A Sustainable Environment

The earth day fair took place on campus and there were many booths down by the science center. Originally, I wasn't going to attend the fair, until I heard they were giving away free cups and if you win one you'll receive drinks at the cafeteria for fifty cents instead of seventy. I know... it sounds like my purpose was all greed, but in some way it's what motivated me to move my lazy but down to the science center. After walking around I was glad I attended the fair because not only did I win a cup, but I also gained information about our environment. I loved the posters that were around campus that were clear cut statements about the environment and recycling. There were some that suggested to save recycled cans because it'll have enough energy to run a television for three hours. I also learned about how long it take to decompose many items, such as orange peel, a magazine, and a can. Everyone states that the orange peel will decompose when they are throwing it into the bushes, but what they probably don't know is that it'll take 25 months to decompose. This along with many other facts are among the items I learned today. I hope they have this fair again next year. Even though my family does not recycle cans and bottles, I feel that this fair has motivated me to tell my family to start recycling.

An inconvenient truth is a movie about global warming and how it has been affected the environment. I didn't go to the screening this past Friday, but I did see it at the theatre's at University during the summer for American Literature. This movie is an excellent movie and I respect Al Gore more for the actions he has taken to improve our environment. Global warming has been changing our environment drastically. There is a notice in colder temperature during the winter and hotter temperatures during the summer. Gore states that all of the ice is melting and will raise the ocean level by a lot. Hawaii will be underwater soon because of the melting of glaciers. Even though this would probably not happen soon, we should still make an effort to prevent this occurance for future generations to come.