Plan B Discussion Ch. 4-8

Alex MacLean-

This weeks power points i found much more interesting it seems that the team's know what to do now. I personally liked that section in chapter 5 about the cps, they take up so much space but they seem to work well. The group that did chapter 7 stabilizing population the game that they has us do was fun but could have been better with more time i think. This chapter had many ways of reducing population and stabilizing it that i think need to be effective starting now.

Anna Dyson -

All the teams did a wonderful job presenting this week. My favorite topic was Plant Based Sources of Energy. I love how large companies, like Oglethorpe Power, are making biomass-fueled power plants a reality. By using our build up of waste to fuel our way into a greener future. Instead of throwing organic “waste” out with the garbage, these companies will begin to turn heads and create a new “norm”. This reminds me of how native Americans would kill a buffalo and then use every single part of the buffalo, nothing was wasted. We are slowly working towards a greener mindset, creating, and initiating sustainable practices.

http://inhabitat.com/new-biomass-plant-for-the-uk-looks-like-a-giant-green-volcano/






Lauren Jump-

I found the Masdar City discussion to be the most interesting topic during this weeks presentations.  Never had I heard of an entire carbon free city being built.  It is a wonderful idea.  Of course it’s going to be in Abu Dhabi.  I hope when the project is complete I will be able to travel to the city and visit.  Hopefully worldwide companies will look to Masdar City and take pieces of their project and add them to existing cities.

 The exercises where we considered how to reduce our world’s problems was interesting to think global while creating steps to act locally.  For instance, reducing population is a serious subject that is hard to address on a large enough scale to make a difference.

Ishadeen Abreu-

I learned quite a bit throughout all the presentations during last class.  I  had no idea that breathing the air in New York City is like smoking two packs of cigarettes a day.  Guess I won’t be moving back to my favorite city since i value my lungs. The one city that looks pretty nice is Masdar City being that it is the first  carbon free city in the world. If the rest of the world could afford to have a city like that one the world could have hope. In the meantime we just need to make the best  with what we have and live a more sustainable life.


Calvin Thornton-

Even though it came across as wildly unpopular in this week’s discussion, I still don’t quite understand why there is absolutely no restrictions other than reproductive capabilities on the number of children two people can have. Surely there is a way to limit the damage done to this planet by overpopulation. For every person we don’t wake, that’s one less car on the road, one less room that needs to be continually heated or air-conditioned, millions of pounds of food that don’t need to be cultivated, and millions of gallons of water that don’t need to be to be consumed then re-purified.




At least set up some sort of system that the government won’t pay welfare to more than one child (two if twins, etc.). That in it of itself should assist in limiting the growth.