Campus Engagement 2

Scholars, I am proud to announce that I had the opportunity to engage live at the Florida International Summit 2012on April 14, 2012 which is a Florida Network for Global Studies (FNGS) in conjunction with U.C.F and F.S.U. This network fosters activities that strengthen expertise and interest in transnational and global studies issues.

The Summits covers technology, society and innovation in an era of globalization had various speakers from different professions . The attire was business casual which shows “Etiquette” and professionalism in workplace. A very educational experience giving and creating awareness in the essence of thriving in an international environment .

Alyesha Khanna who is the founder and director of the Hybrid Reality Institute , a research and advisory think tank focused on the intersection of technology trends ,data intelligence and geopolitics . Various strategies and expertise navigating the 21^st century through the ages. Hybrid age is becoming ubiquitous. The information age that had created a global awareness that is transition information.

Relationships with technology can disrupts and change our lives in the content of the city she state.

I agree with her technology are reshaping our world, we all collect and share information. We live in technology and we are becoming technology savvies. They are intelligent advisors to us how we socialize in a macro level.  Khannna , state that everything can be made at home or starts at home , Technology  has become a  way of life. Its evolving it can be an advantage or a disadvantage

Rise of intelligence of robots are now transforming the workspace. Medical field  are now using robots 86% prostrate surgeries in 2010 was used by doctor . Paralegies using Robots to examine 1.5 million documents with official technology. Robots in the entertainment arena in Japan 160,000 the holographic rock star in concert . It comes a time we have to ask what’s real ? if they fulfill a profession this means that one’s job will be taken from them by an artificial intelligence .

Khanna informed us that Sebastian from Stanford University had programed a robot car and it was successful. Technology is a double head sword any one can access it. Everything are becoming more “smart” and cities are now the platform. Smart trees are sending signal when they need water and that’s because the hybrid age are renewing awareness . She advice that people make informed decisions about technology.  Cyber warfare are on the rise into our system creating anti-manipulation software. To conclude this was very informative and well organized and I enjoyed every moment .

Women and the Environment

One of the core and primary issues with women agencies and the environment is that issues occurs such as household products are health hazards . “Housemaker” women are exposed to toxic chemicals ,dumps with its wasted polluted air. Women agency are made up of computer manufacturing company, dairy industry, and house cleaning Creating environmental issues in suburbs, inner-city and even in our neighborhood with bad smells. Issues experienced primarily at the meso , micro level and even macro.

Women work in agencies becoming more and more prone to health hazards polluted they can easily affect their children or families. As the article mentioned that women’s environmental activism includes caring within the home. Women are prone to have a second shift. When come home from along day they are toxic waste that are contaminated . Subsequently we see that infants who are breast fed are consuming anything the mother carries in her system.

Women agencies tend to be domestic industries as the video showed us that the government ought to be “for the people”. However we see that they’re over 100,0000 synthesechemicals which are toxic . The toxic helps build the food chain such as breast feeding becomes toxic. Women are becoming labors and with no options they have reproductive toxic.

America is a nation of consumers and natural resources are been used in products everyday. This has become an way of life advertisement is a global industry that has been a catalyst to consumptions. As the video points out that “Ad’s makes us feel unhappy about what we have so we can go out and buy”. A system in crisis that had become poising to women agencies.

To concluded women agency are polluted and it really impact the lives on a day to day bases. Consequently the poor class people who are usually in contact with chemicals don’t have the necessary resources. We can help protect ourselves by recycling and be eco-friendly

Work Cited

Women and the environment pp.535-549:Kirk, Gwyn, and Margo Okazawa-Rey. Women’s Lives: Multicultural Perspectives 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007:

Campus Engagement 1

Hello everyone my name is Latoya, and I am here  reporting live from the  beautiful campus of the University of Central Florida  on March 27, 2012,. I am here listen to Alexandra Cousteau who is known as an National Geographic "Emerging Explorer, filmmaker and globally recognized advocate on water issues . She will be speaking today  on the topic “Saving the planet “ a global perspective in conjunction with UCF’s Unifying Theme .Are you  wondering what this  organization is about?  I am glad you ask; UT organizes summits every semester to engages students in a face to face discussion pressing environment having speaker come out to share their knowledge ,experience etc.

It is now 4:30 p.m. and I am here in the   Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom Alexandra Cousteau is wrapping up her session . it’s time for me to  reflect about my  thoughts about this extraordianary campus engagement .  When I arrived to the room my first impression was on Seely, will support student who are politicizing their lives especially an organization as  UT who gives student the opportunities to have  direct student action to respond and be a voice for the environment and global climate change .

Alexandra Cousteau who I will call the voice for “saving our planet “she is truly a passionate individual and so relevant to  this course she represent a women in leadership. She travels around the country and politicize her life by creating awareness .  I am not so environmental friendly so my impressions was that I need to create awareness about this after Cousteau “ We can restore ecosystem by having campaign water rights which is away to conserve and restore what we have “. To my knowledge I did not no we had water issues she briefly mentioned Farmer vs. Fish issue  according to L.A Times “California faces dry and wet cycles, and during the 2007-09 drought, water was scarce for farmers, cities and the environment”. She went on to discuss that our system are in crisis and we ought to talk about things from a interconnect system .

In her journey she mentioned her experience in India , she saw that some of their water is black and people was fishing out of it and she said that the solution for this is that it take leaders and people to realize that what resource they are using . This makes realize that based on social location people are not being educated on the importance of clean water and how that it can restore life ,but pollution can give us less access to it . In conclusion it was awesome and I learned that politilizing life is the way to go because the learning experience is the teacher.                                                                   

       

   

  "Consewater ;Peserve life "

Work Cited

http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2011/08/california-water-wars-farms-drought-delta-smelt.html