In-Class+Assignment+for+W3


 * Lesson 3 In Class Assignment 1: 30 minutes **


 * Answer the following questions: **


 * 1. Review the web site, the XClinic at http://www.environmentalhealthclinic.net/ What is the goal of the XClinic for impatients? **

The goal of XClinic for the “impatients” are to participate and promote social change. Their clinic works like any other clinic. Firstly, an appointment is made. The impatient will talk about their penvironmental health concerns. Unlike a traditional health clinic, the patient will not walk out with a pharmaceutical prescription, but they will walk out with a prescription of actions. These actions can range from, local data collection, urban interventions, referrals to art, design and participatory projects, etc. These will help to understand and improve your environmental health.


 * 2. According to the TedX video about Natalie Jeremijenko, “The Art of the Eco Mindshift” at [] describe her philosophy as a ‘design activist’. Write two full paragraphs on her position as an activist and scientist in relation to her design methodology. **


 * The interactive script beside the movie is very helpful to reference, as what she is saying is so dense. **

Natalie Jeremijenko’s philosophy as a ‘design activist’ is to bring together the technical and art work to create a socially conscious experience that can make change. She believes that the environment is implicated, with many issues, and she has set out to do something about it. The activist side of her design methodology is using installations to grab attention.

Belgian Field office at a round about which represents the headless social movement that informs much social transformation. ‘Tadpole Bureaucrat’ represents bureaucrats who’s decisions affect the people’s water quality. She has implements them in companion animal devices and tadpole walkers. These weird installations and projects will not only grab attention, but at the same time raise questions and awareness.


 * 4. Review How Stuff is Made at [] **
 * and the online FAQs it has for the student submissions at [] **
 * of objects. Do you think that you would be able to participate in this project by having access to manufacturers? Do you foresee any problems with a visual essay? Please let me know by email through wiki of your response to this question. **

I think a visual essay would be extremely interesting to implement as well as read. Having text-heavy information paired along side with images, would give some people who are not usually interested in such topic an easier way to understand. I would definitely participate in a project like this, having access to manufacturers that will allow the photos and provide sufficient information about their products. The only problem I foresee in a visual essay when working with a manufacturer, is getting all the information and seeing each step of the process provided with images.


 * 5. From Annie Leonard’s ‘The Story of Bottled Water’ [] **
 * list five reasons that bottled water is detrimental to our environment. **

1. The entire process of the bottled water takes up so much energy. The production to the distribution to the disposal.

2. The problem starts at extraction and production, where oil is used to make water bottles. In a year, the amount of oil used to make water bottles can fuel up to a million cars.

3. 80% of the disposal ends up in land fills where they end up for many years.

4. Some are burned in incinerators, where they release toxic pollution.

5. The rest are “recycled”. Where does the recycling go? Some are sent to India, where there are mountains of the bottles, the next step is not really recycling bottles but to downcycle.


 * 6. In one paragraph, define the real cost of ‘bottled water’ economically. **

The real cost of ‘bottled water’ is nowhere close its actual worth. The whole entire production is doing more damage than it is doing good. The actual cost of the bottled water is the damage of our environment. The bottled water companies are putting a bad name to tap water, at the same time polluting our drinking source, thereby forcing consumers to think that bottled water is the solution.