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Blog Post #4 The peer review workshop we did in class on Thursday was the most effective peer review I have ever taken part in. Kendall and Savannah gave me great notes as to how I can improve my writing. Some of the criticism they gave was that my writing was scattered: my analysis of rhetorical techniques was good, but the essay lacked a central theme. They helped me come up with a good thesis to help give my writing a guide and narrow down the purpose of the rhetorical strategies my stakeholder used. They also suggested I reintroduce the theme in each of my body paragraphs: showing how each artifact contributes to that theme. Another note they both agreed on is that I use the word help too much in my writing. This is an easy fix, but I was not aware of the issue until they pointed it out. Moving forward, I plan to re-organize my rhetorical analysis. I want to create more of a hook at the beginning by writing a story introducing the issue and the local people it is effecting. T...

Blog Post #3 5 Ways Climate Change Affects People Living In Poverty The Great Green Wall The Sahara is Growing, Thanks in Part to Climate Change Why the Great Green Wall? H20 for All Large-Scale Impoverishment of Amazon forests by logging and fire Climate Change will hurt the Impoverished the most Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty Climate Change Could Drive More Than 100 Million Into Poverty by 2030 Climate change makes poor countries poorer, widening global inequality See What Climate Change Means Preventing Climate Change while Enhancing Economic Growth Stakeholders: United States Government Leonardo DiCaprio Relief Organizations Bernie Sanders American Geophysical Union World Bank:  https://www.firstcarbonsolutions.com/resources/newsletters/april-2014-climate-change-is-a-stakeholders-business/climate-change-is-a-stakeholders-business/ United Nations Environment Program Small communities living in poverty Coastal Communities

'Even though humans can be seen as the problem, we can also be the solution.' This quote is from Sean’s blog post. Reading Sean's blog post, I realized his view on the environment is the same as mine. Impacts that humans make on their environment stretches over the whole planet. Population growth is threatening the integrity of water sources around the world, degrading the air quality, and negatively impacting the lives of millions of living organisms.  Researching further, I learned about the long-term impacts of natural resource extraction. Mountain-top removal and fracking are two direct examples of long term impacts extracting natural resources can have on the environment. The article linked in this post talks about primary and secondary impacts from using natural resources. Primary impacts are effects that occur immediately after/at an extraction site. Secondary impacts are usually longer lasting. In mountain top-removal and fracking, many animals are forced to a...