Share and Voice 10: PS3 Commercial

I think this commercial is outrageous. They are basically telling our kids to stay inside and play video games, instead of playing outside getting exercise. With our obesity epidemic, you would think they would be trying to get kids active and not stay in and play video games all day. I think this is horrible to advertise and should not be taken seriously by anyone. Sure, the dad seems a bit out of whack, but at least he's not influencing his kids in a way that will cause them to be lazy. I absolutely hate this commercial and cannot wait until it is not aired anymore.

Share and Voice 9: 10 Ways to Go Green and Save Green

I found this cool website about going green. It's all stuff we have talked about in class, but there are so many people who have no idea how much the small changes they can make, will make such a difference. It talks about the simple things like unplugging things when not in use, setting the thermostat a little lower, taking shorter showers, using cold water to wash clothes (which I do automatically to help save money and energy), and it even talks about how to eat smarter and more fresh. I thought this was very helpful, and I think it would be helpful for those who aren't as educated on this topic as we are. Get out and educate!!!

Share and Voice 8: Eco-Friendly and Organic Gift Ideas

http://www.findgift.com/Categories/Eco-Friendly/


With the holiday season coming up, some of us might be thinking about getting gifts for our friends and family. This website has many gift ideas that are eco-friendly and there are some great ideas on here! My roommate does a lot of creative cooking, and on this website I found organic vanilla. Definitely something she would be interested in! There is a coffee cup that looks like a plain paper cup that you would get at a coffee shop, but the title of the cup even says "I am not a paper cup". I thought that was really cute. There are some interesting things on this website and some great gift ideas! Check it out!

Share and Voice 7: Eco-friendly Bamboo

I thought this video was very interesting. So amazing that bamboo can grow up to one meter per day! I thought it was really cool that it is a UV ray protectant, and that it is warmer than wool! It would be fun to try some of the clothing sometime!

Share and Voice 6: One on one with nature

Last weekend, I joined my dad and brother in Bemidji to deer hunt on opening weekend. I always look forward to getting out of town to spend some time in the quiet woods with no distractions. Kind of my escape from reality for a couple days. Unfortunately, I saw no deer. But I got a chance to enjoy nature and take some pictures of things I saw, so I thought I might share them with you!

This picture is my view from my treestand looking south. The tree in the foreground has marks on it from porcupines and birds. The bark is eaten right off! In the background, the two tall trees are where my dad's old treestand sits. The tree on the left is leaning so far that it pretty much pulled the stand right apart! One of the trees that holds up my stand is quite similar, but not as bad quite yet. It got to be very windy out in those woods, and I felt like the trees were gonna pull MY stand apart! But thankfully, nothing happened to it and I was safe.

Here is a closer view of the porcupine marks. Kinda cool lookin!

This is a blue jay that NEVER went away. Very pretty bird, but when he was hopping around in the leaves it would make me think it was a deer walking! It was fun to just sit watch him though :)

And finally, the beautiful sunset I got to sit and watch. One of the most peaceful things to do.

It was so nice to sit outside for 10 hours and just take it all in. Fresh air, birds chirping, and just the sounds of nature. One of the most relaxing things I have done in a really long time!

Share and Voice 5: Vegan Outreach

So, I was walking around the halls of school one day in between classes, and a student standing at the bottom of a stairwell was handing out pamphlets. I gladly took one and what was it about? Animal cruelty! I found it ironic, because we had just talked about animal cruelty in farms and production in class that week. The makers of the pamphlet have a website posted on the back. I checked out the website and it looks awesome. It talks about vegan foods and it has a guide to "cruelty-free eating". They provide recipes, talk about vegan health and plant based diets, talk about reasons for eating vegan, and so much more! I love salads and it looks like they have some great salad recipes on this site! I'll be sure to post about it if I try one!

Share and Voice 4: Modern Health Crusade

I learned a bit about the Modern Health Crusade in HLTH 3303 Foundations of Health. At this website, it talks about a "No spitting" campaign to stop the spread of tuberculosis back in 1915. They believed that spitting on streets and floors could spread tuberculosis if the spitters were infected. The bacteria could live in the spit up to a day, and women stopped wearing dresses that dragged on the ground collecting the bacteria and bringing it into their homes. I found all of this very interesting. It then led to a campaign that we still kind of follow today. It includes a list of simple habits such as washing hands before each meal, brushing your teeth after breakfast and dinner, drink four glasses of water a day, taking baths regularly, and a few others. I found these things very interesting because they are kind of the starting ground for some of our healthy habits we have today.

Share and Voice 3: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

This segment on Good Morning America is jaw dropping. It talks about all of the plastic going into our oceans, and staying in our oceans. It's outstanding that in their samples, there is 6 times more plastic than plankton. And the fish are eating these plastics. So if we eat these fish, are we eating the plastic too? Like they said, we need to accept responsibility, and take action at local levels to prevent this from continuing. Just awful!!!

Share and Voice 2: Tour of WLSSD

For Dr. Tornabene's Community Health class, we took a tour of WLSSD. It stands for Western Lake Superior Sanitary District. It is located in West Duluth. First, we met in a conference room where a woman who worked there talked about the type of things that go on, and what they do with the waste, and certain materials you aren't supposed to throw away. Then for the tour, we had to wear hard hats and safety glasses. We got to see the chemistry lab where chemists look at the water to test it's cleanliness and we saw where the garbage trucks bring the garbage. It is then separated and stuff that needs to be recycled is put in it's proper place. There are also compost piles where they put old food and other materials to be composted. And finally they have a place where you can bring all of your items that you shouldn't throw away, like flourescent lights, paint, and other toxic wastes that shouldn't be put in the garbage.
I had never known that this place existed. I knew that they had sanitation places, but I never knew what they consisted of or where they were located. It was very interesting and a great learning experience!

Share and Voice 1: Blog Action Day 2009: Climate Change

This year, blog action day is about climate change. The government seems to be trying to hide global warming from us and telling us it isn't certain. But the documentary by Al Gore titled "An Inconvenient Truth" shows what is really happening. So many glaciers and ice shelves are melting away and he even shows before and after pictures to prove it. It truly is outstanding. I'm so glad the nations are getting together soon to talk about it and try to find solutions. I sure wouldn't want to see what Earth will be like when I'm the age of my parents, and have my kids in school being shown what Earth used to look like before humans destroyed it.
I have made some changes to my habits, some of which include using a reusable water bottle that I have bought, instead of plastic water bottles. Plastic is polluting our planet and our oceans. I also plan on changing from using plastic bags at grocery stores, to using my own reusable bags. If everyone took action together to change some of their small habits, it can make a big difference to our planet in the long run.

Welcome to Danielle's Dandy Environment!!

I'm Danielle and my blog is for HLTH 3500 Environmental Health. I will be blogging about things we do in class, things I do outside of class, and just other random things!



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