so that there will be enough.

In the grocery store Sabrena complained about how the prices for

butter and juices have went up and the dates that where on the

containers and how much of these items are on the shelf

versus other things that she need that this store did not have.

She provides for her family without no government assistance and she believe that, “going hungry is worse than not having a place to live.” The fact is the Government cannot provide for everyone so many people who need help are left to care for their family alone. The family may have an income but it is not enough to provide for everyone in their household. While it may be difficult to provide adequately for her family she is making it and doing a good job at it. She knows that it is difficult for other just like her so she helps them in any way that she can. When there is a promotion at the grocery store she donates not thinking about how she could have used that money to buy more food for her family. Rather it is donating money or even her time; she does what she can hoping and praying that things will get better for everyone in these times of misfortune.

Sabrena cooks breakfast lunch and dinner for her children

everyday. This afternoon she cooks a chicken omelet

with tomatoes green pepper scallions and onions.

Sabrena Jones is a frugalist with an edge that cannot be beat. She lives her life for her family making sure they have everything that they need. She spends her leisure time clipping coupons and looking through sales paper in fact she enjoys this more then watching television. Sabrena looks constantly for a deal and a sale which makes her frugal.

Reading response for "Our Thirst for Water"

Tom Standage takes bottled water to the extreme with his article “Our Thirst for Bottled Water,” throughout this article he takes the time to explain what is wrong with the world thinking about bottled water versus tap water. It is completely understandable that you have a personal preference about rather to drink tap water or bottled water. Take this into consideration, a country may need bottled water because there water is contaminated. Is it truly fair to drink water that can very well save someone’s life?

Bottled water and tap water is simply water the difference between them is simple one cost more than the other. When it comes to thinking about bottled water and how much of it is consumed by each nation each day, is a little bit extraordinary considering how much of it does not need to be consumed at all. It is really sad to know that other nations really do need bottled water and we only do a little to help them. I am sure that we can give away with a bottle of water to help someone else. Especially those that cant provided themselves with healthy drinking water.

Standage makes it really clear that you get the same exact nutritional value from most tap water as you do from bottled water. In other cases you can get even more nutrition from tap water. In areas where water is scarce and many people do not have enough good water to drink. They actually need bottled water to survive. The human body needs 64 ounces of water a day and many of these nations don’t have enough for everyone. But still people can not resist the urge to buy bottle water.

If bottled water would be taxed so that a portion of the money would go to those nations that need it more would be able to receive an adequate amount, but the reality is no one would approve that. Reading this article really makes you think about water in a new way. So when I walk into the store to waste money on bottled water I will remember someone needs it more then me.

Summary of Academic Article

Luther Tweeten and Caial Zulouf wrote “Feeding the world” in The futurist (2000) in this they inform us that the world’s population had reached six billion; and that the world’s death and birth rates are equal. They suggest that the world has more people and not enough production to allow for an increase in population. It is explained in more of an economic stand point, in which they inform economist, business men and women that there needs to be an increase in supply so that everyone can eat. They think that if the world population continues to increase at the same rate that the supply is then there will someday be a shortage of food. Food is not just being used to feed us and animals but it is also being used to create things like biofuel. While having biofuels may seem like a good thing considering that gas, oil, and coal, causes a lot of pollution and may well be the cause of global warming. But if food production does not increase in the upcoming years we will indefinably have a food shortage. With the population increase there is more demand for food but the production has not changed. So there needs to be a drastic decrease in the population or there needs to be an increase in supply.

More and more food is being used to create biofuels. Biofuels are better for the environment; so many people think because of that biofuels will help create a better tomorrow. But then the world is left with another situation which can prove to be worse than pollution.

In David J. Tenenbaum article “Food vs. Fuel” in Environmental Health Prospective (2008) he explains that the more we use food for other things like biofuels the less we have for ourselves. The population has increased and the diversion of crops has also increase leaving us with a big problem to solve. Feeding your family maybe your number one priority but it may not be your nations. In the United States the production of biofuels has nearly tripled from what it was six years ago, while this has happened to decrease the dependency of oil from other countries. The population of America has increased each year but the production of food has not increased enough so that we can feed our family and create biofuels. They are trying to prevent their dependence for oil from other countries for oil but they are instead increasing their dependence for food. They are going about it the wrong way. Tenenbaum wrote this article to inform environmentalist, people in the oil business and economist so that they will change their perspective on how they will handle the shortage of oil and food.

Every family needs to be able to adequately provide their families with food. There is not enough food to go around and the prices just keep going up. How will we ever be able to provide food for ourselves?

