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Thursday, January 6, 2011
"Flip Flotsam" and Globalization
In Global Cultures class, we have begun talking about the idea of "globalization". To help us understand what globalization means, we viewed the Kenyan documentary "Flip Flotsam" in class on Thursday. Knowing that globalization's definition includes the consequences of being interconnected, consider the film. Write a comment to this blog post: 1) What did you think about "Flip Flotsam"? 2) Give at least one example of a consequence of the flip-flop industry in Kenya. (Feel free to read your peers' responses and comment if you like!) Be sure to include your name in your comment.
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It was interesting to see how the flip flops was used in different ways in all of the places where they ended up. A bad consequence of the flip flop industry was that the flip flops ended up trashing beaches along with lots more "trash". It is great that people have found ways to reuse the flip flops other pieces of trash washed up on shore. My favorite part of the film was watching sea life put the flip flops to good use.
ReplyDeleteI loved the video esp. how the sea creatures took advantage of the stray flip flops. One of the consequences that I first thought of was that sea life might think it is food. There could be a big decrease in animals because of the polution.
ReplyDeleteI loved "Flip Flotsam"! It was a really creative and interesting film. I really like how they showed the animals using the flip flops. One consequence of the flip-flop industry in Kenya is more available jobs. Since there is such a high demand for flip-flops and most everyone wears them that makes more jobs for people.
ReplyDelete-Amelia Johnson-
1) I thought the movie was great and it is kind of inforcing recycling and to do good things for the invironment.
ReplyDelete2) I think the industrie could go bad by possibly enforcing child labor because I do not know the laws of Kenya so anything could happen.
-Cole Steele
I thought the movie was really good. It really described what we were talking about the past couple of days. I think one of the consiquences of the flip-flop industry is that the trash goes out to sea ad animals can choke on those and die.
ReplyDeleteI was very surprised about the cycle the flip flops went through starting with being made, then being sold, then gotten rid of and eventually get to the ocean, and eventually floating to an island where they are made into crafts that are sold where the flip flops were first made. A consequence of this is that there will be more litter in the ocean that could kill animals.
ReplyDelete1) I thought it was cool with like how the peoples made toys for lil kids outta recycled flip flops found after the tide on the beach. It was interesting how flip flops start in on place then go to another and then another and then end back up at the starting point. 2) One consequence of the flip flop industry is that like when it rains and there are flip flops out side they get cought in the drain things that lead out into the ocean and then when they are in the ocean there is a possible chance that a whale or like some fish came up and ate it (the flip flop) then like the fish or whale or whatever dies or it injures it. In other words the flip flops could affect marine life.
ReplyDelete~~~~~~~hanna geiger~~~~~~~
i liked the video because i thought it was interesting how they folowed a flip-flop and showed how one little thing can have a big consequence on the earth, such as when they showed the flip-flop being made and then its journey across the ocean, then to be made into a toy fish and sold at the same place it started from.
ReplyDelete>Liam O'Connor<
I liked the video,i thought that making beyond repairable flip flops into animals was a very creative idea!! I thought it was very interesting to watch. 1 consequence about the flip flop industry in Kenya is that they will eventually run out of resources to make the flip flops.
ReplyDeleteKirsten E.
I like Flip Flotsam. One example of a consequence of the flip-flop industry in Kenya is that some of the flip-flops stay in the ocean instead of going on the island.
ReplyDeleteLauren T.
i thought the video was really cool. and i thought that the people that made the flip flops onto toys were really smart and they should expand to other places for more money. also i thought that it was cool how the flip flop saved that crap and gave the barnacles food. which then gave the other crabs food.
ReplyDeleteI thought the film helped me have a better fell for what globalization is. A conseuence of flip flops are they end up in the ocean as ploution.
ReplyDelete~Hailee W.
I loved "Flip Flotsam"! It was a really creative and interesting film. I also thought it was adorable when they showed the crabs and sea life's use for the flip-flops. One example of a consequence of the flip-flop industry in Kenya is more jobs. Since so many people use flip-flops, there has to be someone to make all of them, sell them, and transport them. That makes for a lot of job opportunities in the flip-flop industry.
ReplyDelete-Amelia Johnson-
I thought that "flip flotsam" was a very interesting film. I was amaised to see the journy of the flip flop form Kenya, and all the way back again. It was deffinently a great example of globalization. I think that one consequence would be that some of the towns-women were able to make a little bit of money from what others might just call trash.
