Notes on Sustainability Management School:
-It is located in the city of Gland, Switzerland.
-It focuses on sustainability in business.
-First of its kind in Europe.
-Teaches the fundamentals in sustainability, which allows you to enter industry, marketing, finance, etc.
- Only business school in Europe that provides a bachelors and masters in business administration and sustainability management.
- Living in Switzerland is decent as there are many activities to do there and it's safe as well.
Notes on Sustainable Consumption & Production: A Greener World:
-The planets' condition is deteriorating.
-Transport, buildings, food and drinks account for 80% of environmental impact, which includes CO2 emissions and waste.
-It can be measured by your ecological footprint calculation.
-It measure the amount of surface area needed to store our waste.
-If we don't make changes to our consumption/production habits now, by 2050 we'll need more than twice the earths surface area to absorb our waste and the CO2 it produces.
- Industry is one of the main things that can change it.
-The people have a choice whether they can get products that are ecologically better, and since they do the industry has to keep producing those products otherwise if they stop all of the progress will be lost.
- This progress and gain though, will be canceled out by an increase in consumption.
- The labels on the products need to be understandable to the consumers, thus, in Europe, they have their eco-label to show the citizen they have made a good purchase.
Notes on An Inconvenient Truth:
- It focuses on global warming due to humans and their consumption habits.
- The last 5 hottest years have occurred in the past 14 years.
-The warmer temperature has been causing bigger storms.
- If the glaciers melt, the average sea level will rise by 20 feet and flood Florida, India, Shanghai, and Manhattan.
Notes on Flight Moffett to Phoenix: Best of
- 2 pilots are flying in 2 different planes across America, in a one-seater plane
- The planes are solar-powered, there is no fuel on board.
- All of the technology on the plane can be used on the ground, the companies who made them aren't focused on aviation
- They are doing this flight with the objective of teaching others that they can be more sustainable with materials anyone can buy, and have it be very effective.
-The plane is relatively slow, it flies at 42 km/h
Notes on Arizona University: Graduation Ceremony
During the Arizona State University graduation, Pilots Andre Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard came to congratulate the students.
-They plan on making another solar plane which they hope to fly in 2015
-They have been working on the project since 10 years ago
- A major part on the second plane exploded and caused many problems, but also created opportunities.
How we can apply sustainable consumption in Bogotá:
You can apply sustainable consumption in Bogotá by creating less waste that comes from the product. We use a lot of plastic and other packaging materials that deteriorate the planet because it's difficult to recycle and it never breaks down into natural components. We could use less unnecessary packaging materials, and if that's not possible, we can find greener materials. We could also make the products last longer and allow you to get more use out of them before you have to discard them.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Growing up Online
15 things that didn't surprise me:
1. That parents and teachers don't know about what goes online mostly.
2. That a dad could get his son's attention easier by emailing him. (I usually do that with my mom)
3. That people don't read full books anymore, that they only use sparknotes to read summaries as they don't have as much time to.
4. That people stay on the computer all day until their parents tell them to get off, because I do that s sometimes too.
5. People rant and hash out their conflicts online, because online you have more courage to and you don't have to talk to their face.
6. That people have different, exaggerated personalities online.
7. That cyber-bullying has and still takes place in public.
8. That Jessica's parents didn't trust her online anymore and made her delete her profile.
9. That there are pro-ana websites and forums that promote anorexia.
10. That the internet has been the greatest generation gap since the rock 'n roll era.
11. Cyber-bullying is more common now.
12. That after Jessica had to close down her account, a day later she made it again.
13. That the internet pulls you away from your family.
14. That when you cyberbully, you can make up rumors and they can spread quickly and be more believable.
15. That you can live with any kind of mental illness and have your parents not know about it at all.
15 things that did surprise me:
1. That people bring their entire desktops to other's houses to have "parties" and play games. I couldn't imagine having to carry the tower and monitor and everything else just to play at someones house for a night.
2. That people can have relationships online with someone they know in real life, but when they see them in person they only act like friends. That just goes to show that you can be a lot more outgoing online.
3. Jessica's mother made her delete all the erotic photos of her while she watched. That's a really harsh punishment and really humiliating as well. I would have just refused,
4. The mothers are surprisingly nosy and hover more than anyone else I've ever seen.
5. That there is a computer crime unit in the police department.
6. The mother wants their kids passwords to things. Too paranoid of a mother in my opinion.
7. That some teenagers are unwilling to use their home computers just to avoid their parents invading their private life and instead use a friends computers.
