Short Answer Questions

Four Laws of Ecology (EENT)

Everything is Connected to Everything Else: our environment is a closed ecosystem and it is important to understand the effects of our personal lives on this system

Everything Must Go Somewhere: industrialization has created products that are “disposable” but nothing truly ever gets throw away.

Nature Knows Best: For every organic compound created in nature there is an enzyme capable of breaking it down, but technology has created things that cannot be broken down.

There Is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch: Every technological gain has an ecological price tag. Ex. air, water and land pollution have poisoned our food.

Fraudulent marketing techniques used to sell health products (BBP)

• bait and switch: product at a lower price is sold out, so you purchase a higher quality product for more

• brand loyalty: leading you to believe that a certain brand name means higher quality

• product misrepresentation: illegitimate and misleading statics to endorse the product or representative that is not qualified

The Honour of All

• demonstrated the excessive alcohol use and dependency in a first nations band

• Phyllis decides to stop drinking and convinces Andy eventually

• Phyllis opens a store where community member won’t be taken advantage of.

• By helping friends and family and AA meetings, they inspire the community to become mostly sober

Death in the West

• Follows how the image of the “malboro man” being a cowboy affected the reputation and expectations of cowboys

• many cowboys were dying of lung cancer from smoking

• CEO of malboro continues to deny they are bad and smokes himself

• “Everything is bad for you in quantity, so why should we stop smoking”

Through a Blue Lens

• follows the lives of drug addicts in downtown Vancouver

• shows how they are real people that can communicate normally and completely understand their reality but can’t change

• self induced physical tolls, ex. woman tearing her our skin apart

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring

• The effects of pesticide after world war 2

• Animals were being killed after spraying pesticides

• killing certain bugs only creates an unbalance in the ecological system

• She faced many challenges supporting research and writing her book while being a woman and not supported by a company or university

Surfrider foundation

• Organizes community beach clean up to help keep garbage out of the shorelines and protect wildlife

• Bring the community together to make an impact in the local environment

Rainbow Kitchen

• Provided free hot meal and food sharing facilities

• Helps societal health and wellness by increasing food security and bringing communities together to help one another

Buddy check for Jesse

• supporting mental health in sports after a tragic loss of a teammate due to suicide

• Builds interpersonal relationships between teams and coaches, encourages emotional stability and support systems for the sports community

PPS: Redefining “Normal”

• grew up thinking that being gay was something abnormal or “weird”

• was in denial for many years and kept feelings a secret

• starting dating a girl and came out to friends and family but was expected to advocate even though they didn’t know much history

• Now became more informed and create many anti-homophobic campaigns including with the school board

PPS: From Tragedy to Triumph

• Due to an accident from drinking, Duncan Campbell became a quadriplegic

• Encourages other to drink in a safe and responsible way

• Helped create wheelchair rugby with other quadriplegic people in the rehab gym

• works with disabled teens in rehabs center to promote active living

• Created Bridge the Gap (BTG) to expand wheelchair sports

5 Change Agent Roles (CPSRS)

Catalyzer, Process Helper, Solution Giver, Resource Linker, Stabilizer

Components of body image (PCABB)

Perceptual (see), Cognitive (evaluate), Affective (feel), Behavioral (actions), Body cathexis (satisfaction)

Patrick Walter’s Pres/ Multi-faith centre

• box-breathing - only takes a couple of minutes

• “its not about the absence of thought, its about recognizing your thoughts”

• living more presently

Rob Dyke

• faced many obstacles but never gave up

• first in his family to attend university - dropped out of economics and then returned to study kinesiology

• battled a drinking problem

• started doing things for himself instead of to please others

• you don’t need to be the best to achieve amazing things

• change jar idea - investing in his future instead of endorsing bad habits

Clio Hofler

• you don’t have to know exactly what you are doing from the beginning

• Clio had a corporate job as a sales and marketing representative and it was not a safe inclusive environment

• Struggled with imposter syndrome

• She had to redirect her plans and reflect on what was important to her and found her dream job

• Do not settle, be confident, be ambitious, ask for help

Catalyzer

need others to help us understand why we need to change

Progress Helper

someone to help problem solve and set goals

Solution Giver

puts into practice and offers answers

Resource linker

supplying the resources, ex. money, time, skills

Stabilizer

helps maintain the change and carry out the plan

fitspiration

Increased motivation for healthy goal, but increased negative mood, body dissatisfaction and decreased self-esteem

Solutions for body image issues

exercise, diverse models, reducing social media use