Overall, I believed that these three speakers were so effective because they were recently college freshman just like us and it was very easy to relate to them. To see what they've accomplished in their youth makes us more hopeful about what we could possibly do for our earth now.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Our Green Future: America's Young Environmental Leaders Speak Out
This past Tuesday, three Brower Youth Awardees discussed the environmental problems we face and the great accomplishments that they have achieved at such a young age. Unlike the first lecture of this debate series, I believe that Rachel Barge, Billy Parish, and Erica Fernandez presented their material in a more interesting and believable manner. One of the big mistakes that many people felt Simran Sethi made was that she did not go into detail about what we as students could do to help the environment. These three speakers, however, showed us how much they achieved as college students. Rachel not only raised a lot of money for the environment's sake, but she also was able to snag some of Berkeley's valuable land as a permanent residence for her on-campus organization. Billy has helped provide jobs to those who are interested in saving the planet and are fresh out of college. What was most inspiring, however, was Erica Fernandez's speech at the end. Sure her English was not the clearest and she clearly recited her speech countless times, but her passion for her cause was evident. Just a sophomore in college, she has accomplished so much, particularly creating a safer and cleaner environment in her neighborhood.
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I definitely felt that the accomplishments of students of similar age was more powerful and resonant than the actions of Sethi alone. On paper, they all looked amazing and inspiring. I just wished they took the time to perfect their public speaking or rhetoric skills because it is through clear and effective speech that their actions could be thoroughly communicated. If I had to decide who had the most effective presentation, I would have to say Billy simply because he organized his material very nicely (in a Powerpoint) and did not overstay his welcome.
ReplyDeleteI can agree with this. This presentation was far better than that of Sethi's. The presenters covered an array of different material, but without being too boring and without focusing on their own lives too much as Sethi did. Billy was the most impressive in the fact he was able to encourage the audience to do what they are passionate about.
ReplyDeleteIt was nice to have the variety of speakers tell us how they made a difference in college, becuase like you said, it was more relevant to our lives now. Unlike Sethi's presentation, we were given insight about the powerful roles we can play even as young college students. Like everyone else said, this was much more interesting than the first presentation.
ReplyDeletethis presentation was definitely better than sethi's; however, i still don't feel as if it were effective. the first speaker totally lost the audience's attention after she showed the usc vs. ucla environment video, the stanford student relied on her school's name to sound credible, and the male speaker (who i think was the only somewhat effective one) used a lot of statistics. i don't recall any of them providing solution, either, which to me defeats the whole purpose of the presentation. we all know there are environmental issues...how to solve them is the bigger issue
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