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Today the artists are bringing moochine to a beauty pageant and giving it a bronze spray tan, to get moochine ready for its tattoos' of wool (if you have no imagination, that means they are spray painting it so they can paint designs of wool on top of it...) They are also spray painting silver wheels to put on the cow.
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It seems our cow just wants to see the whole world, as we've had to move it all around our school many, many times. We've hauled the beast along the crispest fields, the rockiest paths, and through the most ominous hallways. While the task is tedious, tiring, and time consuming; our crew has done it. The cow has finally been moved to our industrial arts rooms which shall serve as its accommodation for the next few weeks. Our brave crew are now resting, until next time, that is. At ease, soilders! On the 1st of August, James Kanaley, the Young Framers award winner came to Seven Hills High School to inform us of his industry and what he does. First, James showed us a presentation about himself and his industry. It was very interesting and informative, with everyone participating in answering his questions. James asked us many questions that we did not know and had never heard of before. There were many fascinating facts in his presentation. Did you know that Australians use the same amount of water that is needed for 198 t-shirts per year? He also mentioned the new technologies that help in his farm including the cotton picker and striper. Technology has improved so much that a new invention that is controlled by a robot which sprays chemicals to kill the bugs that destroy the plant. After the presentation our bloggers interviewed him asking some questions about his work and if there was anything that we as a school could do to help. He mentioned that we if we recycle not waste food and keep a clean environment that would be more than helpful. Overall, our morning was very educational and we wish James Kanaley all the best in his farming. Read more about James here.
This week the photographers are creating an animation on how to grow cotton. They are doing this on photoshop and then they will move it to premiere pro for final adjustments.
Today some of our artists, photographers and bloggers became actors when we filmed ourselves telling you all about cotton; for example, did you know there are more than 1200 cotton farms in Australia, roughly half in NSW and half in Queensland.
The artists also went to see how our cow was after his surgery (she had her back removed last week). After seeing she was fine, they made a to do list for the cows fashion future. Today some of our artists, photographers and bloggers became actors when we filmed ourselves telling you all about cotton; for example, did you know there are more than 1200 cotton farms in Australia, roughly half in NSW and half in Queensland.
The artists also went to see how our cow was after his surgery (she had her back removed last week). After seeing she was fine, they made a to do list for the cows fashion future. 1. How cotton farmers grow cotton – Believe it or not it wasn’t until I started this program that I found out that cotton was actually grown on a plant. Interesting fact! Aussies all over Australia are growing cotton; I found this out from the cotton Australia site “Around 1,500 cotton families stretching from Emerald in the north of Queensland to Griffith in Southern NSW are proudly growing the highest yielding, finest quality cottons in the world.”
2. How climate change affects cotton – I knew that climate change was affects plants and animals and the way we live but I didn’t know it was having such a big impact on the cotton industry. The main area that I found interesting was the effect climate change has had on the growth of crops. 3. Biodiversity! – I had no idea what biodiversity was until I began to research it further. 4. Sustainability in the cotton industry – We should try to preserve the clothes we wear because the cotton farmers go to so much effort to grow the plant that helps to create the clothes we wear. It was interesting to find out that “In an average year, Australia’s cotton growers produce enough cotton to clothe 500 million people” according to the show 'War on Waste', we throw out 6 tonnes of clothes every ten minutes! By Brianna. |
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