User talk:Stevenarntson/group spaces/analytical writing/group 1


 * Hi, Group 1,
 * You're off to a good start! Re: formatting--the wiki reacts strangely when there's empty space at the beginning of a line--for instance, if you indent a paragraph by hitting the space bar, or if you paste in text that has been formatted like that. Good luck on your project!
 * Stevenarntson 17:46, 20 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi Group 1,
 * This research is getting off to a good start. I'd recommend ultimately trying to get a good controlling thesis at the top, that gives the reader the "lay of the land," for the paper, especially since the topic is so broad. For instance, "Population control and resource management are two ways the world can be made more sustainable. For those in developed countries whose birth rates are lower, focus should be on reducing consumption. For those in developing nations, population control is a higher priority. Both courses have their complexities, and in the end, it is the relationship between all of these nations, and their ability to understand one another, that will allow reforms to be peacefully obtained." Then the paper can follow the course suggested. Or something like that! :)
 * Stevenarntson 19:08, 24 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Hey guys, Katie here.

I'm trying to get some formatting done tonight, so be sure to check back frequently. I will probably just put the formatting separate from all of the date dumping so that we can organize everything later.

KatieManske 22:08, 10 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I threw up a basic layout for out information at the bottom of the group site. Slowly learning to control the wiki editing tools.  Will post a data dump later.

KatieManske 01:56, 11 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Hey guys, just a reminder to get your stuff filled into the format at the bottom of the group page. Even if you don't have all of your research, and it isn't final, please at least post what you're working on (a thesis of sorts), so we know what to expect.  I'll be posting more by Wednesday.

KatieManske 07:41, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


 * One thing I forgot to add. Keep track of your sources and be putting them into MLA at your convenience.  I'll add a sources section to the formatting soon so we can start getting them up there and organized.

KatieManske 07:46, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi Group 1,
 * The structure of the thing seems like your current best focus--there's some good information here which, as Katie notes, needs to be distilled into your form without repetition of facts, and allowing for the different viewpoints you've collected. Additionally, I remember talking to you all about education being an important part of your proposed solution--I still think that's a good idea.
 * Stevenarntson


 * Don't forget to get all of your work up in the FORMATTED SECTION tonight! We need the entire page as close to finished as possible for out overview tomorrow morning!

KatieManske 17:52, 10 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, that didn't go as planned. I was hoping to have my paper finished, but I threw up an outline of what I'll be writing about so we can at least talk about it in the morning.  Hoping you guys get your stuff up too.  Ignore the bazillion edits on the page too: Wiki and I were having a small fight over formatting.

KatieManske 09:01, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi Group 1,
 * I like your contemporary viewpoints thesis, "Factors such as religious context, economic standpoints, and ethical ramifications all play a role in dividing people on the issue." I'd like to see something similarly concise for your solutions piece, as well. Reading that piece, I was reminded of Obama's "spread the wealth around" quote--the importance of trying to find a worldwide wage parity in good to emphasize, in concert with efforts to reduce consumption; if only one of those things happens, there will be strange consequences for sure, but both happening together, moderately, perhaps could lead to some successes.
 * Best, Stevenarntson

KatieManske 08:27, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey guys, moving all of the unformatted stuff to this page. DON'T FORGET TO PUT YOUR MLA SOURCES IN THE SOURCES SECTION!

Markm 04:15, 8 March 2009 (UTC) Sorry Ive missed class twice guys ive had the flu or something. Its been really shitty I can barely eat. Could you guys get me up to speed on class?

Markm 03:38, 11 February 2009 (UTC) The earths population started out very slow. It gradually grew from a.d. 1 and had a few set backs like the black plague which may have reduced the world's population from about 450 million to about 375 million in 1400. It wasn't until the 1900's that it started picking up at a alarming exponential rate. I feel like we are very similar to mold on a piece of bread. First there is only a few tiny spots of mold, then the next day a quarter chuck is gone, then the whole things gone. We are the advance form of this scenario, because we can't solve this overpopulation by just buying a new slice of earth, and this idea also made me come to the conclusion that we are the enemy of the earth, as if this is our purpose to multiply and kill the earth. In killing our host we end up killing ourselves, unless we start to act like the smarter parasites who keep their host healthy enough. I think unity and education play a huge role in fixing this. On the exhausting our resources subject, there is only about 4% out of the 17% of earths surface that we thrive on that can be farmed on. I think we should really be pushing hydroponics and other techniques.

Gerry Wihardja

This morning i got involve in an accident.. my car was hit badly on the back.. i want to go to class but the process took me like 3 hours until the tow truck came.. im really sorry I've missed class.. do we have anymore class next week?

