4th Interview Q's

1) What obstacles did you face while attempting to become more environmentally friendly?

2) What is the most rewarding thing you've experienced while doing this?

3) Who got you started with this lifestyle?

4) Where did you start this lifestyle?

5) Why should I care about sustainability?

6) What's a carbon footprint?

7) How do I start to adopt a sustainable lifestyle?

8) How can I talk others into doing it?

9) What sources do you recommend for the remainder of my research?

10) Who else should I talk to for my topic?

11) How hard is it to get started with a sustainable lifestyle?

12) How easy is it to maintain this lifestyle?

13) Where is the best location on a property for a "green" power source for a house?

14) Why should we volunteer to clean up other areas when we already have cleaned up our own lives?

16) Isn't the creation of the mechanisms for "green" power causing a lot of pollution?

18) Why did the "Green Movement" start anyway?

19) What do you do to help the environment beside be sustainable at your own home?

20) What is the best way to convince someone to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle?

Independent Component 2

I plan on volunteering for the Forest Service by cleaning up trails and performing other duties to help maintain the local state and national parks/forests.  This pertains to Sustainable Living in the sense that it doesn't just involve your personal life.  Sustainable Living extends to involve the whole world.  Many people who practice it volunteer in State and National Parks in order to ensure that the planet is taken care of and enjoyed by multiple generations.  I will keep a log and take pictures of what I do from day to day.

Final draft of 20 Minute Lesson Plan

1) 3 minute quiz w/ 5 multiple - choice questions on sustainability:

1. What is sustainability?
2. What is global warming doing to our planet?
3. What can we do about wasting energy?
4. What can we do about wasting water?
5. What other stuff can we do to take action against pollution and waste?
   
   
   2) 2 minute explanation of answers
   3) 10 minute lecture/powerpoint on basic aspects of Sustainability
   
   
   4) 5 minute grow your own herbs

Independent Component 1

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I, Kaitlyn Grayson, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

For my task, I created 1 powerpoint explaining different aspects of sustainability to my family 7 slides long with about 1 paragraph of speaker notes per slide.

Then, I researched different parts of sustainability such as composting (3 sources), conventional vs. organic food vs. natural food (4 sources), recycling (3 sources), organic food in general (2 sources), effects of conventional farming (2 sources), and energy conservation (1 source).

Next, I created a powerpoint pitting organic food vs conventional with 8 slides.  7 of which have about 1 paragraph of speaker notes per slide.

I also quizzed the family individually about sustainability with 10 questions:

1. What is sustainability?
2. What is global warming doing to our planet?
3. What can we do about wasting energy?
4. What can we do about wasting water?
5. What other stuff can we do to take action against pollution and waste?
6. How much of the disease in the world is caused by polluted water?
7. Why should we care?
8. What is one of the main energy users in the house?
9. What can cause a house's temperature and noise level to drop and rise incessantly?
10. When did people start becoming more environmentally aware?
    
    Then, I graded them in my notebook.
    
    
    Also, during the space of 2 weeks, I got the family to the local farmer's market twice, thus converting our food completely to sustainable organic.
    
    
    Afterwards, I replaced all of the incandescent lights in the house with CFL's.
    
    
    Lastly, I got my family to help me sort recyclables for 1 hour.
    
    
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    The log of my hours for each part of my task is located in my notebook which I will hand to my teacher as evidence.
    The powerpoints made it easier to explain what I was doing to the house and our diets to my family as many of them are audio/visual learners.  Also, the research I did backed up what I had to say so that I knew wha I was saying and doing throughout the task.
    The family quiz was to make sure my family understood what I was trying to get across so that there was no confusion later on.
    Family participation in the Farmer's Market, CFL's, and Recycling made it so that they can experience firsthand what it is like to become sustainable and figure out if they are willing to adopt some of the aspects.
    
    
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    This helped me answer my E.Q. because I got to experience firsthand how hard it can be to convert an entire family and household into a more sustainable lifestyle.  One of my new answers for my EQ is "Persistence".  This is because two relatives were a bit hesitant to participate in what I was setting up and I had to negotiate with the owner of the house in order to even start my Independent Task.
    
    
    
    

20 Minute Presentation Rough Draft

1) 5 - minute quiz on how much people know about sustainability at first

(Five q's, multiple choice)

2) 3 minute explanation of the answers

3) 10 minute powerpoint presentation on basics of sustainability

4) 2 minute Q&A

ESLR's

1) Effective User of Technology

I've drastically improved on effective use of technology by using the internet as my predominant method of getting research.  Also, I have learned what to look for in websites in order to avoid getting scammed or inadequate material such as tons of ads or short articles.  Now, I am learning basic troubleshooting skills as well so that I can fix my own problems if my computer goes on the fritz.  One example is when I did some network diagnostics after the internet went down at our house.  I found the problem and reset the router.

2) Effective Communicator

I admit I may have had some problems getting my point across before, but I am working hard on fixing that problem.  Now, I can say something and everyone understands.  Also, I have started helping people understand the lessons we're being taught if they still don't get it.  I'm not a tutor, but I'll gladly help people out if they need it.  So far, people seem to understand what I'm saying better than when I first started out as a Freshman.

Ten Hour SL Check

I am doing my service learning on a sustainable organic chicken farm with a woman named Betty Joseph and her husband.

So far, I have completed 10 hours working for her.

I have been gathering eggs that she sells and eats, taking care of the goats that she raises for meat, and building a new enclosure in order to make room for some more meat goats and some milking goats.

I have learned about some of the maintenance required in order to live a sustainable lifestyle.  It is more work than I previously thought in order to achieve a means of, in this case, attaining food.  That could be a downside to living sustainably.  However, I feel that it is a rewarding king of work.  The reason why is that as you work, you get to directly see the progress made and observe as your rewards come into being.  It gives you a strong sense of achievement and makes you feel useful.  This can be one of the benefits to sustainable living.

10 3rd Interview Questions

1) How do you practice sustainability?

2) What are the next steps you are going to take towards a sustainable lifestyle?

3) How would you convince someone to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle?

4) What are the benefits of a sustainable lifestyle?

5) Can you recommend some sources you used to adopt your lifestyle?

6) When did you start this lifestyle?

7) Why should I start living more sustainably?

8) Where can people learn more techniques for a sustainable lifestyle?

9) Does a sustainable lifestyle require any special technology other than alternative energy?

10) What obstacles did you encounter while converting to a sustainable lifestyle?