About two weeks about we went to this place called ECHO in Fort Myers. After seeing the video in class I had an "this place is going to be boring attitude", but however the day before the field trip I told myself that I was going to have an open mind about it and try to have fun and just give it a shot, boy was I glad that I did. The place turned out to be pretty cool. Getting up in the morning for the trip was the hardest part, but once we got there it was interesting.
The first place we were taken to was a spot where we saw inventions with like common things that you would be able to fine lying around somewhere in the garage possibly. Like there was a thing called a rocket oven that would hold all the bad smoke because in developing countries they tend to cook their food over an open fire and breathe in the bad smoke which really messes up there breathing and lungs. Also the liter lights were cool to see because it is cost effective and you are using supplies that you have lying around the house that you don’t use once they are empty.
Next we saw some bamboo then another thing that was interesting to me was the duck pond or "the circle of life". This was interesting because of the whole process that goes on. The ducks are kept in a cage house at night that has holes at the bottom and is built over a pond that tilapia are in. Well the ducks get fed and sleep in the cage at night and their poop falls into the pond, which is then eaten by the algae, then the algae is eaten by the tilapia, and finally the people net the pond and catch the tilapia and eat them along with the duck eggs.
The last two things that I found interesting and want to talk about is the Moringa and the "miracle berry". I found the Moringa interesting because it is used for so many things. I found out that it can be eaten because it has amazing nutrition’s like victims a, b, and c as well as a good source of calcium. The Moringa is also known to help promote breast feeding in women. The one thing that surprised me about the Moringa is that it can be used as a water purifier by putting some of the leaves crushed up into a water bottle with some dirty water and you shake it up and let it bake in the sun for a little and you have fairly healthier drinking water. Now the "miracle berry" was pretty sweet in my mind because all you have to do is eat one beery and it makes everything that you eat taste sweet for about four hours. This would be great for patients going through chemotherapy because usually they don’t want to eat but if everything would taste sweet to them then it is more possible that they will eat on their own. I really believe that the "miracle berry" will be the future of medicine.
Overall this was a great field trip and I am glad that I had the opportunity to go. It was a great experience and I can say that I learned a lot of new things.
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