English 2

4-30-08

Gwen alley

Environmental: Be Free To Be Green

As a young adult in the United States today iam trying to be more environmental friendly in my home because of the non recyclable materials I use and do not put in the recycle bin. Environmental friendly is easier to use and more containable to use in the home, using cloth bags for grocery shopping safes the environment and makes contributions to companies that are sustainable. What would your home look like with more environmental friendly stoves, refrigerators, and other materials that you use in your everyday life, and it would be a green and more energy efficient and that you are able to save the earth while doing so.

Using a light bulb during the day you are using a lot of energy not only that but your using a resource that you do not really need on when you can use a more green energy light bulb so that you don’t have to use 100 watt light bulb. Many people in there homes take more than an hour shower because they are able to wash up and get out but that is not good because they are wasting water and are using entirely to much, they should cut the shower down to at least a fifteen minute shower because they are using less and saving water by doing that.

Going grocery shopping at the store we usual buy products that are not only unsafe to be eating but the fertilizer is not chemically tested and makes the food taste a little unusual, so by using an organic fertilizer we are able to no that is save to not only eat but that we are able to eat healthier by doing that. While you are not home most people will live the television on and will probably not realize it and by doing that you are using up too much energy, so you should turn of the television when it is not in use. Why do most people drive cars because of the transportation to and from work and or school, by taking the bus or walking or riding your bike your able to use an alternative resource by exercising and are able to more aware of your environment by doing this you are saving a tree.

Plastic bottles have chemicals that stay in the bottle after you reuse them by using a glass container instead your not only saving the planet but your able to reuse a container that does not have a lot of bacteria and other chemicals. What do most people shop for hygiene and other natural products to buy them and use more materials than are actually necessary instead of using soaps and body washes, etc use organic products that not only help the environment but you are able to be healthier and are able to better your knowledge about the environmental friendly products that most people use everyday.

Although we use green products for our home we realize that all the materials that are used can make a great home. According to Chris Robisch of Wind River News the article states the following, “Tires were stacked and then filled, in place, with a special mud mixture. The cans were put into place between the tires. The special mud mixture was merely a combination of straw, dirt, sand and water. Combined, the mud mixture, tires and cans help to form a strong honeycomb matrix structure.” We can build well structured homes out of just about anything including a tires, straw and dirt and sand, and water that makes your home have a natural feel and you are able to make yourself at home.

What would you do with a home and garden paradise of everyday materials such as trees, water, and other earth friendly tools. According to Michael E. Kanell of The Atlanta Journal, “Bad news from oil and natural gas markets will make the argument easier for construction that dramatically cuts energy use, said Jackie Benson, Atlanta-based managing director of BensonMiles TND, an adviser to green builders. “When energy costs go up is when green building goes up.” This means that once you have a green home your energy bill will be cut dramatically and that you will not have to pay as much.

In realization we rarely use products for our homes we need to use more recycled materials because we are helping an animal not being entangled in a trash bag that happens to be left lying around for an innocence animal to be harmed, so keep your environment clean and pick up your trash and recycle.  

Most of today’s  youth does not clean up a beach or use a garden hose to water a planet in there home we did to consider are environmental resources and consume less water and use more efficient means of using a resource so we do not over extend a product that we use everyday.

Environmental products for a greener home and using it for a better lifestyle we are using it to better are knowledge of not only the resource but the way we are just able to better our home with this green products. Chris Robisch states the following, “Feature on which Mark and Li are currently working is the cascading waterfall, which will grace the northeast interior wall of the living room. Complete with a pool, and eventually decorative fish, this will be the finishing touch on a beautiful and efficient self-made home.” ( Wind River News.) By using this eco friendly waterfall and fish in an amazing structure they are getting a greener lifestyle and are able to just enjoy the home they built, using all the recyclable materials they bought.

An environmental friendly person or just a person who recycles your material you should just be able to do better for your environment or your health, do more to help the environment by using greener products and helping out an organization that helps the world be greener. By doing this you know that you are making a difference in someone else’s world.

            No matter what other environmental products you use to be your home a greener environment you should use less of everything in this below statement so you don’t pollute in any way possible.