8. Most kids know how to avoid predators online, and that they just want to talk to their friends.
9. Online anorexics call anorexia "ana" apparently due to respect some goddess named Ana
10. You can tell more things online to strangers, and it's easier to, than to tell your parents.
11. That there were so many drunk teens in Madison Square garden at the rock concert, that 3 hospitals had to close down due to so many intoxicated people.
12. That 2 people can talk online and plot/plan about suicide.
13. That cyber-bullying can cause suicide. In my opinion, cyber-bullying
14. Autumn Edows went back online.
15. Her father supports her modeling and online profiles.
15 things that have changed since 2008:
1. Myspace isn't used anymore, Facebook is newer and more used.
2. Club penguin isn't used as widely anymore.
3. More people have smartphones now and not normal cellular phones.
4. The media doesn't only talk about predators and pedophiles anymore.
5. MSN still existed
6. Email chats were more commonly used.
7. Smart boards were more used as well. ( I think that they should still be used because they seem easier to.)
8. The technology in general wasn't as modern as it is today, obviously.
9. Youtube wasn't owned by Google back then.
10. Youtube was still in prgres
1. That parents and teachers don't know about what goes online mostly.
2. That a dad could get his son's attention easier by emailing him. (I usually do that with my mom)
3. That people don't read full books anymore, that they only use sparknotes to read summaries as they don't have as much time to.
4. That people stay on the computer all day until their parents tell them to get off, because I do that s sometimes too.
5. People rant and hash out their conflicts online, because online you have more courage to and you don't have to talk to their face.
6. That people have different, exaggerated personalities online.
7. That cyber-bullying has and still takes place in public.
8. That Jessica's parents didn't trust her online anymore and made her delete her profile.
9. That there are pro-ana websites and forums that promote anorexia.
10. That the internet has been the greatest generation gap since the rock 'n roll era.
11. Cyber-bullying is more common now.
12. That after Jessica had to close down her account, a day later she made it again.
13. That the internet pulls you away from your family.
14. That when you cyberbully, you can make up rumors and they can spread quickly and be more believable.
15. That you can live with any kind of mental illness and have your parents not know about it at all.
15 things that did surprise me:
1. That people bring their entire desktops to other's houses to have "parties" and play games. I couldn't imagine having to carry the tower and monitor and everything else just to play at someones house for a night.
2. That people can have relationships online with someone they know in real life, but when they see them in person they only act like friends. That just goes to show that you can be a lot more outgoing online.
3. Jessica's mother made her delete all the erotic photos of her while she watched. That's a really harsh punishment and really humiliating as well. I would have just refused,
4. The mothers are surprisingly nosy and hover more than anyone else I've ever seen.
5. That there is a computer crime unit in the police department.
6. The mother wants their kids passwords to things. Too paranoid of a mother in my opinion.
7. That some teenagers are unwilling to use their home computers just to avoid their parents invading their private life and instead use a friends computers.
8. Most kids know how to avoid predators online, and that they just want to talk to their friends.
9. Online anorexics call anorexia "ana" apparently due to respect some goddess named Ana
10. You can tell more things online to strangers, and it's easier to, than to tell your parents.
11. That there were so many drunk teens in Madison Square garden at the rock concert, that 3 hospitals had to close down due to so many intoxicated people.
12. That 2 people can talk online and plot/plan about suicide.
13. That cyber-bullying can cause suicide. In my opinion, cyber-bullying
14. Autumn Edows went back online.
15. Her father supports her modeling and online profiles.
15 things that have changed since 2008:
