Blog Stage 6

I read Emmy's "blog stage 6"This is such an important issue. Like to someone like me, I don't really care who uses what bathroom: it really doesn't keep me up at night. But to someone who is transgendered, it's incredibly important. It's such a simple thing that can make people feel less insecure and so much more included and accepted in society. A lot of the arguments I have seen against it is mostly women being concerned about men being creepy and going into the women's bathroom,  but that just clarifies that our priorities are misplaced. Maybe if we all start respecting each other a little more, this won't seem like such a crazy idea.

Blog Stage 5

Water conservation is extremely important. If we don't make sure we are conserving enough now we could run out and it would be too late to do anything about it. According to texaslivingwaters.org , the population of Texas is set to double by 2050 , and if that is the case we are not prepared to have that much water to support that influx of people.

Austin is the leading city in Texas towards making conservation efforts (yay!). Of course, there is always more we could do though. It seems to be more cost-effective for the state as well as any conservation means prevention of waste, hypothetically. This prevention could also keep from disasters like flooding from dams. Therefore, no expensive damages would have to be paid for.

It also seems expected that as we grow as a state, things like droughts could be more likely and common and conserving our water could help when times become more desperate. Do simple things like keeping an eye on how long you let the water go on your lawn or turning of the faucet while brushing your teeth are small changes but could be incredibly helpful in the long run. It’s a small price to pay to help keep the younger generations afloat as well as help ourselves as I don’t think any of us would like to run out of water in the middle of a drought in hot, humid Texas!