According to Jennifer Weeks of buying green in CQ Researcher, “Consumers can shrink their carbon footprints through steps such as adding insulation to their houses, buying more energy-efficient appliances and using public transit for some trips instead of cars. But if people want to do more, or have carbon-intensive lifestyles because they own large homes or travel frequently, they can buy carbon offsets from brokers, who use the money to fund projects elsewhere that reduce GHG emissions. Pollution offsets date back to the mid-1970s, when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allowed industries to build new emission sources in regions with serious air pollution if they made larger reductions at existing sources nearby. This policy was written into the Clean Air Act in 1977 and later expanded to let companies earn and trade emission-reduction credits if they cut emissions below thresholds required by law.”

In an instant all of our resources can be gone and with out them where would America be and with saying that we need are products to live and survive so be sure that you use at least one in a none chemical way.

When an electric car becomes a reason to be more suitable for a gas powered one we know that there’s a huge difference and instead we should use more suitable transportation. According to Hank Dittmer of Sprawl: The Automobile and Affording, of Sustainable Planet for The Twenty First Century, “I find it curious that we subsidize the auto industry to the tune of billions of dollars while public investment in high-speed rail, metropolitan subway, or bus systems are decried as failing progress that should survive no public funds.” No matter what we should use an alternative source for our transportation because today’s gas prices are not cheap.

In other words using anything that’s green to use or build a house should be great experience because by using greener materials we are saving the environment and we are able to use more energy efficient light bulbs, and along with cloth bags, and use eccentric fertilizer to make are lawn look less dead than it already, so go out and buy your product that contributes to saving a tree or a home or helps feed a child from a third world country just make sure that you go green before its too late.

Vivian Jackson

English 2

Gwen alley

4-28-08

Works Consulted

Daly, Herman, Pipher, Mary, Robin, Vick, McDonough, William, MCKibben, Bill, Velazquez, M. Nydia, Sustainable Planet Solutions for the Twenty-First Century.  Beacon Press, Boston 2002. Edited by Juliet B. Schor and Betsy Taylor

‘Green’ homes gain following Builders see profit in environmentally friendly houses: [Home Edition]
KANELL, MICHAEL E.  The Atlanta Journal – Constitution.  Atlanta, Ga.:Mar 22, 2005.  p. C.1 

Lander couple builds Earth-friendly home
Robisch, Chris.  Wind River News.  Lander, Wyo.:Mar 9, 2000.  Vol. 23,  Iss. 10,  p. S-6 

Weeks, J. (2008, February 29). Buying green. CQ Researcher, 18, 193-216. Retrieved April 28, 2008, from CQ Researcher Online, http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2008022900

Worsnop, R. L. (1993, July 9). Electric cars. CQ Researcher, 3, 577-600. Retrieved April 28, 2008, from CQ Researcher Online, http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre1993070900.

Vivian Jackson

English 2

4-23-08

Gwen alley

Work Cited

Robisch, Chris.  Wind River News. Lander couple builds Earth-friendly home Lander, Wyo.: Mar 9, 2000.  Vol. 23,  Iss. 10,  p. S-6

KANELL MICHAEL E.  The Atlanta Journal – Constitution. ‘Green’ homes gain following Builders see profit in environmentally friendly houses: [Home Edition Atlanta , Ga. : Mar 22, 2005.  p. C.1 

Gregory Lamb, Kim. “Home and Garden heaven.” Ventura County Star 17^th April. 2008 (I.e.: Entertainment Section

Redman Jason. “Advertisement for Earth Day: (Timeout).” Ventura County Star 17^th April. 2008

Staff. “ Advertisement for Green Thumb International.” Ventura County Star 17^th April. 2008

Staff. “Young Star Page.” Ventura County Star 17^th April. 2008 (i.e.: Entertainment section)

Staff. Ventura County Star Sunday 20^th April 2008 ( Parade Magazine)

English 2

4-17-08

Gwen alley

Make Your Home (Environmental Friendly)

As a young adult in the United States today iam trying to be more environmental friendly in my home because of the non recyclable materials I use and do not put in the recycle bin. Although environmental friendly materials are easier to use and more containable to use in the home for example by using cloth bags for grocery shopping you are able to not only save the environment but you are able to make a contribution to a company that helps save a tree, instead of using plastic bags which only get thrown away or blown away and end up being used for toxic waste. What would your home look like with more environmental friendly stoves, refrigerators, and other materials that you use in your everyday life? It would be a green and more energy efficient and that you are able to save the earth while doing so.

