Module 2 – Kelsey Shoepe

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Some of the core ideas behind my diagram are the cause and affects that the biogas tank had on the ecosystem and the social system of India. I tried to have this chart display the positive and the negative affects of this new technology. As an example you can see in the Social System part of the chart that the “Use of Methane Gas” impacts more then one of the social system criteria. By using this gas the people in India are able to reduce the amount of wood they are using which in turn improves the quality of life and creates educational opportunities for people. From my understanding I thought of this as a negative feedback loop. This is because under this circumstance the action that is being performed will eventually being familiar to people which hopefully create less steps to follow to use the biogas tank and even the steps to build new ones. This entire chart is also an example of a human-environment system. This is because (looking at the chart) we are treating the environment and what is happening to it as a system on its own and then you can look at the human system and the people using the biogas tank as a completely separate system.

Looking at Figure 1.5 there are similarities in our charts right away. You can see that Marten also broke up his chart into two main sections with the Social System and the Ecosystem. There are also slight similarities in what each of those charts consists of. However the differences would have to be that Marten used more broad terms and concepts when labeling his charts whereas I used specific terms and phrases from the video. There are similarities and differences because I made my chart based on the video where Marten did not. Through my model you are able to see the benefits that the biogas tank has on the villages that use them and how it is changing the lives of many in India.

2 thoughts on “Module 2 – Kelsey Shoepe

  1. Hi Kelsey, my name is Chase. Your diagram caught my attention when reading this blog. Our diagrams seem to be very similar in the sense that we included the same main factors. You seem to have broken the diagram up into three different sectors whereas I did this with two. I like your method because it is color coded and is easy to understand. Great job!

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