ReplyDelete~Hailey Perese
I liked it. It was interesting. It was cool to see where all the flip flops go. I especially liked the part when the one red flip flop was heading down a stream into the ocean. A consequence of the industry is pollution. Just saying, i hate pollution!!!!!!!
ReplyDelete~courtney r.~
I enjoyed watching "Flip Flotsam". It was interesting to see trash being turned into eco-friendly art. I wonder how they came up with such a creative idea? This is definitely a positive consequence of the flip-flop industry in Kenya, because it provides people in both Mombasa and Kiwayu with a good way to make money.
ReplyDelete-Anna B.
I thought it was ironic how the flip-flops were made in Kenya then drifted to the island which was then taken back to where they were made and sold again as toys. The consequences of the flip-flop industry in Kenya is the pollution from the factory who makes flip-flops.
ReplyDeleteI think that Flip Flotsam was a great way to show a flip flops journey over a short period of time. While it could be looked at, as something that is dangerous to some of the sea life, it is also a good, and helpful thing to them, like when the crab used it to sit on.
ReplyDelete~Hannah Hickle
I thought flip flotsam so so cool! the story was interesting you defiantly should keep playing it.One consequences would be the flip flops that don't end up on the beach to be remade get stuck in the ocean and animals eat them or get stuck in them.
ReplyDelete-Rory T.
I thought that the film was very interesting. I really liked the whole idea of recycling, and I liked how the story was told by following different things. A consequence of all of the flip-flops being produced is all of the waste, and how animals are being changed, and how all of these flip-flops end up being tossed into a beach somewhere, when they could have been recycled, or not make as much.
ReplyDelete~Evvy DeWeese
I really liked the film and thought it was a great way to learn about globalization. One consequence would be that there's so much trash on the beaches in Kenya. I liked how those women in the village turned trash on the beach into brand new toys and decorations to be sold.
ReplyDeleteCricket
I thought Flip Flotsam was really intresting, all of the wildlife was really cool and now I want one of the things made from flip flops! One conseequence of the flip flop industry is that the flip flops get created into fun toys and decorations giving another source of income to the people that make them.
ReplyDeleteAvery R.
I loved flip flotsam, it was intersting to watch how a flip flop had a journey through out Africa. I think it was a great idea to re-use it and make such adorable little creations.
ReplyDelete~Katie Wood
1) aha i liked te guys voice, it was really soothing. But when i watched the video i finally understood what you were talking about... Globalization
ReplyDelete2) All that litter on the beaches! Anyone ever heard of global warming (don't even go there katie!)
I think that flip flotsam was very interesting. I like how they informed us about littering in a way that showed us how recycling can help us and our planet. A consiquence of this industry is that there was a lot of litter from the flip flops in the ocean and on the shore.
ReplyDelete~Jeanette Gardner
Flip Flotsam was a really interesting video because you could see every step along the way from footwear to decorations. A consequence of the flip flop industry in Kenya is the people on the small island where they wash up can make and sell figures made of the foam in the discarded flip flops, recycling the material.
ReplyDeleteEmily Wirt
I thought it was terrible for the enviornment with the flipflops but the way that that island transfered them into toys was pretty cool. As i was saying the flip flop industry in Kenya can be polluting the enviornment with their flip flops.
ReplyDeletei thought it was a really interesting story. It showed globalization around the world in ways that i had never thought about before. one consequence of the flip-flop industry is pollution. not all the flip flops make it to the shore line of the island in kenya and not ll the flotsam was gathered to make the toys. some of the flip flops will be out in the ocean polluting the water.
ReplyDelete~jack nourse
I thought "Flip Flotsam" was really cool because it showed how one group of people got good use out of the shoes, then how they helped another group of people and were turned into something useful. I liked how they followed the flip-flop on its "journey" across the ocean. One consequence of the flip-flop industry in Kenya is that the flip-flops might not always end up on the island they have where they were put to use, they could just end up polluting the ocean or not have a good purpose wherever they end up.
ReplyDelete-Rachel Mackov
1. I thought the vidoe was cute and very entertaining, while displaying information in a easy to understand way. 2. The impact of these flip flops does harm to the ocean but also helps the ecosystem. Like providing a place for sea animals to rest. It also provides plenty of jobs.
ReplyDeletei think it is the best way to get rid of waste that washes up on the shore and is put to very good use in all the ways they are put to use. A consequence is the flip flops that dont wash up on the shore are out at sea being trash.
