Timed Writing

Aquaculture: Timed Writing
Alyssa Cross
I have recently written a research paper with regards to the topic of aquaculture and its impact on the environment. Aquaculture has been perceived as the solution to over fishing, an on going issue in the world today, but recently aquaculture has been harming the environment more than helping. I believe that sustainable aquaculture cannot be practiced and should not be seen as the solution to over fishing. To help broaden others knowledge about aquaculture I have posted a blog of my researching paper. To better my personal understand I have written letters with regards to sustainable aquaculture to various organizations. I have also recently been working on a fable to educate fifth grades about the harms of aquaculture. Through project 3 I have been working to educate others and myself in the field of aquaculture and the problems it presents.
A blog is a webpage which everybody throughout the world cannot access via the internet. On my blog website, www.crossab.blogspot.com, I posted a copy of my research paper on aquaculture. On my blog website I also used tools to display pictures. Through the tools on blogger.com I created a pole asking whether people, after reading my paper, can vote on whether aquaculture is the solution to over fishing. My blog site has not only educated others on aquaculture but also given my a view of others opinions through voting or comments. The comments on my blog site included questions on what the solution to over fishing should be and whether I believe sustainable aquaculture could be practiced. While writing my letters, later on, I used my blogging feedback to ask the same questions to the different organizations. Blogging was the first step in expanding my and others knowledge in the harmful aspects presented by aquaculture.
After creating a blog site I continued on to writing letters to varies organizations such as WWF (World Wildlife Foundation) and Desert Sweet Shirmp (Shrimp Farm). In my letters I presented facts of issues presented by aquaculture, such as destruction of coastlines or emission of pollution, then asked how the different organizations prevented these problems or dealt with them. I presented facts so that the different organizations knew that I had knowledge in the field of problems presented in aquaculture. By presenting the fact and then the question I gave the reader a basis of where my question was coming from. I preferred to email my letters because I figured the feedback would be quicker, I found college mail moves rather slowly. I ended up emailing two of my letters and had to mail the third because an email address was not given. I hope to broaden my horizons in the knowledge of aquaculture. All of the organizations websites, which I contacted, claimed that sustainable aquaculture is possible. Therefore, I am hoping, for the environments sake, maybe these organizations will prove me wrong in my views of aquaculture; maybe the aquaculture farms have found ways to prevent pollution and destruction of coastlines. The final goal I wish to achieve through my letters is whether sustainable aquaculture can really be practiced today and replace over fishing issues.
After attempting to further my education in aquaculture I began attempting to create a fable to education 5th graders on the harmful impacts presented by aquaculture. I have not carried out my fable yet, but I have a basis for my project. For a class of 5th graders I will create a story book about a baby fish who has lost his home because of the construction of a shrimp aquaculture farm. Throughout my story the baby fish will have to deal with leaving his home behind, attempt of being eaten and adjusting to a new habitat. Within my story book I will provide writing on one side of the page and a detailed picture which I have drawn myself. The goal I wish to achieve through my Fable is I wish to educate children on the harms of natural process such as fish farming. The bright colors of my fable should help to draw in the attention of the students and educate them at the same time. If our younger generations are not educated in what negatively impacts their environment then issues, such as over fishing, will continue arise as they grow older. We need to educate our youths to ensure a save pollution free future world, if that can even be achieved.
By creating a blog and writing letters to organizations I wish t better my understanding of aquaculture. The feedback from my blog helped my formulate ideas for my letters. My letters, if replied to, will complete my understanding of aquaculture. As of now I still believe aquaculture harms the environment and should not be the solution of over fishing, but I hope to be proved wrong by the organizations I wrote to. Through my fable and blog I hope to better educate others. I hope my fable successfully teaches 5th grades about the issues with aquaculture. Through project 3 I hope to finally raise awareness of the ongoing issue with fish farms and over fishing. I enjoyed working in project 3 as is created an area to express my opinion, learn and educate others.