Kristen Weir wrote “The Food Hike” for Current Health (2008) in which she justifies and builds this article on the basis that there is more demand for food but just not enough to feed everyone. She lets us know that we may have a shortage of food because there is less being supplied but this is not the only reason people are going hungry. Also there are more resources being needed to produce less of another food, like beef and pork and more is going to other things also. Grains are not just used to feed us, and other animals they are also used to make fuel and experiment with other things. In 2006 one fifth of the US corn was used to make ethanol, and sure this is not a bad thing but considering people do not have enough food. Why use that much of our food to make ethanol. If more farmers decide to change their farm land into produce plants for bio fuels then there will be less farmland to grow on. She writes this article for readers who are concerned that there will not be enough food to feed their family and she explains why all this is so. It is the rising price of other things that make it harder for us to eat; it also makes it harder for farmers and other corporations to supply food. She explains that when oil and gas prices go up less has to be produce to offset the cost of gas. The change in temperature around the farming lands also have began to make a greater impact on the farming.

Academic Articles Sumeries (Draft 1)

Luther Tweeten and Caial Zulouf writes “Feeding the world” from The futurist (2000) in this they inform us that the world population had reached six billion, and that the world’s death and birth rates are equal. They suggest that the world has more people and less production to allow for an increase in population. It is explained in more of an economic stand point, in which he is informing economist, business men and women that there needs to be a greater supply so that everyone can eat. They also think that if the world continues to populate at the same rate as the supply does then there will someday be a food shortage. We are not just using food to eat and feed other things but to create a better tomorrow like the creation of bio fuels. While having bio fuels and other things may seem like a good thing considering that gas, oil, and coal, causes a lot of pollution and may well be the cause of global warming. The world is then left with another situation since population has reached an all time high.

In David J. Tenenbaum article “Food vs Fuel,” from Current Health …

Kristen Weir wrote “The Food Hike” for Current Health (2008) in which she justifies and builds this article on the basis that there is more demand for food but just not enough for the growing society. She lets us know that we may have a shortage of food because less is being supplied but this is not the only reason people are going hungry. Also there are more resources being needed to produce less of another food, like beef and pork and more is going to other things also. Grains are not just used to feed us, and other animals they are also used to make fuel and experiment with other things. In 2006 one fifth of the US corn was used to make ethanol, and sure this is not a bad thing but considering people do not have enough food. Why use that much of our food to make ethanol. If more farmers decide to change their farm land into produce plants for bio fuels then there will be less farmland to grow on. She writes this article for readers who are concerned that there will not be enough food to feed their family and she explains why all this is so. It is the rising price of other things that make it harder for us to eat; it also makes it harder for farmers and other corporations to supply food. She explains that when oil and gas prices go up less has to be produce to offset the cost of gas. While gas may be a very high factor in the shortage of production it is not just that but also the weather changes that have went on. More food has been destroyed this year alone due to natural disasters then ever before.

The Global food Crisis (Topic Proposal)

Families across the world cannot provide their children or themselves with an adequate amount of food; so they are left going hungry. Many people are oblivious at the notion that there is a food crisis. Since I found this to be true by just asking people at school and around my neighborhood; I decided to research the global food crisis that our nation and many other nations our under at this moment. I think a light needs to be shined on the situation rather a bright light or just a diming flame.

I want to focus my research on the factors that put us in this global food crisis. To inform everyone who reads it about the food crisis and things we can do to help our nation and others. We as a society should want to know what our government is going to do about individual families that are starving because of this. Common things such as wheat, corn, and rice have been rising steadily for about 4 years. Simply the world has been consuming more food then the world has been producing. 100 million people have been driven into poverty over the last past decade.

When doing the research on the global food crisis I think that one of the problems that will cause a negative impact on my paper would have to be coming across the same information in each article I read. I will then be left with the same inforamtion and less of others so I would have to research more information about the topic then otherwise would be necessary.

Our nation and many others are in an economic downfall but to have a food crisis at the same time is not helpful at all. Something has to be done so that families will not have to go without feeding their children or themselves. These downfalls that are hitting each nation need to come to an end. Rather the end is near or not something has to happen, and there is only so much that one person can do. Let’s help each other so that when the hard times hit there will be someone there to steady you.

Argumentive Essay "Does an Electric Vehicles Really Help the Environment?"

There are few people who make the decision to switch to an electrical vehicle and when they do they are left feeling like they are helping the environment. But how will they feel when they know that there is almost as much emissions being admitted in the air to produce an electric car as a fuel vehicle. Will more people choose to switch to what seems to be a more environment friendly vehicle or just choose to get a fuel efficient vehicle ? A fuel efficient vehicle will do me fine until improvements are made with an electric car.

Electric cars are suppose to be healthy for our environment than a normal gas car is, but when compared to fuel efficient vehicles we have about the same chemicals being released in the air. When a car that is not fuel efficient, such a Hummar is compared to the electric vehicle; then we can say that an electric car is better for the environment. Even though with a fuel vehicle the emissions are emitted from the tailpipe when traveling. In an Electric Car emissions do not come from the tailpipe instead these emissions are admitted indirectly to our environment.

