T E A M 1 : L E A H S I LV E R M A N , S A M B E R K H E I M E R , D A V I D M O R R I S , E R I K S C H L E N K E R

UNSUSTAINABLE LIVING

LEAH SILVERMAN

• Live in/near New York City• Have a steady job with a chemical engineering

company• Be able to visit family in Pennsylvania

WHY TECHNOLOGY INTERFERES

• Terrible air quality in cities• Overcrowding • Huge amounts of garbage produced• Increasing fuel costs lead to more difficult

transportation

DAVID MORRIS

• I hope to be a Mechanical Engineer not really sure

where it will take me, but optimistic for the

future.

• I have always liked to work I have worked for

Non-Profit Organizations, The Philadelphia Zoo,

and now at The Penn State Bakery.

EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY

• Cost of maintenance

• Change in the way that jobs are accomplished

• Less work force = Less jobs

SAM BERKHEIMER

• I enjoy hunting among other outdoor activities• I want to own my own land that I can manage for

outdoor use especially deer hunting • Many management goals focus on maximizing

herd populations on a minimal amount of land

PROBLEMS

• CWD (chronic wasting disease) • Management of deer herds is very energy

intensive, therefore increasingly expensive and unsustainable• Living away of developed areas increases the

amount of transportation needed for all needs ex. Power lines, food, distance to work, etc.

ERIK SCHLENKER

• I hope to one day practice civil engineering somewhere• I hope to have a family someday, and hopefully

we will be able to live in an area that has low environmental hazard.• Hopefully, we will be able to live in a home that

we can heat and cool, have good water, etc.

WHAT GETS IN THE WAY?

• Technology taking jobs away (robots doing tasks previously done by humans, electronic communication allows outsourcing to other countries, etc)• Pollution problems

SOURCES

• http://www.catalogs.com/info/technology/why-robots-take-human-jobs.html• http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2009/01

/technology_taki.htm• http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id

=worlds-top-10-worst-pollution-problems• http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id

=mercury-hot-spots-found-i• http://www.epa.gov/air/urbanair/