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My second critical analysis was on the honors group that had Goal #1, eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. This was another note worthy project and it was presented very well. The group only had two people and yet they were able to carry on a 15 minute presentation. Very impressive. They used a border across the top on everyone of their slides and it was a great decision on their part. Some of the other honors presentations were also very dry and some students seemed to have stage fright. This group presented with great poise.

The country this group chose to focus their research on was Somalia. They talked about how this country lacks a central government and natural resources. This creates continuous cycles of low productivity and low investment from outside sources. They chose to work with several organizations and they went through and described them all in detail which was very good. For having to do a 15 minute presentation with only two group members i was overall very impressed. It never got very boring, and both group members spoke very clearly.

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My first critical analysis was of the group that did Goal #7, increase environment sustainability. The did research on BP: Beyod Petroleum? and how their ads for saving the environment are far from the truth. Their greatest source for oil is tar sand extractions, which is incredibly harmful to the environment. Alberta, Canada is where the majority of their extractions take place and in order to get to the oil, many forests are being compromised. The crude from tar sands is also much dirtier, which in turn produces many more greenhouse gases.

This groups presentation was excellent. Prior to hearing about their research, I always chose BP over any other gas station. The bright green environment was always so inviting, and commercials made it look like it truly was a better place to fill up your tank. The group designed a tri-fold handout that covered a lot of information, which looked overwhelming at first, but really just showed how bad BP is. They listed many intriguing facts and really got me thinking more about oil refinement. Their slide show was also very eye catching and had many pictures of forests being destroyed. Overall a very good project and opened up a great opportunity for environment sustainability.

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