Pū‘ulu ‘Ohe Science Blog » Sustainability http://blogs.ksbe.edu/elcastil Aloha! Welcome to Mrs. Castillo's blog. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:00:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 en hourly 1 Food Riots http://blogs.ksbe.edu/elcastil/2010/02/19/food-riots/ http://blogs.ksbe.edu/elcastil/2010/02/19/food-riots/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:00:57 +0000 Liz Castillo http://blogs.ksbe.edu/elcastil/2009/02/22/food-riots/

Watch this video about food riots in Haiti and how some people need to depend on ‘mud cookies’ for food.  After watching this video, explain how GMO’s could benefit food shortages in other countries.  Also state your opinion about what you learned about the food riots and GMO’s.

http://kapalama.ksbe.edu/faculty/elcastil/videos/food_riots.mov

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Watch this video on a certain type of protist called dinoflagellates.  Write your reaction to this video.  Think about how it relates to sustainability.

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Watch this video and write your reaction to what you learned about how sustainability and viruses are linked.

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]]> http://blogs.ksbe.edu/elcastil/2010/01/04/melting-glaciers-a-disease-threat/feed/ 112 Landfill Problem on O’ahu and Kaua’i http://blogs.ksbe.edu/elcastil/2009/11/16/landfill-problem-on-oahu-and-kauai/ http://blogs.ksbe.edu/elcastil/2009/11/16/landfill-problem-on-oahu-and-kauai/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:45:46 +0000 Liz Castillo http://blogs.ksbe.edu/elcastil/2008/10/10/landfill-problem-on-oahu-and-kauai/ Click on the link to read the article about the landfill problem on our islands.  Please respond in the comment section on what you think and what solutions you think we need to solve this problem.  How would you react if the plan was to put a landfill in your neighborhood?  Also, comment about what you thought about our visit to Waimanalo Gulch landfill.

Response Due by Nov. 23

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Response Due By Oct. 30

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