Sustainability

What struck me when I went to the farmers market I was actually disapointed that several items were not even from close by.

Some tomatos were grown in Mexico,and some corn was grown in the Salines Vally, and that is not what I had in mind

of localy grown. Over all I was disipointed with the overall distance or quality of the food. So I went back home and with

the help of me and my mom made our garden. Currently we have five tomatos, several rows of lettece, carrots, spinige,

two eggplants, around ten herbs, snow peas and lots of flowers. Mom has always been obsesin about growing a garden and

as a family that goal is achiveable.

Interview

What is your name.

Sandra Wren

The consumer!!!

Why do you choose to shop hear rather than large industries.

Because you can do it for the good of others and and yourself, and rely less on gasoline and this way you know it

is more organic.

When did you first start coming hear.

two weeks ago.

Yes I garden at home.

How did you find out about this place.

She came to her own conclusion because she wanted food from a more reliable sorce.

What would your advice be to others.

Be indipendint follow what you belive in and don't let anyone tell you different.

Ecological Intelligence

Ecological intelligence is basically better ways of living and using up less resources recycling etc. How ever this is harder than it looks like. Even though we create these so called Eco-efficient products it takes up more energy and polluting more just to make them. So we are basically back where we started screwing up the planet. For example to make a so called "hybrid car" We waste make more carbon dioxide making the car than the driver will ever save in his/her life time. That car would have to be around for several generations before you would be making up for the carbon you made it with. But its not as simple as just keeping the car for a long time. You would have to keep the engine clean and if your car was still working great then you would have to resist the temptation to not by another car claiming it iso much better than the car your driving which they call wasting and a car of the past. Making you feel like an uncool person who can't keep up with the times. 

This article connects to our questions because how we can and convince others to live more sustainability. But how can we when what is supposed to be energy efficient is actually waiting more than before. 

My ecological indigence is in my opinion very high because before I go and by something I think of whether or not it is what it claims. This also connects that sixth sense thing because we can't always have a computer at out sides to help us with our choices in life. That is also an interesting subject because I wonder how much energy it took to make that contraption and if it goes into mass production will they even attempt to lower the carbon they release during production and with the consumer. 

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One thing that surprised me about the movie was how they were still getting the right amount of nutrients and vitamins from there when the only things that they were eating besides vegetables was honey, milk, and eggs. But even with this is it still enough to survive healthily.

I would think that they have pretty much abandoned the wants list because they have completely revolved there life around there house which is from the way I see it is all they every wanted

They most likely have one of the smallest foot prints in America because they are not buying anything besides cloths and small higine products so they are not wasting any thing and if they do end up not using what they grow then they sell it to the restaurant and share the wealth.

My thoughts on this family is that this is as close to a local living economy as you can get. If everyone in the world lived like this then that would reduce our intoxication of the earth by A LOT!!!!!!!!!!! How ever I would think that it would be better if we could not be vegetarians.

Ishmael questions

I think what Ishmael is talking about hear is humans and there very narrow way of thinking through life even though we may think that we are the most intelligent creatures in the universe.
We have created a sort of system of life where if other species cant follow then they are considered inferior to use and we see them as just another obstacle in the way of use completely taking over the world completely. Not that we already have but we like to think that everything belongs to us.

a) What this ‘Erratic Retaliations` is basically saying is that these people are excepting the fact that other people have an opinion and they go through the two ideas and find out the best solution with out conflict.

b) Because there is no violence in this method and we humans are EXTREMELY violent . Take for example the Iraq war. We are in endless fighting and almost no one knows how it even started.

c) The Cawks should not fight because then they would be in our position and know one wants that. Not even use.

Ishmael Post

The two main rules that Ishmael uses to identify people in our culture are The fact that we put our food under lock and key making us pay for our own food, unlike all other species who have managed to survive simply by hunting gathering. The second is the thought that humans are a cursed race and that no matter what we do there is nothing that we can do about it and we will eventually fail and die out. I agree with the gorilla on this fact because there has to be at least one-hundred different possibilities of ways that we are going to be killed by.

I disagree with mother nature from the point that we have always been flawed and there is nothing we can do about it. Just look at the evidence. for centuries whole civilizations have come and gone for endless reasons. Economy, war food, droughts, global warming, etc. Its would seen as if the world is conspiring against us.

The takers in my opinion are the people who are the people who believe that they control everything and the world is revolving around them. So they pretend that they own everything so they make people pay for what should already be Therese. The leavers are the people who just go with it and take what ever comes there way, leaving it all up to the takers or there god or what ever they believe in

Dialectic Journals

Book #7 Chapter #30 "The opposite of fear ,is love." This struck me most deeply because of how for all of Dienekes life he has devoted himself to the study of fear and for this revelation to finally reveal itself. It all makes sense because when you fight for something you love like for the Civil War the north and south battled for there love of America. This love might have not been as strong as the Spartans for Sparta but there was love that consumed the soldiers and gave themselves the courage to win. This makes me feel like there is always going to be something worth fighting for in life even if it is not clear it is there and that is something that people need to realize. It is true because most suicidal people have just not found what is wort fighting for even if it right in front of them.

Book #7 Chapter #34 "Now eat a good breakfast, men. For we'll all be sharing dinner in hell."

I find this extremely striking because of how willing Leonidas is about dieing and from the passage knows that he and his men have done sins of all kinds and they are going to hell when they have left the world of the living. They knew that it would end like this from the very beginning and from the way the author writes it they have no difference in how they feel about the outcome. This quote connects to me because more than likely I am going to die and go to hell (If there is a hell) for all the bad stuff I have done and will more than likely do in the future. 

Book #8"What would they give the noblest amongst them to stand here with use now."

Again the Spartans have acknowledged the fact that there time is at an end how ever they are joking about there situation laughing at the fact that if  the Persians were to want someone to come over to the Spartans they would pay them an extremely large sum for everyone knew that there was not a hope on earth for the Spartans to survive this suicide mission. In a way this helps me understand the book more because of how forceful it is basically telling me that the story is only telling of how they fought greatly and it is all over end of story.

Book #8 "If she saves herself it will not be at the hot gates but later in battles left to come." 

There is no avoiding the fact that the 300 will lose but there is hope that there will be victory in the battles yet to come all because of the 300 Spartans gave Greece time to evacuate the cities and rally an army that could different the Persians and drive them back to Asia. I would have to agree with the author because just look at the field less than 300 men against the Persians that speaks for its self