Do many people really understand the value of living off the grid? Living off the grid allows people to live freely, without electronics, and to unplug and get back to nature. It may be shown to be cheaper with the use of fossil fuels, solar panels and other gadgets that require natural resources (such as the sun). Being on the grid comes with many disadvantages, like pollution, fracking, and even global warming. Those three examples pose that being on the grid is harmful to the environment, but with the use of going off the grid, it opens up the door to having a healthier economy as well as environment. “With thousands of street lamps dark across the city, Reverend Ross raised money to put solar lights in the yards of people like Norma Heath, …show more content…
Located in Source C, the chart demonstrates how many watts of electricity are used per electronic device. It states, “Our total daily energy consumption is 5,025 watt-hours, or about 5 kilowatt-hours.” Wow. Just take a second and realize how much energy we truly consume per day. With the use of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas it allows for non-renewable energy to be burned to produce energy. Living off the grid, allows people to live cheaper and to live more comfortably without having to experience the problems we face on a day-to-day basis. Disconnecting and unplugging also brings comfort and convenience to an individual. Many people value that. In today’s society, it’s super hard to get away from all the social media (Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok) but stepping outside and experiencing nature does just that. In Source B, it talks about comfort and convenience to individuals over the decades. It says that you have to sacrifice comfort and the convenience within yourself because we are all hyper-connected to our devices and not able to go without our cellphones or “posting on Facebook” as they
The United States, as well as the world, is more and more dependent on electronics. Everything around us runs on electricity; from the cars we drive, our dependency on mobile electronics we use, all the way down to the cappuccino machines that make our favorite beverages. We love our electronics. Last year alone “retail sales of consumer electronics fell just short of $1 trillion in 2011,” reports John Laposky of TWICE magazine, and those sales “are predicted to hit $1.04 trillion in 201...
People today have been over powered with 21st Century technology. Now-a-days people don’t have enough energy just because of the new technology. Let’s go back in time and think about eye-catching inventions in the old times and how it changed the world and everyday life. The telephone! Imagine, a world without smartphones but only speed-dial phones. Yes, those are the kinds of phones that are very popular long ago but the question is “How does the new invention change our daily lives?” For one thing, it would take you about 3-5 minutes just to make a phone call an plus, it is not at all portable. Mainly, telephones back then are way different from telephones today.
Is it possible for one to not use their phone constantly? Relying on it for simple math, to take an aesthetic picture of their food, or simply to whine to one's followers about how expensive the latte they just purchased was, phones are always being used and it’s affecting us. “The Veldt” is written by Ray Bradbury and is about a rich family whose children become attached to a room called the nursery which leads them to hurt others. Susan Green writes an article, “Modern technology is changing the way our brains work” that explains the harsh effects of a screen. This connection is relevant now because everyone has a gadget whether it be a phone,computer, or television.
We all tend to miss out on a lot of wonderful things around us when all we do is look at a screen. We don't acknowledge nature because we are all connected socially and don’t realize how beautiful she is. ”Yet I experienced sometimes that the most sweet and tender, the most innocent and encouraging society may be found in any natural object…” (Thoreau). If once in awhile we would stop and look at all the nature around us we'd realize that we are missing out on many beautiful things and change our thoughts about it. The beauty of nature could last for a long time, while items like the devices that let you look at all the social media can just come and go. “The indescribable innocence and beneficence of nature - of sun and wind and rain, of summer and winter - such health, such cheer, they afford forever!” (Thoreau) If you were to lose everything the beauty of nature will still be there to show you that
The opening paragraph of the novel evokes the consequences of unharnessed technology and contemporary man’s contented refusal to acknowledge the consequences (Watt).
“One family. One Room. Four Screens. Four realities.” When he made this point I automatically thought about my household and how the statement compared to my family. In my house we do not interact with each very often. We are either always on our phones, watching TV, or on the computer, which is not very good when you think about it. This is something we have gotten accustomed to doing. I strongly agree that electronics have their effects on families, so much that is to the point where small children have and can function iPads, iPhones and other devices. According to “PEW Research Centers” and the “Internet and American Life Project” research shows that “60 percent of American families with children own 2 or more computers”. Dr. Koepnick states how technology has changed the quality time shared by families. He also states if you go back 200 years, there were valid complaints about the future with technology devices but the main focus back then was reading books which kept everyone busy. Back in the day families seemed to be much more family orientated, they were reading books, outside engaging in activities, and doing typical family things. Now everybody can be found just dazed on their phone and looking at the television screen. I feel like it would be a little less of a problem if families took the time out their day to see how important family bonding and interaction really is and just put
From the documentary I learned that although our phones and computers may be very helpful when it comes to work and education, they do force us to be connected
There are 180,00 families in America living a sustainable lifestyle and roughly around 1.7 billion people worldwide living without depending on the grid. (Palameri 1; Perez qtd. in Wood 1). The number of Eco villages, sustainable and intentional communities are rising across the nation as more people are discovering that they possess a strong inclination to live in the same manner as the Amish. This phenomenon is becoming a progressively popular choice for people from all walks of life. Not only are environmentalists and survivalists escaping the city life in efforts to live off the grid, but single families and people who are seeking to explore a simplified lifestyle are also joining the trend.
