Final Blog

This class completely opened by eyes to so much more than I could have ever imagined. I felt like I was learning so much but at the end of the day it was about opening my eyes to what is happening around me. I now am looking at products completely different, reading almost all the labels, and I have completely changed all my meat and produce buys to organic (which I don’t think my paycheck appreciates lol). 

I appreciated the blogging experience because it gave me a chance to really think about how I felt about a certain topics. Having a smaller group to blog with, made it easier to respond to but with how many blogs we did on a weekly basis, I did have to stop myself from repeating certain things. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed my experience with this class. Thank you for reading :) 

12.9 Climate Change

1.    What do you personally find most troubling about climate change?

The aspect I find most troubling about climate change is that there are people in our world who still don’t believe that is happening. Because of this disbelief governing bodies are not taking proper enough actions in order to fully enact change that will help our worlds pristine environments. 

2.    As a public health professional, what do you think needs the greatest attention right now?

As a public health professional, I think awareness and acknowledgement about climate change by our governing bodies is what is needed as the greatest attention right now. By not being aware or acknowledging what is really happening under our feet, in our water, and in our air, it is creating major barriors to any sort of corrective action. If our governing bodies all were on the same page about climate change, proper actions could and would be taken. 

3.    If you were visiting with a long-lost relative who had never heard about climate change, how would you describe it and its attendant human health and ecological threats?

If I was visiting a long-lost relative who had never heard about climate change, the first thing I would say to describe climate change is that our earth and our environment is like a human body. If we get too hot or too cold, our systems start changing for the worse and everyday functions would become harder. If we take care of our body (our earth), we are providing it with the resources it needs to live on its own and thrive. 

11.5 Zero Waste Life

This module in particular really got me thinking about how I live my life in regard to the foods I eat and how I handle my waste. I started really looking into the products I own and buy and researched different methods to try. Then after watching the TedTalk by Laruen on how she lives a zero-waste life, I was amazed. Part of me thought I was doing enough but she really opened my eyes on different ways I could reduce a lot of my waste and majority of ways were so simple!

I am proud of myself that I already don’t use plastic water bottles, I thank my 40-oz hydroflask bottle for that one. But I am extremely disappointed in the amount of other plastics I use on a daily basis. Just this morning when I was putting together my lunch, I was putting carrots in a plastic baggy and I thought to myself I should really be putting these in one of my reusable containers. Then when I was eating lunch, I was using the free utensils my work gives us and they were plastic too! Then I started to think about how many plastic baggies and plastic silverware I was using on a daily basis just at work and became extremely disappointed in myself. By just using reusable containers and not using plastic silverware, I can reduce so much plastic waste and it is such an easy fix! 

If its anything this module of information has taught me is to be WAY more cautious. Just by taking a second look at the products I use and buy on a daily basis can make a huge impact. I think the biggest take away is to be aware, aware of what you’re doing and how it affects everything around you. The more you are aware, the more you are going to want to change your habits and tendencies.