Hooray for my first blog post!!!
The topic I will be researching and discussing will be environmental conservation and technology. This topic can definitely address many issues such as home recycling to conserve our use of plastics and aluminum, “green” technology that is being used to make buildings more environmentally friendly and conserving resources such as water and electricity, and even the online technological aspect as well as other communicational technologies that help promote environmental conservation.
One of the major reasons I selected this topic was because in high school I was involved with Poolesville’s Global Ecology Program for four years and so I was constantly surrounded by environmental knowledge and different sides of environmental debates. Because of my solid prior knowledge of the workings of the environment and possible conservation methods I believe I can successfully create and maintain a blog on this topic for a full semester. Despite what I have previously learned about conservation technology, environmentalists and scientists are constantly developing new technology and encountering new breakthroughs dedicated towards trying to help preserve our natural resources and prevent dangerous pollution of irrevocably harming our planet. I also have a personal interest in saving the environment because I would rather not have all our essential resources depleted and all the beautiful natural wonders of the world be destroyed. The environment provides us with so many essential resources such as water and food and it still has the potential to continue to do so if we keep it healthy and use our current resources sparingly.
While I am currently undecided about my major I am in the Life Sciences Scholars program so a major related to environmental science is a strong possibility. My goals include learning more about certain subtopics such as alternative energy or perhaps improved technology in regards to agriculture or recycling techniques. Alternative energy should definitely have several prospects for news regarding new and developing technologies. Theses may involve solar energy, geothermal energy, hydro-powered energy, wind energy, and hydrogen powered energy. I may also research well known pro-environment organizations to see how they spread their opinions and their effects on those who discover them. I may even research the opposition to these organizations to see how they combat each other by using technology. I am looking forward to researching the different emerging environmental technologies and perhaps one of the technologies I begin to research will become mainstream in the future.
February 16, 2021 at 10:22 PM