KatieManske 22:05, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

The vast number of the World's population increases drastically every single day. No single group is completely at fault and we must take the time to spread awarenness of our own population. Everyone thinks that the population crisis is somewhere else. The US media focuses on China and Africa but does not take into consideration the amount of resources that the average American uses.

The world population as of 7:30 last night was 06,840,273,886. By the time you read this article this number will have grown by more than 50,000. Every day there are over 300,000 births and over 14,000 of those births occur every hour. Now some of you may be thinking well hey people are dying too and yes every day there are over 100,000 deaths, but this also means that every single day there are 200,000 new people on this earth. So lets put this into terms that we all ca understand. Everybody know how big Safeco filed is right? Well Safeco field can seat 93,242 people. So every day over two entire Safeco fields are filled to max occupancy. Looking at the world populous when from 1988, the year I was born, it seems that in my lifetime the population has grown by over 1 billion people. So as you can see the world population can grow very quickly. It took all of human history until 1830 for world population to reach one billion. The second billion was achieved in 100 years, the third billion in 30 years, the fourth billion in 15 years, and the fifth billion in only 12 years. In 2005, world population exceeded 6.5 billion people, growing by nearly 80 million per year

Over 10 years ago John Holdren wrote an article that shows us exactly what determines our total energy consumption. It says total energy consumption, equals population size times the average per capita energy use. So if E * total energy use, P * population size, and e * energy use per capita, we can say E * P x e. This equation basically states that if we fail to control our per capita consumption we will never solve our economic problems. Today's "ecological footprint" measure is an elaboration of Holdren's equation. In the US, per capita consumption is higher than in developing countries. This equation proves to the US especially that we can not just simply ignore this issue. With regard to oil use, for example, adding one person to the US population is like adding about 15 in China. (www.overpopulation.org)

GerryWihardja

There are now at least 5.8 billion human beings on the planet, and according to the United Nations, the population of earth is expected to grow to around 7.9 billion by 2050 from time to time, the earth has been overcrowded by human. There was a time before when human population are still manageable. But as we entered new millennium, the population has become over growth and over limit. People never think about the impact anymore. They don’t realize what over population could do to the society. One of the obvious example is “pollution”. The more population in one region could lead to pollution. More human being means more needs and more products to be produce, means more industry built and as in results, pollution has covered the earth. Trash everywhere, the increase of toxic on the air, the increase of non-recycle product. Another impact of over population is crime. As we can see, many crimes appear as the city population increase. The more people out there, the less jobs available. This kind of thing will brings the world into unsafe place to live in. One example I could mention here is developing country Indonesia. Indonesia is a large country with many nature skill spread within this country, but the government didn’t concern about the people’s family plan. For them it is taboo to tell and teach about the family plan. Therefore, up until nowadays, many low class people like farmers, fishermen, are still blind about what over population could do to them in the future. Although since decades ago, the family plan has been introduced to the community and expected to decrease the population. Another impact we should be concerned is health. Unlike rich family, the average populations mostly don’t really care about their health and their family’s health. What they should care is their infant’s health. Since they can’t afford for a vaccination, immunizations, or regular appointment with the doctor, many infants and senior suffer from illness like TBC, polio, yellow fever, and many other illness that caused by germs and unsterile environment. That is why many countries like Thailand, China, India, mostly Asia and beyond, has offered free medical checkup and treatment for those people who couldn’t afford to pay a doctor. As we go through the impact of over population, we can now discuss about some ways to help preventing this from taking control the earth. On Europe, the government stated that the first, second, and third child in the family, are free from school fee and others. While the rest won’t get any covered from the government, therefore, the Europeans are concerned to only have three or less than three child in the family. Introducing the family plan to the society is actually one of the best solutions of this problem. It will be very helpful to prevent out numbering in family. It also has some product that would protect people from sex disease. The rest is all depends on the family itself. Some countries like Germany, their government will be willing to give award such an extra cash to the family if they could maintain of three or less children within. This could also be a good way in helping the world from over population.


 * KatieManske 04:06, 25 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Hey guys,  Just a reminder that we can still edit the page until tomorrow.  Was hoping to see some more changes, but if you're happy with your section, then that's fine. I think we had some cool research, and it was a fun topic.  I sent out an e-mail about this already, but very few people have posted their sources, much less formatted them and stuck them in the right place.  I can't help you there if you don't even have links to websites up.  I'm trying to get Camille's formatted now (although some of these websites are pretty funky, and it's been tough finding info), but its important that you take a few minutes to do that tonight. E-mail me with any last minute questions.


 * -- Katie