Minimize Your Impact, Durango
For this project, my partner and I wanted to eliminate as many single-use plastic bags for the community as possible, by collecting them from people and creating reusable plastic bags out of them. We decided to do this because Climate Change is a big issue in the world, and plastic bags contribute to it. But what is Climate Change? Well, Climate Change is when the climate in a certain area or over the entire planet starts to vary, from hot to cold and cold to hot. It's not only really drastic, but it has many contributors that come from the human race, one being the production and life of a single-use plastic bag. Plastic bags that you get from the grocery store are made from fossil fuels, and when those fossil fuels are being harvested, carbon is released into the air. The carbon then acts like a blanket around the earth thus trapping heat and creating problems all around the world. For example, with the rising temperatures, ice caps are melting leaving barely any habitat for Polar Bears and other creatures to live. We need to not only care but also act on climate change because it is threatening the homes of creatures and people everywhere. You can see our understanding of Climate Change in our website that we made in order to spread awareness and help people learn how to make the bags themselves.
One of our reusable bags
Biological needs of adolescents Infographic
In this unit, our class focused on the biological needs of adolescents. I chose to focus on sleep deprivation mainly because I think it's a big part of a growing teenager. I'm really interested in what factors into the growth of a teenager, whether it's a negative or positive influence.
I went through a lot of challenges during this infographic, like figuring out how to use Venngage. I wanted to properly represent my topic without using too many words and preventing it from flowing well. Also I needed to find the right pictures for my infographic that would portray the effects of sleep deprivation well. I find that it is really important to know what the needs are of an adolescent because adolescence is the stage where we grow the most. Our brains are very vulnerable in this phase and that's why we need to take care of ourselves.
I went through a lot of challenges during this infographic, like figuring out how to use Venngage. I wanted to properly represent my topic without using too many words and preventing it from flowing well. Also I needed to find the right pictures for my infographic that would portray the effects of sleep deprivation well. I find that it is really important to know what the needs are of an adolescent because adolescence is the stage where we grow the most. Our brains are very vulnerable in this phase and that's why we need to take care of ourselves.