Blog 5

FIRST OFF I HAVE OT SAY I AM LITTLE BT LATE WITH MY ENTRY THIS WEEK, BECAUSE OF A FAMILY EMERGENCY...

Blog 5 is as follows:

B) write a short assessment/impression/reaction

1. Sustainable Cities Blog http://bettercities.squarespace.com/

. The team that runs this site is well informed on what is going on around them, in particular NYC. I love the fact that they give a candid opinion of what is happening, and who is doing it. Whether it is the MTA not foreseeing the downward spiral of the mortgage crisis may have an affect on the outlook for tax revenues or to acknowledge who is doing good amongst the world in Shakira Brown, who will be teaching from Antarctica. She is doing this to get minority kids interested in the sciences, Because there are relatively few African-Americans, Hispanics and American Indians work in the earth sciences. If your from NYC come here for input

2. Gristmill http://gristmill.grist.org/

. This site is massive in it’s sens of detail. It states the question, but gives a sustained answer or reasoning for its occurance. I particularly liked the question Why green jobs now? I love the fact that green jobs are needed, but this should have started like a century ago. The Lehman’s answer being well this planet is screwed, might as well be late than never...This site asks the tought more complicated questions that even if have no direct answer, thank you for even asking them. These questions boggle th mind, which eventually produce answers.
3. Green as a Thistle

http://greenasathistle.com/

. I like the fact that instead of talking about living the life, she actually did it, and that is something I can never say. Could I actually do it for a year? I mean there are some habits that I have grown accustomed too, namely the thing I’m typing on and I only had it since December, think about what I have been used since birth, like bottled formula to milk in a plastic container. I couldn’t. But after reading some of her experiences, I can. I like the fact that even though she has permanently written off some people for the beligerant attitudes towards the environment she goes back and gives them a thumbs up Like Nike for goal to be carbon neautral by 2011

4. No Impact Manhttp://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/

. This person represents a commoners standpoint of questions people ask on the bus but never have any factual informationto back it up, but he does, I like the scenario he presents when he brings up that people should be living incloser together in villages instead of suburbs and who travel together on public transit but they actually emit half the per capita greenhouse gas of Americans. Its very telling even on the scal that we live in and accustomed to should not be the norm. He asks common questions about companies Like if you cut down a community they then buy more stuff to make themself feel better about themselves...its ridiculous but true.
5. Eco Geeek http://www.ecogeek.org/

. This site is for the technology buffs who want to be on the latest of the eco-friendly products that are on or on the cusp of the market to come out. I particualry like that GE is coming out with a new type of watre heater. The water heater has not changed. Hank Green the person who wrote the article states "But because of a lack of consensus on how they should be regulated, and resistance from industry, their efficiency went completely unregulated." This all goes to the point that it is only changing be cause global warming is staring us down the throats and we need to change not the environment. I persoally willl be coming to this site on a regular basis for input on products for the better

C) Link http://bettercities.squarespace.com/journal/2008/3/25/on-the-mtas-recent-announcement.html to comment to one of the authors

D)link in your blog to one/some "green" blogs you have found through this exercise
National Science Foundation


Personal side note: now if you are from Jamaica Queens. I will be going to the "Melting Ice and Rising Tides: What Climate Change Means for New York.", which I found on the Sustainable Cities Blog. IF you want to join me, let me know.