This week’s focus was on technology and the environment. I thought Greg and Katelyn really made the idea clear of how we do not consider what happens to our technology when we replace it. This became apparent in the film with computers. It was frightening to know that the computers made in China ended back in China. It saddened me to see the young children taking apart the computers in waste sites. Electronic waste or e-waste I was surprised to see as the fastest growing of international waste. The harmful consequences of this waste will only become apparent in the future.
Technology will continue to be apart of our lives, and this attachment to it will only grow. As much as people should be expected to look into care of their technologies, people may not take the extra step to recycle it. Furthermore, individuals who cannot afford environmentally friendly products should not be stigmatized for it. If it came down to purchasing Kraft Dinner and organic fruit, the Kraft Dinner will last much longer and will feed more people.
The video “Manufactured Landscapes” made the impacts of technology on the environment significant in the state of China a reality. The process of electronic waste and other environmental impacts from corporations will continue to thrive unless world wide there are changes.
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