Critique On My Colleagues' Blog Stage 7

First of all, I must commend Savannah Williams on her article “Going Green” for her candid observation of something most of us living in Austin would not consider relevant or important enough to address as an issue in our quest to make Austin an environmentally-friendly atmosphere for all of us to live.

Williams was meticulous in her observation of the things that go around in her neighborhood and something that appear to seem minor could have adverse consequences if unchecked.  While pointing a finger at a specific flaw about a problem at the city planners as in the case of the dog park in her neighborhood, she is also raising conscience of every one of us in Austin who bothers to care about how we manage our natural resources, and how small effort by everyone can make a huge difference.

I am somewhat disappointed for the simple fact that she failed to proffer a solution on how this wasted running water could have been better utilized in a more efficient way. I am not sure if my Williams is aware that it is against the city ordinance to let water run out of sprinkler onto the street. I would have also appreciated it if she had cited some positive efforts or measures that the city has taken so far in making Austin a more environmentally-friendly city such as the ban on the use of disposable plastic bags.

In the second paragraph of her write up, She cited several examples of how the city planners have failed by not providing more recycle/compost in more huge shopping centers, and how citizen throw away on continuous bases plastics, coke can etc. well it will take more than the effort of the city to get everyone to get on board to recycle. Every one of us must do our own part by making a conscious effort to recycle.  The save our springs’ coalition (SOS) was initiated by ordinary concerned citizens before it gained a city wide support, so let us all do the little that we can do before we blame everything wrong on the city, after all, we are the ones that voted for these people into office. While I applaud Williams  for making us aware of some of her concerns or observation, I would suggest that  she should have demonstrated a more balanced approach by citing some areas the city has done while pointing areas it could improve on, otherwise it would have sound like” giving a dog a bad name in order to justify a reason to kill her”.