Assignment 8: Solving the Problem

My opportunity has to do with invasive species. These are species that are introduced to an area that is not of their origins and then proceed to cause damage to that environment.

Environmentalist are of course working on this problem as it is within their field of study. Organizations like the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also work at trying to handle this problem. I feel that we need to work more with the populous and not just with specialists.

Some of my ideas:

• One is a project that me and a group worked on that I discussed briefly is an easier post. It is a service called Leafy Lifestyles. It was a company that we as a group wanted to be about using invasive species to produce product for the everyday user. The prototype was an online website that would be where we sold our products out of. We started with our first product being an air filter made out of paper mulberry which is actually invasive in Gainesville. 
• Another thing we could do would be to create a website that would work at educating people. The original prototype was based on the idea of the website freerice.com. With each category being about different areas of the world. With the mission to educate people about ecosystems and what are invasive and what is natural about an environment.
• We could do something like a detonation service that send out gifts for donating, kind of like WWF's idea with adopting and animal.

Personally I feel that there is also other ways that this could be accomplished besides what I have suggested here. Problems like this one are not something that everyone will considers because it is not something we think about everyday, but the environment is a huge part of our lives even when we don't realize it.