Blogprompt Number Five

Christmas is coming!

Cultural festivals, such as Christmas, are undoubtedly enjoyable and an important time for families and friends to relax together. Many have important religious significance. On the other hand, such events are often defined by excess and waste...lights, fireworks, over-packaging, excessive spending, over-eating and embarrassing self indulgence.

What do you think? Is Christmas sustainable? How would it all work in a changed world?

Or should all the 'do-gooders' leave our festivals alone!!!!

(Happy Christmas and have a good break, see you next year)

Blogprompt Number Four

In class we have looked at some selected articles from some newspapers related to climate change. I have also briefly (very briefly!) commented on the role of the media in shaping the opinions of the public with respect to sustainable development issues.

Most newspapers sold in the United Kingdom are tabloids. Only one broadsheet features in the top six selling newspapers of January 2009 (Audit Bureau of Circulations 2009).

1. The Sun 3,146,000

2. The Daily Mail 2,200,398

3. The Daily Mirror 1,366,891

4. The Daily Telegraph 783,210

5. The Daily Star 768,534

6. The Daily Mirror 736,340

The most watched television programmes in the United Kingdom have limited history of dealing with serious issues!

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w/e 8 Nov 2009

		000's
1	THE X FACTOR RESULTS (SUN 1959)	15,003
2	THE X FACTOR (SAT 2000)	13,051
3	CORONATION STREET (MON 1932)	10,851
4	CORONATION STREET (MON 2029)	10,542
5	DOC MARTIN (SUN 2102)	10,285
6	CORONATION STREET (FRI 2029)	9,459
7	CORONATION STREET (FRI 1932)	9,164
8	CORONATION STREET (THU 2031)	8,601
9	EMMERDALE (MON 1900)	7,456
10	EMMERDALE (THU 2000)	7,379

so....To what extent do the best selling UK newspapers cover stories related to serious issues? To what extent would you think that it is their role to do so? In your opinion does the tabloid media and 'low budget entertainment' (reality shows, soaps) have too much power and influence in this country?

Blogprompt Number Three

One of the central themes underpinning sustainable development is equality and fairness. This is reflected in the concept of 'empowered citizenship'- in that we can all make a contribution to making our community (our local area, our region, our country, our planet) a better place now and in the future.

Some important areas are quite difficult to understand. Science, economics, politics are often quite difficult to comprehend and yet are central to decisions that are made by others about our lives.

To what extent do you think that it is your duty as a citizen to be 'informed'? Are you informed? How do you get to be informed about serious issues? To what extent do you think that you should leave the complicated decisions up to others ?

Blogprompt Number Two

This is your second blogprompt. You will need to respond to this by the end of next week.

Al Gore (and the IPCC) won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 (BBC 2007) largely for the production of the film 'An Inconvenient Truth'

The committee cited "their efforts to build up and disseminate knowledge about man-made climate change".

To what extent do you think this was deserved? Having watched this film in class did you feel that your opinion (or perhaps the opinion of others) to the issue of climate change could be positively influenced? What did you think of this film? Was it effective?

NOTE: some bloggers should think about writing a little bit more, perhaps inserting images and links also.

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FIrst Blogprompt of the year

Now for your first blogprompt. Remember what you need to do - write a reflective entry in your blog based on personal experience (and maybe some research) on matters that relate to the blogprompt below. You could add links or photographs or whatever you feel is interesting. This is a personal one to start with.

Blogprompt Number One

What actions could you (in theory) undertake that would improve the 'sustainability' of your lifestyle? What might be preventing you from doing these?

You should try to write this before the 16th October.