Poetry in the News

  “Unintentional” Murder Fear, apprehension, desolation, grief, love, grief, uncertainty For what should I weep? For what should I sorrow? For the sudden death of my brothers and sisters? Or the gradual death of humanity? Or arresting of my peers who don’t want anything but their primary rights, the essentials of having a tranquil life? […]

The Red Oceans

The Red Oceans Is this the life we really want? Or should I say is this the world that they want? Or is it better to say, what do they want from us? From this world? Once upon a time there was a planet blue as the oceans of that time, green as the forests […]

How Sustainable Is BC’s Forestry Industry?

How sustainable is BC’s Forestry Industry? The numbers indicate that the deforestation rate in BC is higher than the reforestation rate. Although in these past years this rate is not intermittent, we can lead this industry to a sustainable path. To achieve this goal, we must replant the trees, resuscitate the ecosystems which are dying […]

The Urge To Create

Here is the link to the article. “The urge to destroy is also a creative urge.” Banksy. The main reason I chose this article to write my second Blog Log about is its topic. Exit Through the Gift Shop is a British documentary film directed by Banksy. It’s about Thierry Guetta and his obsession with […]

Ethic of Care and Environmental Ethic

An ethic of care, based on what I think, would be a kind of labour and practice, a relationship, and a disposition. Care is a cluster of practices and values; moreover, care is everything we do to maintain and improve our body, environment, and our society. The four sub-elements which help us to maintain our […]

MEASURING Keq

Purpose: to determine the equilibrium constant for the following reaction: Fe+3  +  SCN–  ⇄   FeSCN+2 Part I:  Preparation of a standard absorption curve for FeSCN+2 Standard 0.20M Fe(NO3)3 0.0020 M KSCN 0.100M HNO3 [FeSCN+2] Absorbance A   10.0 mL 0.0 mL 15.0 mL 0.00M 0.000 B   10.0 mL 1.0 mL 14.0 mL 0.00008M 0.281 C […]