Journal Critique II

Kayla Reed
IDST 4114
Prof. Augustine
7/27/08

Journal Critique II


Ausquith, Christina. (2007). Going Green Equals Good Business. Diverse: Issues in Higher Education; v24 n6 p14-16 May 2007.


In this journal, around 1,000 Scientists concluded in February 2007 that humans are the ones who are responsible for the greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the earth’s climate and could eventually become huge problems by causing huge global weather changes. Throughout the rest of the article scientist urge people to take different actions in making our environment more eco-friendly. This article features the nonprofit American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment, which as of right now has 150 signatures, where people are pledging to help eliminate their campuses' greenhouse gas emissions over time and to integrate sustainability into their curriculums. In the future the group's goal is to have 1,000 or more presidents sign the commitment by 2009. By signing this contract and making such a commitment, companies must complete an emissions inventory and set a target date and milestone markers for becoming climate neutral within two years.
In this article greenhouse gas emissions were being studied by different scientists that eventually all came up with the same consensus. My reaction to this study was that I was not very shocked at all. In my geology class last semester, we were taught this exact same thing of how humans are the biggest contributors to the harmful effects of global warming on our planet. This study was not exactly interdisciplinary due to the fact that there was only one thing being studied and that was global warming and how and why it is caused each and every day. The only way it could be considered interdisciplinary is that there were many different scientists all working on one thing, but all working separately and doing there own studies on the topic. I think this article could be very helpful to my project because it clearly shows how if more people decide to take the steps and “Go Green,” our world maybe would not have as many problems as it currently does. If humans continue to harm the environment, global warming would still continue to take place, and if that continues to take place, our land and beaches will eventually be replaced with water.