The main idea behind my diagram was to show the different connections that can be made between the social and ecological aspects in India. It mainly focuses on what life was like before and after biogas plants were created. Overall, I wanted to get across that the biogas plants seemed to really help improve India in many different ways. After reading about resilience and watching the video, I think the biogas plants can also help lead to a much stronger resilience in India, meaning they will be able to undergo more disturbances (if need-be) without as many complications. When comparing my diagram to the one in the Marten reading, I noticed that we had the same general outline. We both separated the two biggest topics and did smaller subtopics underneath of them and branched out from there. The biggest difference that I noticed was that while we had a lot of the same information, he portrayed it differently by putting the subtopics as a much broader topic and having the reasons for connecting the two things as what I put as a subtopic in my diagram. In other words, his seemed a little broader on certain parts, while mine seemed to focus in on certain things a little more. I think there are similarities because we are talking about the same general topic, but differences because each individual has a different way of portraying information. When comparing the two diagrams you can really see how much of an impact biogas plants have.
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Hi Melanie! My name is Shelby Epstein! While looking at your diagram, I saw many similarities between yours and mine. We both had some of the same social system topics such as cooking, medical issues, kids, and jobs. These topics were a huge part in the video and were affected by the ecosystem topics! On your arrows, you were very detailed which is really good because I was able to identify exactly what impacted another topic! Great work!!
Hi Melanie, I’m Ryan a Junior at University Park. A link to my post is here if you are interested. (http://geog030.dutton.psu.edu/2016/01/27/module-2-biogas/) Are two systems were similar in the fact that we both used the harmful effects of smoke and cooking fuel. One way they are different is that I never mentioned jobs like you have and I feel mine might of been better if I had. I think biogas would bring stability to India as you talked about the resilience it would have. Also biogas would improve many aspects of Indian life that you have mentioned.