An electric vehicle uses a battery, but for the battery to even been produced is a very hard process and uses a lot of electricity and resources. The vehicle battery needs to be charged using electricity which after all comes from coal. Because, 49.9 percent of our nations electricity is generated by the burning of coal, and in some states the percent is exceptionally high. How can a electric vehicles be safer for our environment when more coal is being burned that emits CO₂ into the environment and produces other types of green house gases also. CO₂ is Carbon Dioxide which is a type of greenhouse gas that is emitted by cars and power plants, this has been identified as a major cause of Global Warming. A battery for an electric vehicle has to charge four to six hours and that is electricity that is being poured into the battery meaning that more coal has too be burned to produce this electricity. Now having to charge the battery this long alone creates a lot of CO₂. But with a fuel efficient vehicle we have CO₂ being admitted in to the air also but you can do more thing with this vehicle and the amount of CO₂ being admitted into the air will not change, unless a more fuel efficient vehicle is created.

In an electric car the battery uses only seventy percent to move the car and keep other things working in the vehicle. The other thirty percent is not used at all because of problems with the battery. There is not only a problem with the battery of an electric car but also the disposal or recycling of the battery. It cost a large amount of money to recycle the battery, and even then how exactly is the battery being recycled.

The batteries do not go to recycling as soon as I would hope they would instead they go through the process of reusing any parts of the battery as possible and the batteries are not made of any toxic materials. The batteries first go through a hammer mill that pounds them into what looks and seems almost like pulp the elements are then separated and reused. While the battery may be saving gasoline, that does not deny the fact that CO₂ is being admitted into the environment through the traveling process, plants electricity and the charging of the battery.

The Tassel Roadster is an electric car that can only travel one hundred and fifty miles per charge. It takes five hours to charge the battery and even then it only travel five hundred and fifty miles. While this vehicle is an electric car it really dose not seem as practical in the real world. Consider situations in which you forget to charge your car, the expense on your electric bill, and the fact that you more then likely have to replace this expensive battery. Then you are left with a vehicle that is not reliable all the time and cannot be used for actually traveling. In the long run you have wasted your money to purchase something that would help the environment but in turn made things worse for your everyday life.

An electric vehicle is not all its cracked up to be, there are problems that need to come to an end before I will decide to purchase an electric vehicle. Until that time comes I will just stick to my fuel efficient vehicle that emits about the same amount of CO₂ into the environment as the making and processing of an electric car. I can’t help but see that many people are at a halt when trying to decide rather to buy an electric car. But to invest that kind of money in a vehicle that is not helping, the planet and is not helping you is a waste.

Reading Response for "You Are What You Eat"

Brillat-Savarin's famous statement: "Tell me what you eat, and I shall tell you what you are," shocks me in so many ways. Thinking about this statement I find it really hard to understand how he can tell me what I am by what I eat. If I am what I eat then why can't I grow. This may have been said to be a joke, or it could have been said to work a nerve. This statement in so many ways can be found to be offensive rather it is meant to be this way or not. So I even try to just ignore this statement all together, but I would still have a problem with it in the back of my mind.

If I am what I eat; then half the day I eat nothing and the other half I eat. When I choose to eat, I choose to eat a wide range of things so how can what I eat be pulled into one word that can describe me. So today I ate an 8oz lite yogurt, for lunch nothing, for dinner a salad and a grilled piece of fish. What am I? Since you can tell me what I am? You are what you eat. To say that you are what you eat is really unrealistic because people eat different things on a daily basis, if I am what I eat I would change everyday.

I think that the statement, "tell me what you eat and I shall tell you what you are," is not possible. Rather the statement in some ways is to say that you are unhealthy if you eat unhealthy, or to say that you are healthy if you eat healthy, even these statements have a line that has to be cross before either of these is correct. But these statements cannot be said about any particular person because it is not true. Because if you eat unhealthy then exercise and right lifestyle you can still be healthy.

"Tell me what you eat, and I shall tell you what you are," seems wrong and sounds wrong. Anyone can tell you what they think you are, but only you know who you are and that's what matters.

Composing a Video of my Park Adventure...

I was trying to compose a video of the time I went to the park. I wanted it to be fun and informative at the same time with a light beat in the background. Looking at the screenshot of what I was doing it looks like a lot of work needs to be done. It seems like some more pictures and videos of the parkwill be needed and it would need to organize it in a better and more cohesive way so that it can then flow better. So much work to do and so little time. Looking at the picture it appears as if i have barely did anything to this project, when I have been working on it for hours. But I know when putting more then one thing together in a digital space things do look bunshed together making your work look and seem as if nothing has been done. Maybe if digital composing was to improve in the since of space and consistency then composing a video, a documentary, and a essay can be done faster and more effectively.