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___ Journal Entry For Ecology Project (Consumerism) Action Reflection Thursday, November 21st, 2013

that consumerism and its harmful effects on the environment are being ignored. In fact, they are not even being ignored. People just aren't aware of these effects. I feel proud and happy that I am making a change by helping to make people aware about these effects and how they can do simple, small everyday things that can have an amazingly large impact. || Once again, I have to be good at deciphering the information I receive online between right and wrong, A small analysis of information can make a huge difference. I am helping to educate people about the effects of consumerism and how to take action against it. I definitely do not want to mislead them because I have the wrongs ideas about the issue. In order to inform others about this issue, I first need to understand it clearly and properly myself. || I need to know and understand this issue like the back of my hand. If I am going to be explaining this issue to others they may have questions and concerns. I need to have enough knowledge about the issue of consumerism to be able to answer most, if not all, of those questions accurately. This will be extremely important because I will be the one people are relying on and I need to give them the correct information they want and require to take action against consumerism. || on the global issue of consumerism and electronic waste. I am grateful to all the people who have previously conducted research on this issue as it is helped my partner and I a great deal through out our project.
 * || __**Attitudes**__ || __**Skills**__ || __**Knowledge**__ ||
 * __**Issues**__ || I feel like a big issue right now is the fact
 * __**Research**__ || There has been extensive research done

Furthermore, I am grateful to all the people who have stepped forward and taken action against consumerism and e-waste, thus making more people more aware of its harmful effects. I believe, that no one wants to cause harm to their home. Our earth is our home and therefore we should make sure that we are not harming it. I know that if people are more aware regarding the issue of consumerism they will take action against it and one day it will come to an end, || Like I mentioned above, I need to be able to tell the difference between right and wrong information because it can make such a big difference. It is crucial for me to make sure that the source I am receiving my information and research from is reliable. Just as I am relying on a source to get more information on my issue, there are people relying on me to further explain this issue to them. I do not want to mislead them or even accidently give them the wrong information. It is not right if I am trying to reduce the effects of an issue because again, one needs to be able to properly understand something to be able to explain it to others. || Research done in the past on this issue is just stunning. Like I mentioned earlier so many people have looked into this issue and have researched on it. The research was not bias and it was accurate. This made it a lot easier for me to conduct my research because I felt good about the sources I was getting the information from. There were visuals and contact information provided for further inquiry. This made me feel at ease because I was able to look at a chart and see how everything worked. If I felt like I had a question I was provided with contact information to get my answer. || fact, both my partner and I are extremely pleased with out action. We wanted to get the message of consumerism out there and we wanted people to start doing small things that will lead to big changes. Through the Recycle My Cell school challenge my partner and I held at our school, we got the students and staff of our school to understand the harmful effects of e-waste. In face, we even got them to bring in their old chargers, cell phones and other e-waste in to room 304 to put them in a box. We will send this box to Recycle My Cell this Monday. Although, we may not win the school challenge, I am happy that now so many people are aware of the effects of consumerism and are willing to take action against it by recycling their e-waste. I have had so much fun doing this project and would love to do something similar to this one in the future, || There were a lot of skills involved in the action portion of our project. We needed to be clear and confident with the information we were delivering to others. We had to take initiative to conduct our action portion in our school. A huge thank you to Mr. Zoras who helped and supported my partner and I a great deal throughout the course of our action. Without him our action would not have been possible. This is just one skill that we required, We also needed to be patient and calm with people who did not quite understand our project and the point of it. There are several other skills that I have mentioned in my earlier journal entries that were used and crucially needed to take action. One requires many skills to conduct a piece of action as large as this one. Thankfully, both my partner and I had these skills and Mr. Zoras was always there for us. ||= In order to successfully conduct my action I needed to find a new and creative way to engage my audience and get them to participate. While I was looking through Recycle My Cell's website, I found a school challenge and registered for it right away after confirming with Mr. Zoras if this would be alright. We set up a temporary box in our home form classroom while we waited for the cool designated box to arrive in the mail. We kept on announcing the challenge over the morning announcements to really get our message across as much as we possibly could. The 500$ prize for our school seemed like the motivation that everyone needed. Even though there was a prize involved, most people were just happy to have a place where they were able to give away the burden of e-waste and not feel guilty or unsure about the way it would be "recycled". Once again, I am extremely pleased with the results our action has had. It was definitely a successful method seeing that many people participated in it and we have collected over 30 pieces of e-waste. Even though our chances of winning the 500$ are slim to none, I feel satisfied due to the fact that this e-waste will be recycled properly. ||
 * __**Actions**__ || I feel so proud and happy at this time. In