1. Myspace isn't used anymore, Facebook is newer and more used.
2. Club penguin isn't used as widely anymore.
3. More people have smartphones now and not normal cellular phones.
4. The media doesn't only talk about predators and pedophiles anymore.
5. MSN still existed
6. Email chats were more commonly used.
7. Smart boards were more used as well. ( I think that they should still be used because they seem easier to.)
8. The technology in general wasn't as modern as it is today, obviously.
9. Youtube wasn't owned by Google back then.
10. Youtube was still in prgres
Friday, May 10, 2013
GAFE
Gmail 101
Gmail is Google's free emailing website. When you make a Gmail, you make a universal Google account as well and are given access to it's other programs (Blogger, YouTube, etc.). When you join and make a Gmail account, you're given different folders and options on the left sidebar. There, you can find all of your received emails, sent emails, Google+ circles, chat, and a couple of other areas, such as folders for your received emails (junk, trash, starred, important), and sent emails too (drafts). You can switch from the Gmail area to Contacts or Tasks from the left as well.On the right side, you can change your settings for your entire Google account, for example, the spacing of the words on your page, your profile picture, and other general settings which I will go over later. You may also change your theme, which is the background for you email, to personalize it further. You can also send carbon copies, so it's sending to more than one person, or blind carbon copies, in which it sends to more than one person but the people you list in Bcc don't get listed in the sent box, which the person you originally sent it to will receive.
The Trash and Spam folder are really convenient to use. When you move an email to Trash or Spam, it automatically gets deleted after 30 days. When you write a contact into the spam contacts, everything that user sends you is automatically moved to spam, every time.
Archiving is also very helpful. When you archive an email, you are removing it from your inbox folder, which helps keep it organized, and then moving it to the All Mail folder, so you don't have to lose it by deleting it permanently, but you still have it in your email.
Monday, May 6, 2013
Google Day #1
3 goals for this day are:
-To figure out what specific kind of art career I would like to have,
-To find at least one college that offers a class (possible as a major), and
-To find out what the requirements to enter the college and take the class are.
Useful links:
http://www.n8w.com/wp/552 - Although it doesn't provide a technical sense of how to major in an art career or offer schools to go to, this link gives you interesting information about how to be original in your illustrations and how to be more unique than others.
http://www.theartcareerproject.com/art-as-a-career/#58
http://www.theartcareerproject.com/illustration/#online - These two links (in the same domain, they're just different pages) are extremely helpful because they let you know what the requirements for each class are, and it gives you a list of schools in which you can look further into.
http://www.artinstitutes.edu/denver/ - This is a school I'm considering going to, as it's one of the few art schools in Colorado and I'm going to live there until I do get the chance to go to college. They have all the specific information that I need to decide on a career.
Information:
Some information I learned about in this research time is that to enter the Art Institute of Colorado, you need a basic portfolio of your best works and a high school diploma or GED. There are many pros to this college (i.e. It's located close to where I'm going to live, it has the classes which I'm interested in, and it has a pretty high employment rate after graduation). However, it's very expensive to attend. Another school which has the advantages of being close and having art courses is the Metropolitan State University of Denver. While the art classes alone at AIC are around $80,000, All tuitions for Metro are around $2,500. Ill have to consider which school to go to, but due to the price of AIC, I'll probably go to Metro.
Goals for next class:
Learn the details of each school and look into another one possibly.
-To figure out what specific kind of art career I would like to have,
-To find at least one college that offers a class (possible as a major), and
-To find out what the requirements to enter the college and take the class are.
Useful links:
http://www.n8w.com/wp/552 - Although it doesn't provide a technical sense of how to major in an art career or offer schools to go to, this link gives you interesting information about how to be original in your illustrations and how to be more unique than others.
http://www.theartcareerproject.com/art-as-a-career/#58
http://www.theartcareerproject.com/illustration/#online - These two links (in the same domain, they're just different pages) are extremely helpful because they let you know what the requirements for each class are, and it gives you a list of schools in which you can look further into.
http://www.artinstitutes.edu/denver/ - This is a school I'm considering going to, as it's one of the few art schools in Colorado and I'm going to live there until I do get the chance to go to college. They have all the specific information that I need to decide on a career.
Information:
Some information I learned about in this research time is that to enter the Art Institute of Colorado, you need a basic portfolio of your best works and a high school diploma or GED. There are many pros to this college (i.e. It's located close to where I'm going to live, it has the classes which I'm interested in, and it has a pretty high employment rate after graduation). However, it's very expensive to attend. Another school which has the advantages of being close and having art courses is the Metropolitan State University of Denver. While the art classes alone at AIC are around $80,000, All tuitions for Metro are around $2,500. Ill have to consider which school to go to, but due to the price of AIC, I'll probably go to Metro.
Goals for next class:
Learn the details of each school and look into another one possibly.
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