Inforgraphic- Kunho

What

This infographic is intellectually stimulating because it provides several facts and statistics that support its message that composting is important.
The information on the infographic stays relevant to the reader because everyone throws away trash and food scraps that could potentially be used for composting.
The way the information is portrayed in the infographic is also very creative. It makes use of a garbage bag and divides it up into the percentages that shows how much of the garbage thrown out every day is compostable.

Gut

The graphic did make me feel like the community and people in general weren’t doing enough to compost. However, I also felt optimistic because infographics like these will eventually help raise awareness and increase the rate of composting.

So What

I hadn’t thought of how much of the garbage we throw out every day is able to be composted. The infographic really does a great job in showing just really how much wasted potential that is.
The organization, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, gathered its data from many different sources such as the EPA.

Now What

I don’t think that many students have considered how much of an impact they could make on the environment if they began to compost half of the things they would have just mindlessly thrown in the trash.
I think that many students haven’t thought of this because they weren’t aware and didn’t know.
I think that an infographic that both informs and inspires/motivates students to make small changes in their lives to contribute to a big change on the environment is necessary!

UGArden Reflection

In this picture, I see a collection of food scraps and plant matter that will soon be decomposed and become compost. I also see concrete dividers for the different stages of compost. Lastly, I see a pile of finished compost in the back. I noticed in this picture that there is a long and intricate process for composting.

This picture makes me think about how the UGArden takes composting seriously. Additionally, this picture helps me realize that everyone in the UGArden community cares so much about composting and healthy soil that they all come together and make one collective effort to compost. At first glance, the average person might think that this is just an image of dead crops/waste. They might also think that the compost in the back is just a pile of regular dirt.

When I look at this picture, I feel optimistic for the future of agriculture. I think that if composting started to become the norm everywhere, there would be much more significant yields of crops and healthier soil.

I think that this picture is mostly about the long and complex process of composting, and how a plethora people come together in an effort to ensure that compost is successfully created at UGArden. The fact that composting is a long process is stressed even more by the large pile of compost in the back, which is several years worth of composting.

Kunho Kim Self-Portrait

In high school, I took honors biology and chemistry my freshman and sophomore year, respectively. After that, during my junior and senior years, I took AP Physics 1, AP Physics C, and Environmental Science. I really enjoyed all of my AP science classes because we were able to more deeply discuss topics during class and were able to learn more material beyond the standard curriculum.

I hope to achieve a better understanding of general biology. I have not taken a biology class since freshman year in high school, so I hope that this class will be able to help me stay educated in biology. I also hope that through the projects we will be working on this semester, I will gain more experience working with other people in a group in different environments. Additionally, I hope to develop an appreciation for biology by taking this course.

What exactly is happening that is causing such a large increase in antibacterial resistant bacteria in the soil? Where is it the worst (locally and globally)? What can we do to prevent this? What measures are already being taken and are they effective? How is it affecting other life? What exactly is compostable? What can we do to increase the rate of compost being created?

I think composting would appeal most to the class because it seems slightly less daunting than antibiotics in a sense. Composting is something that anyone can start doing at any time– it seems like a very simple yet effective solution to helping preserve our Earth.

I think that I will be able to learn that everyone can play a part in protecting and improving the environment. If everyone began to recycle, compost, and be more aware of how they are affecting the environment, then I think that positive changes will immediately begin to happen to our environment.