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Returning Green (Final Project Proposal)

Returning Green is a process of rebirth of the Earth (Maya). This process ensures the commitment of the human family, who are the ones responsible for what we call Global Warming (Overheating of the Earth). A lot have been said with efforts being made in resolving the problems we have created before it reaches cataclysmic, annihilating majority of the inhabitance that dwells there (Earth).

Our concerns for Global Warming, and the areas we seek to make adjustment too, that would heal the wounds of the Earth will take more than just recycling, and technological advancement like solar systems, wind mills, electrical vehicles and so forth might not possible be the right directive, because they contribute to the problem.

The most effective way to make change, is to revolutionize the way we think, prioritizing the natural above the unnatural. For instant, it is true that people are getting more health conscious and begin to concentrate on dieting, and deciding on eating more natural products, but does these natural products come from the Tree in the Dust, or does they come from the Industry?
All manufactured produce come with waste that are non-biodegradable. The purchasing of certain food and juices also come contingents of waste like plastic and Styrofoam which is one of the greater form of waste accumulated by human from an individual standpoint. Technological advancements like the wind-mill take away a lot of deforestation, and continues to destroy the greenery surface while operational. As for the solar systems, well! They are not always affordable. And for electric vehicles that is said to lessen the content of carbon monoxide the air, again! Dose not reduce the heat, instead, amplifies it.

The precept of Returning Green is to give nature a chance by starting at home, and in the community. Home owners, and the community should do more gardening. Families as well as bachelors must start cooking their own meals. Homes must use only cutleries and utensils, no disposables. Everything disposable should be natural waste from the food we prepare. For this to be achieved we must eat only fruits of all sorts, vegetables of all sorts, legumes, nuts, drink pure water, get a lot of sunlight, and fresh air, finally, lets learn to love one another. The waste from the food we eat will not go to recycle but would be used as food for cattle’s and other animal life stock. Earth herself would appreciate the compos from her produce.

Technologically, we must pause for a while, and concentrate on the mechanism, the engineering, the mechanical function, and the models of our inventions in relation to the problem we trying to solve, that they are not only achievable, but necessary, and are nature friendly. We must also eliminate certain industries and manufactures that only account for the making of money, but does not contribute to well-being. Greed and vanity is the disconnect (disease) that abate consideration, but rushes to desire. Desire sees through the eyes, and the eyes are the windows to the world, but it seldom see the world, however, it see the things that is made to continent desire, therefore, our home (Earth) become a garbage pile.

SCENES FOR RETURNING GREEN

SCENE (1) model needed (possibly Classmate)
LIGHTING (2) Defused light for the creation of soft shadows (sun light of earlier part of the morning or the later part of the day)
BACKGROUND: white
The reason for this lighting feature is, planting is done in the earlier part of the morning, or the later part of the day when sun light is fully cast but not at pic.
OBJECTS: At least two garden tools. One fork and one shovel small. Dirt and two plants, one is a sport.

SCENE (2) Model needed (class mate possibly)
LIGHTING (1) Direct light (fill) front of model.
BACKGROUND LIGHT AND COLOR (2) Blue or white with background lighting.
SUBJECTS (3) Model, fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes, water.
SETUP (4) Fruit bowl on table with all natural produce. Model stands with one hand before the month with a fruit, and the other hand stretch out with more fruits in an act of thanksgiving.

Pharmaceuticals

Big Benefits Big Pharma

Big Pharma is not concern about cynics and what they are saying. It is assumed that Big Pharma is all about chi chin $$, and the profits they can generate from these drugs even when it doesn’t help the condition of the consumer. Branding is another area of concern that makes the cost of drug very expensive.

In spite of major critics concerning the exploit of the industry, it is stipulated that Big Pharma is indeed rewarding. Based on recent studies, drugs brought to market are having a more positive effect than one may think. The increase in sustainable drugs leads to increasing life expectancy by 1.74 years on average, and 73% increase due to new drugs marketed after 1990.

