I found that using a Powerpoint was more convenient than an essay because I can express my views in an more organized manner. Writing essays are a hassle, because maintaining a fluid flow of what your trying to say is difficult. The thing about Powerpoint  presentations is that they are clear to the point. The facts are presented in a way that are easy for everyone to understand and its more enjoyable. With Powerpoints I can express everything on my mind in an instant without forgetting a what I am trying to say, unlike an essay. Powerpoints also hold the pro of time, meaning they are not as time consuming as righting an essay. My essays take me hours upon hours upon hours to write due to my lack of fluidity. Overall, Powerpoints destroy essays in head to head combat.

Waxhaw Environmental quality

          After doing a little research on the local environmental quality of where I live, I found nothing out of the ordinary. However, I did learn a few new things; for instance, a superfund site. A superfund site is an area of land that has been contaminated by hazardous materials and has been identified by the EPA. Superfund sites can occur from pollution, leaking underground tanks, chemical spills, and hazardous contamination; they are most always the byproduct of a a company. Waxhaw has only polluter that has been identified by the EPA, Boral Bricks Inc Van Wyck Plants. The polluters were found by a special program called the Toxic Release Inventory Program. The Toxic release inventory program provides communities with information of the chemicals and waste management currently going on in the local area.

            Through the homefacts website I was able to find all of the information going on in my local community, all the way from criminal activity to local polluters. I found this website very interesting and I would suggest it for those that are trying to keep up with their community. I am also glad to know that the area that was affected by the hazardous waste is no where near me. Overall I found Waxhaw is not such a bad place to live.

Environmental Artifact

The bulldozer has everything to do with the technology that has remodeled the environment. Thanks to the bulldozer there are millions of less trees and forests left in the world. The bulldozer may be considered an entity to society, but as an environmentalist I see it as unnecessary. The world that we live in today is uncontrolled, from the population up to the governments. The landscape we are choosing to remodel comes with implications, and with these implications society shall be punished. The bulldozer can be accredited for tearing apart the world.  

                The relationship between religion and environment correlates to what is right and wrong. Often in today's world, people fail to see the difference between right and wrong, which causes our world to suffer drastically. It is sad to think that we ditch the values that we are taught throughout our childhood, all in the name of greed. The balance between environment and religion exists on the line of morality. It is not necessarily what one believes but what one does. The environment is being destroyed today all because people don't know or understand how to overcome greed. People will put money over the people that surround them any day just because the human mind struggles with thinking in an appropriate manner. Everything that we choose to do, say, and believe  has an effect on the world that surrounds us whether we realize it or not.
               There is a saying that  goes, " Greed is human nature" and this statement is 100% true. The basic definition of greed is putting one's personal interest over another. With that being said, everything that we do as humans we do for as an act of greed, whether we realize it or not. There is always a choice to be made; feed your children for 5$ or feed 100 African children for 5$. Most people would feed their children for 5$, which is definitely understandable because I would do the same thing to, but can't this be justified as an act of greed? Can anyone say with sheer resiliency that one life is of definite value over any other? I guess the point I'm trying to make is that when there is a choice to be made that effects our personal interests, we will always value our personal interests over something that might deem to be just as equivalent in value  based off of the concept that the human nature of greed is instilled within us.
            Just to be clear I'm not saying that everyone is a bad person for being greedy, greed is a loaded word that can often be misinterpreted. I'm just simply pointing out a different perspective behind the word that may not be recognized or understood.

“Towards Ecopedagogy” Synthesis

          Has the wave of catastrophe already hit or is it only on the verge of hitting our world? Some may say that this wave hit a long time ago; some may say that there is no such wave and we are all just a bunch of radical, ludicrous thinkers. To those who question the wave of catastrophe I say take a look around; there is oil dispersed throughout the Gulf’s waters, our Arctic glaciers are practically gone, many animals are going or have gone extinct, the world is faced with a heavy economic crisis, and greed has defaced the population more so than ever. The wave of catastrophe has yet to hit, but every day society see the remnants brought forth by this oncoming wave.

          In Kahn’s paper Towards Ecopedagogy, he mentions our society as a transitioning technocapitalism society that is a threat to organisms and their environment. I took this comment to great lengths of thought asking, “What exactly is a transitioning technocapitalism society?” I came to a consensus that Kahn is referring to a free market that is solely reliant on its technology and rapid expansion. The common person would probably see no problem with this type of society at all; however, there is a huge problem. In a society that is comprised of technological sufficiency the rate of growth is highly inclined. With a high rate of growth, the people, the animals, and the environment suffer. The more people there are in the world, the more the world’s resources are exhausted. Most of the resources that exist in our world are limited; therefore it’s important that we watch what we are doing and watch the rate at which we consume our resources. Kahn goes on to make many important points in his paper; such as, living beings and organic habitats are being culled and destroyed for human production of goods, tree consumption for paper products has doubled over the last forty years, and throughout the oceans, global fishing also has doubled resulting in a recent report finding that approximately 90% of the major fish species in the world’s oceans have disappeared. These statistics are truly fascinating; the people of today’s world need to take a good look around and realize what they and not take it for granite. Our nation is extremely fortunate to have the lifestyle it has; there are many people around the world that would kill for it.

          The world is a gruesome place; we have vast fields of slaughterhouses for fast food chains, we attack our forests with heavy machinery all for the sake of some paper, and we pollute our world’s air with millions of factories. The fact of the matter is that people know the world is being destroyed, and the problem is nobody cares. Man’s greatest flaw is his greed and with this flaw comes the great downfall of civilization. In life we are all given an opportunity to do the right thing when time calls for it, and now is the time. Do the right thing and don’t be the cause, but instead be the solution.