Would that be possible to stay away from our technology’s devices for just a day? The answer for this question will bring a lot of negative answers, and of course if we ask this question in a survey, “NO” will be the winner of this survey. Talking about the use of technology reminded me one of the sources from my annotated bibliography by Amy Petersen, who is the Theatre and Media Arts Department Chair and Associate Professor in the College of Fine Arts and Communications at Brigham Young University. In her article which she wrote about the overuse of tech in our daily life and its affects, she said “If you would have told me a few years ago that I would feel completely lost without a cell phone, I never would have believed you. Now my iPhone is almost always within reach. My children likely believe that my most important possession is my MacBook Air, which is usually open and on whenever I am in the house. (“Jensen” par. 3)” Yes technology, internet, and cell phone became our best friends, and most of us can’t live without them.
Our country is currently suffering energy-wise, we have been powering with inefficient sources for years now and the harm that it is doing to the country has started to become apparent. Renewable energy is the only way to stop, or at the very least, set back the inevitable downfall of our ecosystem. I think that the next big breakthrough for renewable energy is implementing off-grid communities that use renewable sources as their main sources of power, so that we can potentially escape the energy rut that we got ourselves stuck in. America is wasting their finite resources, such as coal and nuclear, when we could actually be using renewable sources that will never run out. Most of our country’s citizens have never thought about where their energy comes from, or they do not even care.
Unplugging is not something I actively seek out. Growing up in the digital age has forced me to place some dependence on technology in my daily life. If I 'm writing an essay for school, it almost always has to be typed. Research for any class is conducted primarily online. Trying to gather friends together for any event requires multiple apps and group chats. Even personal activities have been transferred to more digital alternatives. Books can now be read from a phone and writing books has become less of a hand written process and more of a typing process. Now writing is 5% talent, 95% not getting distracted by the internet, which is where most people spend whatever shreds of free time they
...this dependent and addicted to technology can be very bad for us due to how clueless and lost we would be if it all stopped working or if it disappeared. We need to understand the difference between what’s truly helping us and what’s really hurting us in the long run when it comes to technology.
A beautiful commercial, “Disconnect to Connect”, which was made by Thailand DTAC Company, shows that there are many people always focusing on their cell phones. The commercial shows a man ignoring his girlfriend who is walking with him on the beach, another man neglecting his friends who are playing piano, and a father overlooking his children who are playing around. Then, they smile and find the happiness of life after they turn off their digital devices. These things happen constantly around us every day. Nowadays, the functions of digital devices are stronger, and our eyes and fingers contribute more time on it. There is no doubt that the digital devices make our life more convenient and easier because people can connect with each other immediately. Nonetheless, people should not spend too much time on digital devices for three main reasons: having less face-to-face communication, depriving people’s brains of needed downtime, and negatively influencing people’s health.
The quarter has finally come to an end, and with that, I close out my internship and this class that went along with it. It was a great experience and I leave equipped with a new set of skills that are preparing me for the world ahead. As I write this reflection paper, I think back to the very first week when I set up two goals for myself to focus on and hope to achieve throughout the following weeks. My first goal was to develop a better understanding of myself within the work place, and my second was to develop a strong network to jumpstart my career. Both of my goals were achieved, however, I don’t feel that either of my goals will ever be complete. I believe that you can always formulate a better understanding of yourself, and you can always network to develop a stronger tree of connections. I know for a fact, however, that I reached satisfaction with both of my goals at this internship at MKI and know whole-heartedly that I did everything in my power to exhaust my resources in
Electricity has become a basic necessity for most people all over the world. We are depending on electricity for our everyday lives and if one day we did not have electricity we would have difficulty going through the day. I think we need to be more dependent on things that do not use electricity and only use electricity sometimes as a treat so just in case if one day electricity all goes away we could still live comfortably and still have a great life even without it.