Increase longevity is not characterized by social improvement or risk factors, but in pharmaceuticals innovations. As Grabowski, and economist at Duke University said, “Without a well structured system of patent protection, the research pharmaceutical industry nor the genetic industry would not grow; a circumstance that requires out-of-pocket cost, but brings new drugs to market that increases life expectancy and real wealth.

America’s Other Drug Problem

As much as health care cannot survive without the pharmaceutical industry , it appear it can’t live with it as well. These giant cooperates of money makers stand prevalent in the live of American’s. There wealth lend them favor to government policies even with mall practice, and like the other big business profiteers, the drug companies are in it for the same purpose, Chin!

The expenditure on prescription drugs during 1960 – 1900 was study, but increased drastically after 2000, and have tripled since. These statistics indicates the price of prescription drugs in the United States as being the highest in the world. In addition, the industry battle relentlessly against price control or the limitation of marking revenues on new brand name drug. Though new drug have somewhat increase life expectancy, is exaggerated to some extent in the above article. Here, the bias is more subtle, but still give credit to the industry, and express some optimism on their behalf. However, we get a glimpse of the advantage of the industry interest in profits making before considering the well being of its consumers.

A Glass Half Empty or Half Full

The author explains the positive effects of optimism over the negative influence of pessimism using the metaphor of “A glass half empty or half full.”
To be pessimistic one have to keep an optimistic state of mind. To aspire to be the best at all one does, thinking positive, feel esteemed, show respect, be determine and courageous, and take risk while avoiding all negative influences. On the contrary, pessimism increases doubt and makes one insecure through lack of confidence, assuming that things are not possible. It also makes it difficult to apply one’s self when being a pessimist, success is almost never achieved.
In the article Margie Warrell uses a seven step positive approach to start of the day which help keeping focus on the objectives that give growth to pessimism, and maintaining that outlook on a daily basis.
The second article was not found, but from the article, “A healthy outlook” by Margie Warrell, she points out the differences between optimism and pessimism and how they changes one life base on the way one perceives their outlook of life.

Coming Home/She Being Brand

 

Coming Home

Levine is projecting how Detroit have transformed from a city that was once a predominantly residential filled with natural habitat and a life that was communal into an industrial landscape of high profile automobile brand factories where the hammering of steel, burnt by touches of fire, have polluted the atmosphere. There you notice the mist created by the breath of hard working men, molded into one resemblance in frigged temperatures, driven by the will of industrialism.

She Being Brand

She Being “Brand”, New. No, don’t Brand Her, she is new to me. New lover, not a “Brand”! But Cummings she is “Brand” and “New”, and is his lover. He loves her so much, enough to be compared a woman. And so, they became intimate, and went on a journey, sharing passion until the end.

Design Concepts

For Cummings “She Being Brand”, probable I will do a full front of a car using broad lights, with no background lighting, with a male figure short in split view lighting to create a sync between the two images.

For Levine’s “Coming Home”, a car becomes visible through the mist with a faded sky line of factories in background. In this short we will manipulate the key and fill light to achieve a scene that resembles a city that changed from home to an industry.

The Botany of Desire: A plant eye view of the world.

Certainly man have failed in all his efforts to excel in understanding the natural relation between him and his environment; therefore, he endeavors to perfect his failures through technology, eliminating everything archetypal.

The technological revolution does not only focus on the transformation of human becoming digitized, but there is also disconcerting information on the food chain on making them technologically sustainable.

This resolution is based on solving the farmers and farming problem which is claimed to be expensive and hazardous to plants, humans, and the environment. Therefore science have developed a more expensive but so-called! Benign genetic information, a kind of self-protecting crop that is engineered by using gene from a strain of bacteria found in the soil known as Bacillus Thuringiensis. With this bacteria, the potato becomes a pesticide, protecting itself form insects and diseases, lunching a lethal terminal blow to the Colorado potato beetle.

