Chapter 7 - The Wheel Train

Changing Lives---- (Ananya Tyagi) Entry #2

"Were you successful in convincing people to make a change in their lives in regards to your project? Why do you think they did or did not agree to make a change? What did you learn about what it takes to persuade people to make a change in their lifestyle and how can you more effectively convince people to make a change if you were to do this again?"

I showed four people my project. I checked on all of them and it seemed like they made a difference. Our project was about wasting electricity, etc. One of the people showed me their electricity bill, and there was a big difference in the two, from last month (January) and this month(end of February) They probably agreed to make a change because they want to help the Earth and did not notice what little things they did. I learned that you had to show people what they can do and to make people convinced effectively, you have to really push them in to doing good for the Earth, and then it will become a habbit and they will do it more often.

Change A Little Bit, Okay? -Sara P. #2

"Were you successful in convincing people to make a change in their lives in regards to your project? Why do you think they did or did not agree to make a change? What did you learn about what it takes to persuade people to make a change in their lifestyle and how can you more effectively convince people to make a change if you were to do this again?"

I was successful in convincing people to change their lives when the saw our movie about global warming and its impacct. In the movie, we talked about how wasting electrcity can cause global warming effecting polar bears and their habitat. They agreed to make aa change becuase they were concerned about the effect of rising temperatures on plants and animals. We were able to convince them to make small changes like turning off lights, unplugging things (printers, computers, coffee makers, etc.) when they're not using it. I can make a diagram of how fossil fuels are burned to make electricity and how it can cause global warming if it continues. In the movie, we could put more details of how wasting electricity causes global warming and how it effects the future.

Changing Lives

When I showed people our project, 3/4 people were convinced about climate change/global warming and it's impacts. I was successful in showing them that they could make changes in their lives. Only one person had to think about it. I think that person did not agree because it takes a lot of character to try and change their routine each day. Most people will not even try. I think I was successful in convincing most of the people because when they saw the project, they learned the impacts of global warming/climate change and were shocked. They admitted that when they heard of marine life impacts, they never stopped to consider it. They told me that they now know the importance of making small changes in their daily lives.
I learned from this experience that when you are trying to convince somebody to do something really big to their lives, you need a big impact about the problem. For example, if you are trying to convince someone to do little things in their lives to halt global warming/climate change, you need to tell them a big impact, such as marine life getting affected. Yes, some people may not care, but others might get frightened. They will vow to make a change in their lives.
If I were to do this project again, I would elaborate more on what was said in the project. I would use more facts and give more reasons why people should make a change.

Oil Depletion --- Siddhi Satheesh Entry #2

During this part of the project, my partner and I were successful in convincing people we interviewed. They seemed very convinced that oil depletion was a problem, and it turned out they were! I think they agreed to make a change because oil depletion is a major crisis which contributes to animal habitats being destroyed by the huge demand of oil . We might be forced to drill where animals live. With so many people using oil the amount of oil we have currently is reducing more and more. With the amount of consumption today, the Co2 and greenhouse gas level are rising. This leads to the Earth becoming warmer and warmer, which is named Global Warming . From this project I learned that it takes a huge amount of hard work, details, real-life examples, and determination to persuade somebody to change his/her lifestyle. If I were to do this again I would have used some persuasive essay skills that we used in Language Arts. For example, I could have used the counterargument to differ what the government and some people think. I could explain the actual state of the planet right now and what we need to do to help. From this project, I belived that I have spread the message that oil depletion is a problem we need to fix now.

One small step for man, one huge leap for humanity---Julie Entry #2

We tried to convince 5 people to change their ways. Luckily 4 people did get convinced and stopped buying too much useless food like junk food, eat less meat, and try to donate to a local food drive. But, one person that we were trying to convince to donate to a food drive was apparently not convinced enough. I think that the 4 people that got convinced got convinced because we didn't just say the facts, we actually tested them out and asked different people about it like:the Safeway manager, Ms.Sun, and the school lunch lady. Also, so that they could feel a little sympathy for the hungry people, we put a little clip in the video with sad music and a little hope in it and with pictures of hungry children in Africa. But I think that the one person didn't get convinced enough because I think that instead of making our film too funny we should have made it more serious so that they will think more seriously about changing their lifestyle.

When Neil Armstrong walked on the moon for the first time, he said "One small step for man, one huge leap for mankind." Just like that, changing your life can be small, but it helps greatly!