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+ | <h1> Team nitroGENIUS Reaches Out</h1> | ||
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- | <p> Did you know that at the rate that agriculture is expanding and at the rate that the population is growing, we probably will reach a global food shortage in less than a century? Yeah, neither did we. Agriculture has a big job ahead of it, and unfortunately, the abundance and simultaneous lack of nitrogen in some places is a major stumbling block. | + | align="middle" hspace="0"></td> |
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+ | <p><big>Did you know that at the rate | ||
+ | that agriculture is expanding and at the rate that the population is | ||
+ | growing, we probably will reach a global food shortage in less than a | ||
+ | century? Yeah, neither did we. Agriculture has a big job ahead of it, | ||
+ | and unfortunately, the abundance and simultaneous lack of nitrogen in | ||
+ | some places is a major stumbling block.<br> | ||
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- | + | When brainstorming project ideas, our advisors set us on the path of | |
+ | genetic engineering as a way to solve this nitrogen problem in | ||
+ | agriculture. As we started to develop and really flesh out our project, | ||
+ | we realized that the majority of the GMO publicity on the internet was | ||
+ | caustically negative and that most contributors did not have a proper | ||
+ | understanding of what a GMO was or how it was created. Of course, | ||
+ | people are completely entitled to avoid GMOs as a personal decision, | ||
+ | but that personal decision should be based on accurate information, | ||
+ | right? We knew at that moment that someone had to begin disseminating | ||
+ | the facts via the same medium, and thus, the nitroGENIUS miniseries was | ||
+ | born.<br> | ||
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- | + | <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Comprising | |
+ | six short episodes explaining the agricultural dilemma and | ||
+ | the industrial process of developing GMOs, our video series presents | ||
+ | scientific information in a casual, colloquial manner with laughably | ||
+ | amateur animations. Amassing more than 600 views on YouTube, our videos have been called "probably one of the best lay explanation[s]...in regard to the process and planning involved [in GMO production]" by academics and are even being used as teachers as a model for similar projects. While creating these videos, we have come | ||
+ | to a greater understanding of the potential advances that genetic | ||
+ | engineering can bring to the table (haha, agriculture, food, you get | ||
+ | it). Additionally, we have determined that one of the best ways to inform people is to address them in a comfortable way--short videos with unintimidating graphics and straightforward language are relatable and effective. We hope that our videos continue to educate people about the | ||
+ | nitrogen problem in agriculture and the true nature of GMOs and inspire our peers to employ similar method to educate the world about other important issues. Until | ||
+ | then.</span><br> | ||
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+ | href="http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjO_tMiJdx6hCyCREsMBYUQ">Subscribe | ||
+ | to Our Channel! </a> </h3></td> | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:19, 17 October 2014
Team nitroGENIUS Reaches Out |
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Did you know that at the rate
that agriculture is expanding and at the rate that the population is
growing, we probably will reach a global food shortage in less than a
century? Yeah, neither did we. Agriculture has a big job ahead of it,
and unfortunately, the abundance and simultaneous lack of nitrogen in
some places is a major stumbling block. |
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Subscribe to Our Channel! |