What I learned on Social Media this week.

While scrolling through Facebook this week I came across a video posted by one of my friends, which I later found on YouTube. The name of  the video is Man Vs. Earth, and it was published by Prince Ea. At 5 minutes 42 seconds long, it is fairly lengthy, but worth the watch. Essentially, the video is a breakdown of humans effect on Earth. It takes the lifespan of Earth as we know and breaks it down to a 24 hour time period, then takes the lifespan of humans (homo-sapiens), and fits it into the 24 hour time period to give a perspective on how long humans have been on Earth. The answer (spoiler alert), 3 seconds. It then goes on to explain all the damage humans have created on Earth in those three seconds. Examples of such damage includes pollution, oil spills in the oceans, loss of animal habitats by cutting down trees, subsequently endangering many species on Earth long before humans were ever around, etc. It also goes on to explain what can happen to Earth if humans continue on the path they have created for Earth, and that the effects on Earth, such as global warming, and environmental destruction are a byproduct of human action on Earth, and can be modified.

Without social media, my friend would never have found and, subsequently, posted this video. Without his post, I never would have viewed it, and my thoughts regarding the subject would have remained dormant. Now I have feelings about the information received, and it pains me to see how much destruction human society has created on this planet in such a short amount of time. It makes me want to help create more positive effects on the planet such as volunteering in community clean-up days, controlling my personal pollution, etc. As one, I know I can not do much, but being able to use social media, such as this forum, to express my beliefs and hopefully tap into the emotional stimulus of others to encourage them to do the same,  then perhaps there could be a chance to make a difference, and, as Prince Ea states in the closing paragraph of his video " together, make it to the 4th second."

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  1. cmu141November 1, 2017 at 4:20 PM

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    1. cmu141November 1, 2017 at 4:20 PM

      Taking care of the Earth is something that we often do not think about or push aside. I have a friend that always throws things out of the car window, or drops a gum wrapper on the ground when he is walking. My other friends and myself always give him a hard time about this and one of my friends who is a cop always jokingly tell him he is going to follow him around his town and give him a ticket anytime he litters.

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  2. Haley HaaseNovember 1, 2017 at 4:21 PM

    Hello Todd,

    Your post was very interesting, I enjoyed every minute that I spent reading it. Once I was finished reading your blog, it made me wonder what possible damages I could have caused to our lovely earth and how I can change my ways to make our world a better place. There are so many things that go into destroying our planet, many ways that are easily avoidable. I agree with on the fact that social media is very important for certain situations, like this one. Social media is a great tool to get our population education on the importance of keeping our world alive.

    When I was in middle school, every year we would go on a field trip to pick up garbage around our community. Being that age, I remember thinking that it was stupid, but a fun way to get out of class for the day. After reading your post and thinking back to those field trips, I regret not putting in as much effort as I should have. I believe that it is important to continue field trips, such as the ones that I used to take, to education our students on how to keep our planet clean and alive.

    Great read!

    Haley

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