Read 'n' Seed 3: Second quarter of "Trash Talk"

Chapters & pages covered

I read part two of my book, pages 89-143. The Chapters I covered were after sight, clean walking, diet, energy use, every little bit, holidays, indoor air, infant and feminine hygiene, organic gardening, organic waste, vermiculture, and water use.

Main topics

The parts/chapters that I thought were the most interesting to me were after sight and energy use. Again, my book is about this items that are the chapters and how to reuse them and make these items more eco-friendly by not wasting them or filling up landfills. With after sight, it talks about how many people who wear glasses have to get new glasses every time their prescription changes. That means new frames. Instead of tossing out the old frame, help people in need who might not have the money to buy glasses that need them. This way we are not just throwing them away and filling up our landfills but also helping others! The topic on energy use they say, “to waste energy is no different than throwing your hard-earned money out with the trash (96).” Energy creates pollution and pollution destructs our wilderness. It also states that an average household spends “1,300-2,400 dollars annually on energy—44% of that being heating and cooling (96).” People do waste energy and now there are ways to make your home for green, like using solar power to run or heat things.

What significant things you learned and new terminology

            This chapter looks at bigger ideas on how they effect our environment and it tells you ways to reduce your effect. Like energy use, clean walking, and your diet all effect our environment but doing it green will help! I knew most of the terminology in the chapter, expect for vermiculture: the cultivation of annelid worms (as earthworms or bloodworms) especially for use as bait or in composting. They use worms to convert organic residues into a valuable resource. Some benefits are increasing the amount of microorganisms, nutrients, and minerals in the soil with worm castings and protect outdoor wildlife.

Implications

This again affects society because it tells us what we have to do to preserve and help our environment & earth. We should care because if we keep going how we are, our earth and environment will diminish, like it already has, and for us to live we need our planet!! We should take and do anything we can do help, like biking to work not driving, less pollution in the air, using reusable bags, less waste of our energy resources. These are just a start of way to save and help out!