My name is Calvin Cheung and I'm a student from Oakland High. Most technology is created from many things, when those things are used, they need to create more which causes more CO2. It affects all of us, as years go by, we get more and more, and create more and more CO2. Technology is a need and a want. We want to be able to text our friends, get the latest product and be like everyone else. Sometimes we actually need to have technology, to keep us updated on the latest news, or need the technology to do certain things.

Cool idea man, this is a good example of technology use in 2014, this is exactly what we teens do and we don't really know about the CO2 levels involved in this.

I think people don't really have the need to constantly buy products day by day. I also believe that it makes a strong impact on us have a larger carbon footprint. The more we buy the more they produce and the leads to more carbon and it affect us greatly.

This is a great idea man honestly I think this is true. Technology is wonderful but the only down side is that it creates C02 and that is bad/

I'm pretty sure we don't need most of the things we buy. We don't need the new phone or the new pc, so why do we always buy them even if we don't need them?!
I think we do it because have the best objects it's like saying "I'm the best too" or easily "I'm not different from the others". For example have the new iPhone it's like a "status symbol". We don't need it but if we don't have the last technology or if we don't wear the wright clothes we're almost afraid of what other people would say. I'm not saying everybody have this opinion, but too many people have these fears and this is quiet sad. We need a phone, we need clothes, we obviously need food and we need a lot of other things, but we don't need to be influenced by the society and to increase consumerism just to prove we can be part of it.

We as humans are consumers and constantly buying newer products to stay in style or to show-off in a way. A cell-phone may work perfectly fine but we see the latest gadget on a commercial or in stores and we tell ourselves that we want it but do we really need it? No. People need to realize the environmental costs these products are causing by not recycling the correct way and some of these take years and years to degrade and can create emissions not healthy towards the atmosphere and ourselves.

A phone gives a lot of advantages to a user. The list of the advantages is rather long: phones give us access to the Internet. You can spread a lot of photoes and stories. You can enter the chat room with other Internet users and debate urgent problems on line.And so on.
Today phones help people to do many things. For example , you can communicate with your friends
(1) Telephones are needs . We can argue with me , but I think that I say true things.
(2)I rarely get new phones( 
(3)I want a new model . Because it is cool.
(4) It is can a bad influence the environment . But in my opinion , people can't live without telephones.
(5) And some words about about addiction.
Helping a child or teen with smartphone addiction.
Some versions. 1. Be a good role model. 2.Use apps to monitor and limit your child’s smartphone use. 3 Encourage other interests and social activities. 4.Talk to your child about underlying issues. 5. Get help.

good job

Very cool

Children compare wants and needs and create a list of wants and needs. Students clarify their understanding and interpretation of wants and needs they compare their wants and needs with others who around and in the world. Children begin to think about how they can help people who have different needs, but they can not carry them out

great post

Yes, it is true that many students within this discussion will not take action once this discussion board is closed. Yet, I do not think that we should generalize all children and assume that none of us will implement any sort of change following this discussion. I know that I have tried to minimize my technology use and consumption and have participated in and helped organize E-waste drives through the Students for Sustainability Club at our school. Despite assumptions that our generation is complacent, I think that many of us will take the information gained through this discussion to make positive change. For example, children have been taking action to sue the federal government over failure to act to combat climate change: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mas … cc9a70b23c
If any other students want to look towards what we from Bishop O'Dowd are doing to be more sustainable I have provided the link on our school's website:  http://www.bishopodowd.org/values/susta … epartment/