http://jeremy02.uniblogs.org Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:48:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What can I do to help the problem? Something that is simple but is often overlooked is using less electricity. If everyone in America used less electricity, less coal would be needed to produce electricity. This doesn't mean that you can never use electricity. If people turned the ... http://jeremy02.uniblogs.org/2008/03/25/more-questions-on-coal-use/ Al Gore used visual aides in many ways to emphasize points in his presentation. Some of these visuals were humorous while others were very serious. Overall, I thought that these visuals were used very appropriately and were a good way to keep the audiences attention. They were ... http://jeremy02.uniblogs.org/2008/03/25/visual-media/ (Google Images) This image shows all of the environmental effects of coal mining. Nearly everything in the environment is affected by mining, whether it be underground or surface mining. This image could be used to show people all of the negative effects of coal mining and another reason that ... http://jeremy02.uniblogs.org/2008/03/25/three-images/ After watching the movie, An Inconvenient Truth, I have a much better understanding of global warming and its effects. Before watching this, I had heard everything that everyone else has heard. I never realized how big this problem is until now. Global warming isn't just affecting the ... http://jeremy02.uniblogs.org/2008/03/25/response-to-an-inconvenient-truth/ One method used in my press release would be to inform the public of the dangers of depleting the coal supply. This would include the amount of coal that is left and the amount that is produced each year. I would also inform the public of how the ... http://jeremy02.uniblogs.org/2008/02/28/response-to-press-release/ The book Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security can teach us many ways to prepare for a unexpected event. The chapter that we read gave us many examples of how the government tried to inform the people of New Orleans how to prepare themselves for Hurricane ... http://jeremy02.uniblogs.org/2008/02/28/response-to-disaster/ Bridge Inspections By now, everyone has heard about the bridge collapse in Minnesota. This was due to a mistake in the design process. After the collapse, the government decided to spend a lot more money to inspect our bridges to prevent another collapse. More attention should be given ... http://jeremy02.uniblogs.org/2008/02/20/three-examples-of-risk-communication/ This week's reading talked about a goal that people want to reach but there is something preventing that goal from being reached. It gave three different ways to present an A but B problem statement. This clash often states a goal to help eliminate a problem and then ... http://jeremy02.uniblogs.org/2008/02/20/problem-statement/ The problem defined in this article is an outbreak of West Nile Virus in New York City. This article talked about how to effectively inform the public about the problem and how to deal with it. The general public is not an expert on West Nile Virus. ... http://jeremy02.uniblogs.org/2008/02/13/west-nile-virus-response/ After I read these articles, it was pretty neat to see how big the blogging network is and the many uses that is has. Before this, I barely even knew what a blog was. I now know that blogs can be used for pretty much anything. I ... http://jeremy02.uniblogs.org/2008/02/05/blogs-are-everywhere/