Motivating on Eating Disorders

This eating disorder advertisement is promoting a pro-recovery forum for those who are dealing with this issue in the past or present. I feel as if this internet style of reflection will be therapeutic for adolescent girls or mature women. Together, this will be an effective way to decrease the cases of eating disorders and to advocate awareness for the cause.

The action is to show how the individual dealing with the eating disorder sees themselves in the mirror. This is a good example of how psychologically the mind of a deteriorating patient has been effected. Not only is it physically challenging, but also eating disorders are mentally tiring.

This message is effective because it is direction in its presentation and it leaves the viewer with an image that will impact them. It is persuasive that this internet forum will be essential in healing and informing the public about the severity of eating disorders. Also, it shows that this disorder directly effects teenagers. I would further advertise this on both television and billboards. Likewise, this should be for men and women since the two experience the sickness.

Food and Water Watch Campaign; Against Factory Farming

The industry of factory farming causes a tremendous damage to our environment. The toxic chemicals that are emitted into the air and water puts the lives of many animals and humans at risk. There is no need for this large amount of chemicals to be emitted from these companies but industry owners are only concerned with gaining maximum profits and not the damage it creates along the way.

A specific group that is taking action on this issue is the Food and Water Watch group. This group is a non-profit organization that advocates for safe and healthy food and drinking water. They are a public interest organization that remains independent of corporate and government influence. This group is funded fully through their members, individual donors, and foundation grants. It’s membership; individual donors and foundations are interested in carrying out a progressive agenda for clean water and food in the United Sates support this organization. They promote the practices that will result in sustainable and secure food systems that provide healthy food for consumers and an economically viable situation for the population. They also advocate for public control of water resources, strong conservation measures, and tough regulation of toxic emissions.

This organization counts on civilian support because they take no corporate or government money. The group has victories in their campaign that they are proud of such as working with local organizations in dozens of cities to maintain public control of municipal water systems. They have also raised awareness nationwide about the environmental, health and equity problem of factory farming. The organization asks citizens to join the Food and Water Watch Campaign and/or make a tax-deductible donation. They also offer many volunteer opportunities that are available for all to participate in as a group.

I believe that this organization has a strong foundation and good intentions in making the environment healthier and reducing the effects of factory farming. However, if I were to modify this organization in any way, I would suggest that this organization hold events that promote community togetherness and acting on the problem as a whole. This way, people would be inclined to join to campaign if there was a way to have fun while doing something extremely beneficial for the environment. The Food and Water Watch group encourage you to join their campaign and be part of a Historic Consumer Movement. Their promise is to keep you informed about important actions you can take to protect your access to clean, safe, affordable food and water.

Dependence On Foreign Energy

The social problem that I presented in my speech was the United States dependence on foreign energy. This is a social problem that you may think does not involve many people and that no one is really taking individual action against. However, you are wrong. People all over the country are through with the U.S.’s dependence on foreign energy like oil. One way that individuals have and can take action is by purchasing energy saving clean cars like hybrids. Others are reducing their driving and using bicycles and forms of public transportation. Those who are concerned with the country’s dependence on foreign energy like oil are changing the way car companies especially, but also other major companies think about new clean energy sources. Although not everyone who wants to take action against this problem can afford to buy a new clean hybrid car, they can still participate by riding bicycles and using public transportation. One may not think that these actions are effective or useful, but they are. Car companies are already getting the message to switch to energy proficient cars and invest in advanced innovation. This action will continue to be effective and will continue to spread to companies all over the country. These actions are very persuasive due to the fact that these actions not only save you money at the pump, but are also shown to work. Those looking to take part in action against the United States dependence on foreign energy can visit the website below for more information.

http://www.einow.org/take-action

Dick Cheney on Same-Sex Marriage

A surprising celebrity advocate for gay marriage is former Republican vice president Dick Cheney. Cheney supports a state by state legalization of gay marriage.  Cheney has said that in a country that advocates freedom as one of its main values that it should mean freedom for everyone. Cheney has spoken at press conferences about his support for state legalization of same-sex marriage.  I don’t think his efforts are extremely effective. Although he is speaking his views which contradict with his political ideology he is not taking much action to fix the problem. The use of freedom for everyone is an effective persuasive strategy but it does not mean much unless action is taken. The way I would modify Dick Cheney’s efforts in order to make them more effective would be to take action. A call to action for the states does not do much. If I were Cheney I would travel state to state encouraging legislators to take action in their meetings. Showing people you care by traveling to them and pushing them to do something is more effective than just talking about it.

How to prevent trade imbalance of Rare Earth Elements

Since China reduce the export production, each government start to think their way without importing Rare Earth Elements from china. Individually, each government supports that people try to recycle their electronic goods which contain rare earth elements. Some people call this urban mining. It raises the efficiency of using natural resources. According to Natural Institute for material Science in japan, they investigate to extract the natural resources from electronic goods which stop to use. Especially, there are 400g of Rare Earth Elements in cell-phone which people stop to use. So, they can recycle this Rare Earth Elements to other areas such as rechargeable batteries, new cell phone, and much more. Also, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization try to investigate electronic car without using Rare Earth Elements. As I said in the speech, Rare Earth Elements are essential to produce electronic cars. To reduce dependence of Rare Earth Elements, people and government keep investigating about Rare Earth Elements. These efforts will increase the conformity against Chinese government’s export reduction and help to develop new technology.

People Against Verdicts

Many widely publicized trails have be subject to protest, the Casey Anthony Trial was no exception. Several groups surrounded the jail she was being held in, awaiting her release after the trial to protest the outcome of her trial and call her a baby killer. Although they may not be the most pleasant of people, they are speaking out against at trial that they are not a part of in an attempt to get the verdict reversed. These attempts are not very effective because the courts can not try a person for the same crime twice, yet there are constantly new people joining the group to protest due to the growing media circuses. It would be more effective for them to protest before a trial to try and affect the verdict.

The R-Word

Discrimination toward those with disabilities is a very common issue, whether people realize they are doing it or not. Many folks may not consciously discriminate against these people; most of the time it is human nature to speak to/about people with disabilities differently than the rest of the population.

Glee star Jane Lynch has recently taken it upon herself to speak out about discrimination about people with disabilities. Although her character on Glee can be crude and sometimes insensitive, in real life Jane is very caring and very sensitive to words such as "retard" and any other kind of discrimination involving those with disabilities. She has started to produce PSA's about this issue talking about why it is so important not to discriminate and how to stop it. She gives alternative ways to speak to and treat those with disabilities in hopes that everyone will then follow her example.

Jane's efforts are effective to a certain extent. Since she is a celebrity, she kind of has more of an influence on the general public and what they think about certain circumstances. I think, though, that if she was to go out and physically do something to spread more awareness, it would be more effective than her just making Public Service Announcements. However, this is definitely a good start toward ending this discrimination!