ReplyDeleteI thought the documentary Flip Flotsam was cool to watch. It described ocean pollution's journey into a way to help sea creatures, then earn money later for the people that lived on the island.
ReplyDeleteFlip flops are a great business for people in Kenya. It's a great way for them to earn money because everyone there wears flip-flops.
~BECCA:]
i thought that this was a really neat way to recycle :) the crab was so cute but i think that it would be a consequence because it could change the sea life, and they might think it was food that would be bad.
ReplyDelete-jessica
i thought it wascool that they made the flip flop art from old flip flops. Its cool that the flip flops don't go to waste and they are recycled.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was interesting to see that the women on the island did create something new, out of the trash they found on their beach. I also thought it was interesting that that the toys came back to the part of Kenya where they were made. It affects Kenya because it circulates they money in the participating parts of Kenya, and gives the women on this island money that they would not otherwise have.
ReplyDeleteAnaa Willson
I loved the documentary "Flip Flotsam". It really showed the postive and negative consequences of globalization. One negative consequence of the flip flop industry in Kenya is that there is a fast-growing polution of flip-flops in the ocean due the the increasing production of flip-flops.
ReplyDeleteI thought that Fliop Flotsam was a goo dway to sho whow globelization is spreadin today and how one little thing can makes its way from one place to another. A consequence would be that this is addin gto the polution in the world.
ReplyDeleteElise
I thought 'Flip Flotsam' was a really cool documentary, especially how the flip-flops could be recycled and made into something else that could be sold on the market, even thought most people would think when it was old and used, you couldn't reuse it. The business is really good for the people in Kenya, but I think one conesequence from it would be that when the flip-flops don't always end up on the island for people to carve into animals and shapes, it could pollute the oceans and hurt animals and/or life around it.
ReplyDelete~Annie Zou
I thought the documentary Flip Flotsam was really cool because it showed a lot about how people sell and how the flip flops can be used as many differant things!
ReplyDeleteTommy '_'
I thought that the film 'flip flotsam' was fun to watch, and would be a great source of enviornmental awareness for many. I think the main way that the flip-flop industy has affected the enviornment has been the fact that they are washed to sea, and that many are never recovered, and float as sea litter.
ReplyDelete-Dan
In the documentary it showed literaly how one mans trash can be anothers treasure. The island with the flip flop problem should be more concious about their severe output of litter. It is changing natural habitats although it may be in a good way.
ReplyDelete~Max Littman
Um well i thought that the flip flopsome movie was interesting, its really cool how the people make so much cool stuff out of flip flops. Since they collect the flip flops they r helping saving the planet cause they pic up the litter and makes something cool out of it!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMadison McGraw
i thought the video was really neat. "the cycle of a flip flotsam". i think this video showed true globalization. a good consequence instead would be something to agree on in a sea of differences. you could put together an israelite and a palestinian *:)* and they could probably agree that this concept is cool. I hope our parents could see this video and tell us how their defination of globalization changed
ReplyDelete1) i thought it was a nice interesting documentary because it showed like how a flip flop goes like one place to another and then back to the place it started being sold as a toy
ReplyDelete2) a consequence could be like the pollution and litter the flip flop industry is causing
Adam G
I really liked the Flip Flotsam movie, it was fun to see how people made cool things out of the things that just washed up on their shore. The consequence of this though would be that it adds to the pollution problem.
ReplyDelete~Brenna
i think that flip flopsim is a good movie about how we can reuse stuff like flip flops for other things such as toys but one disadvantage is that the flip flops that dont make it to the island are just going to float in the ocean where it may harm animals and puloute the water
ReplyDeleteI thought it was cool how they made the Crabs and Lobsters and stuff, from the flip flops, i wonder what they do with the starps on the flip flop?
ReplyDeleteI thought that the flip flotsam movie really shows what could happen to trash on some accations. This however does not give a person permission to throw flip flops into the ocean!
ReplyDeleteI liked the video and loved the crabs with the huge eyes. they were realy funny looking. one positive consequense ofthe flip flops were the jobs created.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the flip flopsam viedo i loved how they got a lot of really good futtige on where the flip flpos and when people where wearing the flip flops! i just really liked how they showed how flip flops are made and also when theos ladys were making fun little animal things out ohf flip flops! :)
ReplyDelete~Syd Runyan~
I really liked the FLip Flotsam video, it was very interesting how the people made all those animals and objects out of worn out Flip FLops. The consequence was the polusion of FLip FLops that were all washed up on shore.