Journal Entry For Ecology Project (Consumerism) Sunday, November 3rd, 2013

large impact on the environment. After working for a while on this project, I have started to more deeply understand the urgent need to put consumerism and electrical waste to an end. Most people aren't completely aware of the effects of consumerism and I feel that if they knew more about these effects, they would definitely help put it to an end! || The most important skill to understand this issue to one's best ability is to make use of the resources provided. Since my partner and I have only the internet and our minds to work with, our options are limited. However, it is critical to understand that we must use the information we have properly and use it. || I need to be knowledgeable about this issue as I am the one who is informing people about it. I need to make sure that the knowledge I am sharing with my audience is up to date and accurate taking into consideration that my audience will be relying on me to give them more information regarding the issue. || global issue, researching on it is easy. I am glad that the information my partner and I need for our project is easily accessible. Furthermore, I am glad that people other than me also understand the harmful effects of consumerism on the environment and have conducted research on it. || To gather and analyze the correct research it is necessary that I avoid bias questions. It is also necessary to understand the importance of using valid and correct information and it is also important to understand that I need to collect this research in a formal manner. Making sure the information is accurate means to make sure that it is up to date and the answers are reasonable and aren't being spammed. || I need to know how to recognize and search information I can trust to be true. In other words, I must make sure that I am not using a website that is open for everyone to edit such as Wikipedia. Although these websites are great and offer a lot of information regarding specific issues and topics of interest, the facts provided aren't always true. In fact they are more likely to be opinions. Because I want to provide my audience with accurate information it is important for me to only use information taken from reliable and trusted sources. In order to find trustworthy information, sometimes it is necessary to hit the library and even though this is known to be an unpleasant thought for most teenagers, it is important that my knowledge comes from a place that can be trusted. || this issue. My partner and I have decided to target our audience, which is the teenage generation, through social media. I feel that this would be the most effective way to deliver our message. In addition to this I will also be participating in the School Challenge being held by Recycle My Cell. I am extremely excited for this because I feel that it is a great way to raise awareness in my school and raising awareness about consumerism is one of the major goals of this project. I have also contacted Greentec, one of the companies who support Recycle My Cell, and Greentec has eagerly replied with more information about themselves and would love to know more about what I will be doing as part of my action. I would like to share my results with them and would like to be granted permission for that once this project is completed. || While taking action against consumerism I must make sure that I am not pressuring or intimidating anyone. I must be able to understand and respect everyone's point of view regarding this issue. Furthermore, as I stated before, I feel that it is necessary that I remain professional while I am taking action. Even if I know the person I am talking to, this is a school related matter and I must be able to maintain a level of respect and professionalism towards my audience. ||= I need to be knowledgeable about how my audience thinks and what type of action will be best to engage my audience and inform them about the issue I am concerned with. Using this knowledge I must choose the most effective method to carry out my action. ||
 * || __**Attitudes**__ || __**Skills**__ || __**Knowledge**__ ||
 * __**Issues**__ || The issue of consumerism has a
 * __**Research**__ || Since the issue of consumerism is a
 * __**Actions**__ || I am extremely excited to take action on

Question 1 September 27th, 2013

If I was an environmental activist the problem that I would want to stop would be littering. I believe it is inportant to keep the environment clean because it is home to so many plants and animals who need a clean and safe space to live in. To take action against littering I would organize a community park clean up and at the beginning of the clean up I would inform everyone about the affects of littering on the environment. I know it might be frustrating to get people's attention at first but I will not give up and know that if I keep trying my best and organizing many community clean ups I can help to make my community valley (The Don Valley) and my community parks clean and healthy once again.

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Journal Entry For Ecology Project (Consumerism) Thursday, October 17th, 2013

issue and needs to be solved immediately. It really frustrates me how some companies like Apple are releasing new devices into the market every few months and with these new devices they also produce new chargers and headphones. This forces the customer to buy new accessories for their device even if they don't want to. || The skills I need to be able to understand this issue and its effects on the environment are to be able to see how the effects of consumerism increase and decrease over time and to be able to realize and see which effect of consumerism if having the most impact on the environment. || I need to be able to understand and recognize the issues people are facing due to consumerism. I also need to be able to understand the opinions and point of views of the people who are or have previously conducted research on and taken action against the issue of consumerism. || issue of consumerism due to the fact that it is a global issue. This research is also easy to access which makes me feel glad that I don't have to worry about finding secondary research on my topic. || The skills I need are to be able to conduct the research necessary for this assignment are: I need to be able to efficiently take notes from the web and books, I need to be able to provide a reference list, and understand the rules of plagiarism so that I can avoid it during my research. || I need to know how people, who have previously researched on the issue of consumerism, have got their information and why they have the opinions and views that they are sharing. I also need to know whether the research conducted by these people was bias or not. || excited to take action to raise awareness for it and over a period of time create a positive change in the rate of consumerism effecting the environment. || The skills I will require to take action against the issue of consumerism are: being comfortable around people, thinking about and choosing the right type of action which will best target the audience, and being able to successfully accomplish getting my message on consumerism out there for others to understand and support. ||= I need to see and understand the actions that people have previously taken against the issue of consumerism and whether those actions were successful in delivering to message to their audience. If the actions weren't successful in this I need to know why they weren't successful and what I can do to avoid bad or no results from the actions that I take. ||
 * || __**Attitudes**__ || __**Skills**__ || __**Knowledge**__ ||
 * __**Issues**__ || I personally feel that consumerism is a huge
 * __**Research**__ || There is a lot of research already done on the
 * __**Actions**__ || I feel strongly about this issue and am really