Toxic Sludge...

1. Being an environmental studies student, I have always read articles on how corrupt the EPA and other governmental programs are with concerns for the environment and every time I read them I get more and more upset. I feel hopeless. It makes me realize how much large corporations really do have a strong hold on our society.
2. It's crazy that the EPA just wants us to expose of toxins "in the cheapest way possible". The truth of the matter is is that human waste can be used as fertilizer but the process takes so much time that it probably wouldn't be financially beneficial for companies to do this. It would take a lot of space and a lot of time. It can be done though and efforts should be made to do it correctly, but I don't think it ever will. More effort and money needs to be put aside to properly dispose of waste and keeping our waters clean. We spend way too much money on war other things that are unneccessary that we no longer have what is important to our health as a priority.
3. "The big corporations, our clients, are scared shitless of the environmental movement...The corporations are wrong about that. I think the companies will have to give in only at insignificant levels. Because the companies are too strong, they're the establishment. The environmentalists are going to have to be like the mob in the square in Rumania before the prevail" Corporations have way too much control over this country. There needs to be boundaries and every time any kind of boundary is set, it is ignored making it easy for corporations to get around these boundaries. Unfortunately I don't believe our governmental system will ever be able to get over this because according to the government, these corporations are what make our economy.
   
4. What really bothered me in the article was when Kathleen Marquardt, a member of Putting People First, a group against laws about natural resource exploitation states as she accepts her award, "Here is our enemy-the Sierra Club, the Nature Conservancy, the Humane Society....a radical animal rights cult...a front for a neo-pagan cult that is attacking science, health, and reason." I am a huge supporter of animals rights and have been given them money for years. I don't understand how anyone can ever look at an organization such as this and say that about them. It makes me sick to think that organizations such as this are not doing what is right for society. How much better would we be as humans if we allowed extreme amounts of animal testing?
   
5. I also was upset with corporations saying that it is the people that need to change their habits, not the corporations themselves. It is the corporations that have made us into who we are and have created our massive consumption habits, therefore they, as well as us need to put efforts into fixing what we have created.

My Question is....will the government ever place the blame on these corporations and will there ever be a separation between corporation and government.


My PSA project involves Sarah and Trevor. We are focusing on text messaging and particularly the culture it has created. We want to create awareness on proper cell phone etiquette and potential risks involved in texting such as car accidents.