While using a light bulb during the day you are using a lot of energy not only that but your using a resource that you do not really need on when you can use a more green energy light bulb so that you don’t have to use 100 watt light bulb. Many people in there homes take more than an hour shower because they are able to wash up and get out but that is not good because they are wasting water and are using entirely to much, they should cut the shower down to at least a fifteen minute shower because they are using less and saving water by doing that.

When we go grocery shopping at the store we buy products that are not only unsafe to be eating but the fertilizer is not chemically tested and makes the food taste a little unusual, so by using an organic fertilizer we are able to no that is save to not only eat but that we are able to eat healthier by doing that. While you are not home most people will live the television on and will probably not realize it and by doing that you are using up too much energy, so you should turn of the television when it is not in use. Why do most people drive cars because of the transportation to and from work and or school, by taking the bus or walking or riding your bike your able to use an alternative resource by exercising and are able to more aware of your environment by doing this you are saving a tree.

Plastic bottles have chemicals that stay in the bottle after you reuse them by using a glass container instead your not only saving the planet but your able to reuse a container that does not have a lot of bacteria and other chemicals. What do most people shop for hygiene and other natural products to buy them and use more materials than are actually necessary instead of using soaps and body washes, etc use organic products that not only help the environment but you are able to be healthier and are able to better your knowledge about the environmental friendly products that most people use everyday.

Although we use green products for our home we realize that all the materials that are used can make a great home. According to Chris Robisch of Wind River News the article states the following, “Tires were stacked and then filled, in place, with a special mud mixture. The cans were put into place between the tires. The special mud mixture was merely a combination of straw, dirt, sand and water. Combined, the mud mixture, tires and cans help to form a strong honeycomb matrix structure.” We can build well structured homes out of just about anything including a tires, straw and dirt and sand, and water that makes your home have a natural feel and you are able to make yourself at home.

What would you do with a home and garden paradise of everyday materials such as trees, water, and other earth friendly tools. According to Michael E. Kanell of The Atlanta Journal, “Bad news from oil and natural gas markets will make the argument easier for construction that dramatically cuts energy use, said Jackie Benson, Atlanta-based managing director of BensonMiles TND, an adviser to green builders. “When energy costs go up is when green building goes up.” This means that once you have a green home your energy bill will be cut dramatically and that you will not have to pay as much.

Although we rarely use products for our homes we need to use more recycled materials because we are helping an animal not being entangled in a trash bag that happens to be left lying around for an innocence animal to be harmed, so keep your environment clean and pick up your trash and recycle.  

While most of today’s  youth does not clean up a beach or use a garden hose to water a planet in there home we did to consider are environmental resources and consume less water and use more efficient means of using a resource so we do not over extend a product that we use everyday.

By using products for a green home and using it for a better lifestyle we are using it to better are knowledge of not only the resource but the way we are just able to better our home with this green products. Chris Robisch states the following, “Feature on which Mark and Li are currently working is the cascading waterfall, which will grace the northeast interior wall of the living room. Complete with a pool, and eventually decorative fish, this will be the finishing touch on a beautiful and efficient self-made home.” (Wind River News.) By using this eco friendly waterfall and fish in an amazing structure they are getting a greener lifestyle and are able to just enjoy the home they built, using all the recyclable materials they bought.

Whether you are an environmental friendly person or just a person who recycles your material you should just be able to do better for your environment or your health, do more to help the environment by using greener products and helping out an organization that helps the world be greener. By doing this you know that you are making a difference in someone else’s world.

Vivian Jackson

English 2

4-23-08

Gwen alley

Work Cited

Robisch, Chris.  Wind River News. Lander couple builds Earth-friendly home Lander, Wyo.: Mar 9, 2000.  Vol. 23,  Iss. 10,  p. S-6

KANELL MICHAEL E.  The Atlanta Journal – Constitution. ‘Green’ homes gain following Builders see profit in environmentally friendly houses: [Home Edition Atlanta, Ga.: Mar 22, 2005.  p. C.1 

Bullfrogs have spots

 Come enjoy an adventure

That’s like no other e

Earth day, earth day, earth day

 Beyond sunshine and come enjoy

Today’s music, hybrids, child activities and art work.

