Tuesday, June 9th 2009

Montpelier Citizen's Views on Climate Change

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Posted By: AlexisB in Climate Action

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Students from Main Street Middle School interview Montpelier residents in June of 2009 about climate change.

 

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06/12/2009 Julia G said:

I thought it was interesting that the man that first spoke stated he watched his smoking to monitor his emissions. I hadn't thought of smoking as a cause of greenhouse gases, but now I can see it being a contributor.

I was surprised that the older man thought there was nothing we could do about global warming and its prevention. He was 92 years old and has seen differences in climate, however didn't seem partial to changing our ways to prevent further damage.

Lastly, I agree with the first man when he said that the damage had been done, it's about improving how we operate now.


06/12/2009 Alexis B said:

When we first went downtown to find someone to interview we were a little picky of who to interview. But the two men we ended up interviewing, were probably the last people we would of picked at first. I realized that anyone no matter how educated or old can have very strong opinions about issues like climate change. The man who spoke the most had a very interesting view. He was saying how his generation were the ones who started the whole climate issue, while he is sitting there smoking cigarettes, and that was actually a good thing to hear from him. It means that although he may be addicted to smoking, he realizes that this climate change really is an issue!


06/12/2009 Julia G said:

We forgot to mention our roles in the making of this movie, before. Alexis and I developed the questions and did the interviews. Kelsey filmed, and we all edited the material.




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