Yesterday I went to City Market which is close to downtown with my classmates of Green Vermont.
I was surprised that every products have own tag, which were categorized by place of production, like conventional, organic or local. To consider about transportation costs a lot of energy and money, it can be a good guide to consume products with energy as low as possible. I'm sure this is impolite to write, but actually I thought people in US doesn't consider their health in food, so this system gave me a fresh impression.
In addition, some product like coffee were sold in loose. In Japanese market, almost all of the products are already packed in plastic cases or plastic bag, although sometimes its quantity generates surplus for me. It is not only one or two times to waste it in my house, thus I feel sorry for it when I send it trash box. However, loose system can be a solution to reduce such a product although I expect some refutations which is like this is not desiable in the point of cleanness.
I was so interested and glad to be in City Market. I'm looking forward to going another field trip in another day!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Thursday, July 1, 2010
How to improve our world?
Hello world!!
I think the most important thing in the list to save this earth is stop to cut trees to live on.
The trees play a role of keeping water in the land, which is essential material for animals to live. When it rains, soils where are trees suck up the water like a sponge, and little by little they spread the water out as a river. If the trees disappear by cutting down, soils will no longer keep water in it to let water run down the surface of land, and it cause easily flood which will carry many existence on the land. One purpose of cutting down trees is to build houses with it, however more materials of trees will be required when flood washes them away.
In addition, including trees plants generate oxygen which is also essential for us by photosynthesis. Although there are some creatures which take oxygen as a poison, we cannot live on the world of carbon dioxide. Decreasing trees can be one of causes of global warming. It means the earth will lose current environment which has various of life, and it is what we should avoid.
However, there are some reasons to demand trees. I found this cite;http://www.letusfindout.com/why-are-people-cutting-down-rainforests/
I believe we should not cut them as possible, but it won't be true unless we change some points of system of society. Nevertheless giving any example here has a difficulty for me because I don't know much about the world now.
I think the most important thing in the list to save this earth is stop to cut trees to live on.
The trees play a role of keeping water in the land, which is essential material for animals to live. When it rains, soils where are trees suck up the water like a sponge, and little by little they spread the water out as a river. If the trees disappear by cutting down, soils will no longer keep water in it to let water run down the surface of land, and it cause easily flood which will carry many existence on the land. One purpose of cutting down trees is to build houses with it, however more materials of trees will be required when flood washes them away.
In addition, including trees plants generate oxygen which is also essential for us by photosynthesis. Although there are some creatures which take oxygen as a poison, we cannot live on the world of carbon dioxide. Decreasing trees can be one of causes of global warming. It means the earth will lose current environment which has various of life, and it is what we should avoid.
However, there are some reasons to demand trees. I found this cite;http://www.letusfindout.com/why-are-people-cutting-down-rainforests/
I believe we should not cut them as possible, but it won't be true unless we change some points of system of society. Nevertheless giving any example here has a difficulty for me because I don't know much about the world now.
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