eWaste action blog

I feel that it is not necessary to take action in this matter. who is telling the people in india to break down the parts from old computers and cell phones. most of this waste is very similar to that of general garbage in the world. when we throw out our trash it goes to landfill where it soaks into the ground and creates big areas of grass and emits toxins as well. what would we do if we had no place to put our garbage? then where would it go? we have no place to put this waste so we just tend to send to other countries instead of dealing with it ourselves. when all else fails, where and what and who do we turn to? from garbage to electronics we have no place to store it except for ruining this beautiful land of ours called the United States of America. everyone knows that we have this problem through garbage and electronic waste, but no one has found a liable solution to the problem. what should we really do with all of our waste in the world. for starters, our electronics can be recycled. as we have tried this before it only catches the attention of not even a quarter of the people in the world. one person cannot change the entire world by spreading the word about recycling. This movement has not gone very far or been improved in the past couple years. it is a struggle to change the world as a whole, therefore there is no hope for the electronic waste problems.

Whats in your computer group proj 1

1) It is not mined anywhere on earth. It is a man made chemical compound

2)There is no enviromental effect from mining since this is not performed. However the production of phthalates is regulated by the Enviromental Protection Agency (EPA)

3)Human health concerns come in the form of asthma and allergies in kids, possibility of precocious puberty in females, high hormone levels, and birth defects.

4)Health impacts relate to women prematurely delivering their children.

fys comic #1 and Bilbliography

ZUCKERMAN, ETHAN. "The First Twitter Revolution? - By Ethan Zuckerman | Foreign Policy." Foreign Policy - the global magazine of economics, politics, and ideas. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Nov. 2011. <http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/01/14/the_first_twitter_revolution>.


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Here is the link to comic if it doesn't work. i had trouble with the postings and it forced me to create two new ones. hopefully this link works

Blogger 11

Annotated Bib??

http://inside.nike.com/blogs/nikefootball-en_GB/tags/lace_up_save_lives
http://therepublikofmancunia.com/lace-up-save-lives/
http://www.arsenal.com/laceupsavelives
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lace-Up-Save-Lives/279566937363
http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~2318455,00.html

These sources are valid that i used for my previous and most recent initial proposal.

**NEW** Proposal for my digital storytelling

Nike "Lace Up, Save Lives"is a global organization that helps fight AIDS for kids in Africa. AIDS in Africa is world problem and this recent organization has helped provide vaccinations for millions of kids, especially ones who love the game of soccer. FIFA is known as the worlds largest International Organization, and has about three more member associations than that of the International Olympic Committee. Soccer is the number one sport in the world, so the impact that this project has had so far is impeccable. First released a few months before the previous 2010 World Cup in South Africa, players everywhere would spend 3 dollars, at least thats how much they are in american dollars, and those three dollars would help vaccinate children and others in South Africa that have been or could be, affected by AIDS. The headliner for this project is Chelsea and Ivory Coast Captain, Didier Drogba, who being from South Africa and recognized as one of the greatest players in the game, has surely spread the word through Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and advertisements all around the world. During the World Cup in South Africa, all of the players had the option to wear these RED laces and support the project against AIDS in Africa. In my digital story i will use video and blog posts to show how these laces have affected peoples lives in Africa and around the world and in some cases inspired others like myself to send money and help children in South Africa become better educated and enjoy life to the fullest.
http://inside.nike.com/blogs/nikefootball-en_GB/tags/lace_up_save_lives
http://therepublikofmancunia.com/lace-up-save-lives/
http://www.arsenal.com/laceupsavelives
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lace-Up-Save-Lives/279566937363
http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~2318455,00.html

Blogpost 10

Yes i would most certainly constitute Facebook as a super-organism. Everywhere around the world people are connecting through Facebook and since it started at the users and expanded to the media and now products it has clearly taken over as a super-organism. Every user is considered as an organism because it is possible for this organism to do work and improve its daily life. When many organisms come together to form a super-organism this creates new ideas and different outcomes similar to the swarm lecture on monday. From personal experience i had joined Facebook when my older sister had told me she had been on that instead of myspace and that myspace is old news now. Well as a young lad, I followed my sisters guidance and come to find out this old social network for helping to find books and schools is now a network for finding friends and businesses. Facebook is a great example of a consumer takeover, meaning that once it became poplar to the world, the media and other businesses started using it to their advantage. Now, you can find certain coupons and special deals on the Facebook pages of these businesses and products. About two years ago in the summer, i was applying for jobs and one of the jobs i wanted because it looked like it was an awesome place to work, was Yogen Fruz in my local mall. This was similar to an ice cream shoppe and a ColdStone mixed together but using frozen yogurt. I thought that this would be the new best thing, and i was in the mall so i could get  to see a bunch of people that i knew walking around, make some money, it was the cats pajamas. Well i go to apply to this Yogen Fruz and they tell me that all their applications are on their Facebook page. This was very interesting to me, that Facebook had this much impact on the world could control whether someone applied for a job or not. The way people are is that everyone follows the community. If everyone in one city is wearing pink armbands to promote breast cancer and you don't wear that armband, you're going to be criticized and discriminated against for not supporting the breast cancer awareness. Everything is slowly become super-organisms.