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media type="facebooklike" key="https%3A%2F%2Fstepwisemp.wikispaces.com%2FMitchell%20N" width="450" height="80" One big issue in the environment that I would like to change is the amount of CO2 in our atmosphere, because of our rapid burning of fossil fuels we are releasing too much carbon dioxide. This is bad because it traps heat in our atmosphere and causes global warming, this is known as the green house effect. One way to reduce our carbon foot print is to use public transportation, ride your bike and use green energy such as wind power and solar power.

unaware of. Walmart has taken over our economy with their "designed for the dump" products that are taking over our landfills. They also do not abide the environmental laws. || We need to learn more about our issue so that we can take action and change this problem. The most important issues are consumerism and that Walmart has broken many environmental laws. || We have read many articles that people have published about Walmarts issues and narrowed down thier two major issues, consumerisn and the breaking of environmental laws. || publicized and known to the public. || We need to have computer skills to come up with secondary research, and educate ourselves and others. We also need to have access to a library. || Others have put together reaserch towards Walmart's problems and issues many people have striked against Walmart's ways. || wrong doings. || We need to explain to Walmart's customers about Walmart's downfalls and issues so that Walmart will be forced to make a change to the way their company is run. ||= We have learned that others feel the same way we do and can use their research and actions to back up our own. ||
 * Secondary** **Research**
 * x || __**Attitudes**__ || __**Skills**__ || __**Knowledge**__ ||
 * __**Issues**__ || This issue is a large issue that many people are
 * __**Research**__ || There is some information about this issue but it is not well
 * __**Actions**__ || Our group aims to make the public more aware about Walmart's
 * Primary** **Research**
 * x || __**Attitudes**__ || __**Skills**__ || __**Knowledge**__ ||
 * __**Issues**__ || My attitude has changed since the first journal entry, I have learned, based on our survey that many people are un-aware of Walmart's faults. || We need to have the proper skills to create and design an appropriate and professional survey for the public to take. We also need to make sure our survey acquires a large number of entries by publicizing it through social media. || Since the primary research it seems as though the main issue has stayed the same. Many of the members of the survey are throwing out their products for newer/better ones. ||
 * __**Research**__ || We have started our research around Walmart it is proving surprising results. || We need to have the proper skills to create and design an appropriate and professional survey for the public to take. We also need to make sure our survey acquires a large number of entries by publicizing it through social media. || After completing the survey we have determined that many people are not aware of Walmart's eco-friendly programs because they are not publicized enough. Also we learned that around 80% of the entries in the survey agreed that Walmart's products are "designed for the dump". ||
 * __**Actions**__ || We have decided to conduct a survey about Walmart's various programs, problems and how to solve them. I believe it will turn out very well. || We need to have the proper skills to create and design an appropriate and professional survey for the public to take. We also need to make sure our survey acquires a large number of entries by publicizing it through social media. We also need to analyze the data we are presented with and form an accurate conclusion. ||= We have learned, based on our research that most of those who completed our survey feel the same way we do about this issue. ||
 * Action**
 * x || __**Attitudes**__ || __**Skills**__ || __**Knowledge**__ ||
 * __**Issues**__ || I am disappointed that through our many tweets we did not receive a reply back from Walmart's twitter. || We need to have the proper skills to create and design an twitter page to get our message across to the public. || The only issue we came across was Walmart not responding to our "tweets", this issue could be solved next time by choosing a more direct way of action like a protest, posters or an informative video. ||
 * __**Research**__ || There was no research done on this portion of the project. || We need to have the proper skills to create and design an twitter page to get our message across to the public. || There was no research done in this portion of the project. ||
 * __**Actions**__ || I am over-all,happy with our action as its seems as though we have gotten our message across to our 90 followers. || We need to have the proper skills to create and design an twitter page to get our message across to the public. ||= Based on our action we have learned that social media is an effective way to convey ideas and messages. ||