Now that agriculture is being genetically engineered, Monsanto has claimed the potato as its intellectual property, posing as a software giant that supplies the proprietary of it systematic operation.

Design Concept
The concept for this design follows the metaphor of an industry instead of the tree in dust. Interpret: I will design a potato that fires laser beam in a spectrum of colors at it beetle foe, and the other nemesis of the beetle. The potato will also have some human features like eyes, which will be an antenna, because potato grow beneath the ground. My design will include two potato. One as a plant and the other as being harvested.

Lighting Effect.
I will use broad lighting effect for the plant and shot lighting for the harvest, probable us some butterfly effects for shadows.
New Name: Digitato

Social Media

Social Media | an Addiction or an Empowerment

As an Addiction

The article states that, the people who developed social media network did it so people would actually remain on the network, not realizing the time spent on these sites which he assumes is an addiction. The curators, designers and developers of web content are working harder each day to keep you captivated he went on to say. Research conducted and published by Cornell Information Science revealed the addictive effects associated with social media is called, FOMO (fear of missing out), and so, everybody stays logged on in other to stay updated.

As an Empowerment

contrary to the negative remark of social media being an addiction, it is also viewed as positive, “a tool that Empowers Our Generation To Fight Global Causes”. The references use to establish that thesis is not to convincing as the author uses intimate and educational matters as examples in other to establish the significance of social media and its empowerment. The engagement of social media sets worlds apart by breaking up families and yield disrespect to others.

To conclude. The engagement of social media and the arbitrary disposal of information is what constitutes to the existing problems, they are not solutions. They are credible personal information that is exposed to the entire world; so the good the bad and the ugly have the opportunity to use these information as they please.

For the positive scenarios of social media, there will be two individuals male and female back to back with phones in their hands and head bent looking down. For the negative scene an individual (female) will sit immersed into her phone while her friend seeks her attention.

Headphone Ad

Sennheiser Headphone

The brand we are promoting are the Sennheiser headphone. It offers high quality design for partly all occasion and a legendary sound like no other brand or head set. Sennheiser design their headphones with versatility and specificity, Relentless effort and attention are given to the product on a marketable scale to prevent customers falling victim to counterfeit and ensure that it they are always getting the Sennheiser quality. The presentation of Sennheiser headphones are showcased with dramatic lighting effects that cast appealing shadows. Models are in the sport- light and the combination of the headpiece design adjust to any occasion. I am not certain who is bringing what, but Muhammad mentioned that he would.

Hearing Loss PSA

Is a drive to raise the awareness of the negative effect that headphones (personal listening device) have on hearing, and how it will result into becoming deaf in the near future. The campaign simply appealed to the general public “to turn the music down”. Music lover who listen to music continuously at high volume levels or those who uses headphones fail to understand the serious health effect it has on your hearing. People between the ages of 18 – 44 are ones who falls into that category. To every health problem there are precautionary measures that can be taken to avoid or prevent the outcome. The PSA has recommended four preventative steps to take to avoid getting deaf.

The High Cost of Poor Health Care

The article states how Americans complain about the health policies, and how expensive it is to have insurance. It also disclosed how doctors do not work with the soul interest of the patient, but focuses on the next “Copay” . Taking the above into account, one realizes as you continue reading, she is saying that, you are the only one who can eradicate “the high cost of poor health care” by becoming responsible, and start taking preventive measures to improve, and maintain your personal health, by committing to a daily routing that includes regular exercises and proper dieting.

The measures for preventing insurance fraud and health genocide.

Utility U and Utopia U

They are  two methods of Colleges and Universities .  Utility U is a method where the cultivator cultivates for the reward. A curricular of studies in preparation for getting an occupation that satisfies the efforts and expenses that attributed towards that academic success. Utopia U focuses on the individual. The objective of a student whose uses such method develops not only their skills, but also their personality, and directives as an attribution of ideals and ideas for future developments.