Sustainable living

You are all working on your "dream communities" hopefully this website will help you with some of your ideas. In the meantime, select three simple steps that YOU might manage and write a paragraph about why these things are; a. doable (meaning a change that you can make, b. why this strategy will make a difference.

http://www.simplesteps.org/content/category/1/16/38/

Remember the story about the man throwing starfish back into the ocean. The beach was covered with starfish, he couldn't possibly save them all, but the ones he did throw back had a chance to live.

Climate Change and Disease Vectors

Climate change is causing more than polar ice melting and rising temperatures. Scientists expect to see changes in disease distribution world wide especially diseases that are spread by insect vectors. Read the following articles and summarize. Add your thoughts to your summary.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127202042.htm
http://www.winds.org/~frost/words/w99project/dvectors.html

Human Disease and Risk Management

We are currently being bombarded with lots of information about Swine flu. Why is this such a concern for our country as well as other countries especially since there haven't been that many deaths? What kinds of risk management is indicated in this article? Do you think the government should do more to protect our people or are they handling this issue correctly. Explain your answers.

The Second article is about DuPont and its activities near Fayetteville. Explain your concerns about DuPont's activities as it relates to you as a citizen living near DuPont's operations.

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2009/2009-05-04-01.asp

http://www.bioneers.org/node/1480