Blog #2 Summary on each presentation (Nadia)

 Nadia Jean-Francois

Summary on each presentation

Each of our groups did a presentation on some very important topics like infrastructure, gender inequality, and climate change. Group 3 presentation was on infrastructure, group 2 presented about gender inequality, and group 1  presented about climate change. Each group did a terrific job with the presentation. I understood each topic very well because of the way my fellow classmates did their presentation. They stayed on topic and explained the material and added visuals to explain the topics. Each topic included different subtopics about the main topic. I will be summarizing each of the topics the groups presented. 

For starters, group 3 presentation was on infrastructure; I like the way the presentation looked for my group presentation because we added visuals, which I think it's important to include to help your audience have an idea of the information you are talking about. infrastructure is an organization's infrastructure consisting of the physical and organizational structures and facilities that are essential to its success. The foundation of the economy is built on infrastructure. There are many types of infrastructure, which include transportation, energy, water, and public space. The United States is now ranked 13th in the world by the World Economic Forum in terms of infrastructure quality. Infrastructure is important because without proper infrastructure, goods will not reach their destination in time leading to economic loss. Furthermore, Infrastructure has a direct impact on the economy of any country because it enables the movement of goods to the ports and airports and finally to other countries. I did my section on “country with Infrastructure compared to the U.S”. I choose the country Czech republic because it is #20 compared to the U.S. I gave information about both countries and compared them. Czech Republic's infrastructure is good, however, the United States is in the top two when it comes to Road and airport connectivity, which measure how readily people can get between different parts of a country.

Secondly, the group 2 presentation was on gender inequality; I really like the presentation, I like that they were different and added interviews and the visuals. The visuals made the presentation even more interesting and made the information easy to understand and comprehend. According to the presentation, they explained the definition of gender inequality which is defined as “unequal treatment or perceptions of individuals based on their gender because of expectations”. They explained the gender inequality that happens not only in the workforce but also they explained the gender inequality that happens in sport. Today gender discrimination in sport is a serious problem worldwide. Playing sports is not only for men, but it’s also for women. The pay for female athletes is lower than that of male athletes. For instance, in sports such as soccer or basketball, we can see those great athletes such as Messi, Ronaldo or Lebron James earn around 40 million dollars per year. Meanwhile, female athletes in these same sports such as Alexia Putellas or Diana Taurasi earn between $150k and 5500k per year. It is very unfortunate that women experience discrimination in the workplace and in sport it is not fair for women to experience that. The only difference between a woman and a man is their gender, other than that a woman should not be discriminated against because they are a woman. However, society is working toward becoming more inclusive of all races, genders, sexuality, and abilities, discrimination in sports continues to be a fun atmosphere. 

Lastly, group 1  presented about climate change; I like group 1 presentations however I feel like in their PowerPoint they had too many words. Most of the PowerPoint had almost paragraphs, instead they should have added the main idea instead of putting so many details. Furthermore, I wish it had more visuals like pictures or videos. Other than that the presentation was great. Climate change is a very interesting topic to learn about because many people have different opinions about climate change. The group presentation covered the problem pollution may contain and the solution of pollution and many more that I will explain later. Climate change affected agriculture productively at local and regional scales through alterations in rainfall patterns, more frequent climate extremes (like high temperature). Climate change can affect agriculture because it can impact national and international food markets. For example, the price of foods, fibers, and energy. Learning that from the presentation shows how important climate change is. The government of course cares about our climate change. In fact, president Joe Biden is planning to reduce greenhouse gas pollution by 2030 and to create a pollution free power sector by 2050 according to research. It is very good that our government takes our climate change seriously. Moreover, in one of the slides the group explained that it is too late to prevent some of the worse effects of climate change. However, we can still prevent it by investing in energy-efficient appliances and reducing water waste. To conclude, just like the other presentation group 1 presentation was very informative and I learned a lot. The group members also did a good job at the presentation.