 A beautiful day around the world 

Aprils the month to keep the environment clean, do your part

Recycle, clean your beach

Go green walk, ride, and take the bus

Use less

Be who you can be

Save a tree

Be green for a day

Come to Earth Action Day, April 23^rd   10 am to 2pm at Ventura College for fun in the sun.

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Vivian Jackson

Mary Anne Lopez

English 2

4-3-08

Chris McCandless Self Help Guide to Alex SuperTramp

Christopher McCandless abandoned his privileged life in exchange to solitude and travels across America to find himself. This story is of a young man who abandoned his privileged life to travel around North America in search of high adventure, the meaning of happiness, truth, and where he belongs in the world. Christopher McCandless, obeyed his parents did really good in school and this time he wanted to do it on his own. No rules to follow no people that he takes command from. He does what pleased him.

He was actually happy merely doing what he felt was right for him. Traveling across America became his passion his home. Either be on the streets, the valley’s the canyon, for him it is home.

Christopher as Alex supertramp to the people he met along the way every time Alex gets close to the people he met he leaves them. He doesn’t like being too close to them however he touched there live. Although Chris mccanless was well educated and privileged, he was not enjoying the lifestyle. He wanted to have a life on his own terms, material things like money and expensive cars were not important to him. According to Into the Wild by Jon Krauker, “I’ve decided to that I’m going to live the live this life for sometime to come.” Chris wants to live the life as a vagabond because there are no rules to follow and his free to be who he is. 

Chris created a brand new identity for his new life. Living as Alex, Chris meet a lot of new people and made lots of friends he would not have if not for his travels. One of his closet new friends was Wayne Westerberg. Chris’s friend had also given him employment at a grain elevator and rented him a cheap room in one of his houses he owned. Chris continued to write to Westerberg though out his whole journey. 

One of the people he met along his adventure is Ronald Franz; an eighty year old man whom he hitch hiked and actually became his friend. Ronald Franz took Alex into his home and lived with him for a few days. Franz fell in love with Alex’s intelligence, wit and loved the idea of Alex’s adventurous mind.  Franz a single man, lived by himself has a little business which is carving leathers, which he taught Alex to make. Alex made a belt with carvings of the places has been including north-signifying the place he wants to visit and his dream of living in the wilderness. On alexs last day with Franz, Franz offered to adopt him to become his son. Alex refused because he wants to go and continue his journey to Alaska.  

While on his adventure Alex met Jan burress a 41 year old drifter who lived in a motor home with her boyfriend bob and her dog.  While he stayed with her for a few weeks getting to know them and helping him in a nice way by letting him live there. Not only that but by being with Jan and bob he was able to have fun and be able to relax. He got to experience something most vagabonds did not freedom of happiness in knowing that he was impacting and making a difference just by listening.

Christopher McCandless evidently had bottled up heart aches, pain and anger towards his parents. From his childhood his parents fought a lot about their business. Pushing him so hard on his school, and lastly, one of his travels in the summer of his high school graduation, he found out that his father was still seeing his ex-wife while still with his mom Billie. He felt like everything in his life was a lie. While a freshman in college, Christopher grew more isolated to himself. Despite the fact that he has so much emotions bottled up to himself he continued excel in school, getting good grades and achiever. Although very obvious that he is also withdrawn from his friends.

This is one of the many reasons Chris went on his adventure to Alaska to get away from that and be who is.  I think the main point of into the wild is that there is a part of Chris Candles in all of us. Everyone is searching their own personal adventurous and what makes them happy.  This is what Chris was searching for. Most people do not take it as far as Chris did and end up dead in Alaska.  Many young people over the years have taken too much risk and ended up with a fatal adventure.  Although Chris was very unprepared for this adventure he enjoyed every last minute of it before he died he got to meet a lot of interesting people who really impacted there lives by getting to know him.

Work cited

Jon Krauker Into the Wild

First Anchor Books Edition, February 1997

1996 by Jon Kruaker