ReplyDeleteEmily B
i thought that the movie was really good and informing and it really showed how people in other places cared about the envirnoment. one example of the consequences is the flip flops is they get into the water and some fish use them flote but other mistake them for food
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ReplyDeletei thought flip flopsem was very cool and i loved how it showed all the entire adventure of the flip flop it was fun 2 relax and watch a fun story.
flit flotsem seemed to personify some thing i would have never thought to personify, flip-flops. flip flotsem was an interesting and hilariouse subject and you know what they say, laughter is the best medicine.
ReplyDeleteI thought that Flip Flopsum was a fun, short little film about the travel of shoes. The conciquence of making these flip flops in Kenya is that: if they are not found they will polute sea waters and beaches.
ReplyDeleteI liked Flip Flotsam because in showed how globalization is affecting the world on a scale we can see, understand, and relate with. One of the funny "consequences" of the flip flops was the crab floting on one of the soles
ReplyDelete-Eddie Gao
I think the Flip-Flopsam video was interesting because of the way it showed the Flip-Flops being made and sold. One consequence of the Flip-Flop industry is that the flip-flops end up in the ocean and polute the waters.
ReplyDelete-Alador N. Sisay
I loved the movie. It was really great to see how a different place reuses things. The flip flops went through a tough journey.
ReplyDeleteAutumn Shelby
I thought that it was awesome how the flip flops were used by the wildlife when they were in the ocean. Also the craft that the people did with the flip flops was fenominal.
ReplyDelete~Christo
i liked filp flotsam because it was very interesting and cool how the flip flops ended up in many places and how those people used the flip flops different then the last person. i think a consequence is that the flip flops ended up in the trash or trash on a beach.
ReplyDeleteRyan Clay
So far, I think that "Flip Flotsam" was the best film we've watched this year. I think the flim was very interesting with the "cycle of life" for the flip flops. It was also interesting with the birds using the flip flops as a place to rest without being poked by tough rocks and the women using flip flop scraps to make toys. It's also very smart to reuse them; save the enviroment and save your money! With all the good that happens to the flip flops, there will be bad. Not all of the flip flops get picked up and reused, which means polution. And with all the flip flops that do get reused, the flip flop industry won't be able to make more flip flops and they will have to close down.
ReplyDeleteHannah<3
It's amazing on how warn the flip flops in the village where.
ReplyDelete-Lukas Giron
i thought that it was ironic that the flip flops came back to the place they were made. a problem though is that the factorys are poluting the air
ReplyDeleteI loved the way it showed the adventure of one flip flop can go such a long way. my favorite part of the movie was when all of those women made the different animals out of just flip flops. and how that has become such a great business.
ReplyDelete<3 Vanessa.V
I loved the fact that this video showed that things that are old and wear can be made into new, creative things. A consequence of the Kenya flip flop industry is that old flip flops end up in the ocean.
ReplyDeletesky
I like how it shows how far that little flip flop went. It was pretty cool how crabs hitch a ride on flip flops. I wouldn't want to know that barnacles and other sea 'flotsam' was on my toy if I got one. Something bad is that lots of those flip flops don't mae it to that one little island. That would make a lot of polution.
ReplyDelete~Jack Farrell
I thought that the flip flotsam movie really shows what could happen to trash around the world. This however does not give a person permission to throw flip flops into the ocean and pollute it's natural wonders!
ReplyDeleteFrom the part that i saw it was really cool how it would show the flip flop goin to in the ocean and how the materials that the flip flop react to the sea water. I love the little crap getting on the flip flop for a ride. it was so adorable. I thought the animals would think its food and some animals would die.:( But i underestimated how smart the animals actually are. I loved the video. ( secreatly i would love to live there. I mean flip flops, short shorts and tank top all year long. who would want that? I like warm places much better than cold ones. I would be tan too. Yippee!)
ReplyDeleteWith Love always,
Brittney :)
i liked how they took trash that washed up on the shore and made it into little toy figures and things. it was a really good idea.
ReplyDelete-elissa m :)
i liked how the whole thing was one big cycle and how the sea creatures used the flipflobs as rides. i also liked how the flipflopes were recycled to make cool things.
ReplyDeleteI thought that in the Flip Flopsam film that all the stuff they made was cool. I also liked when they repared them. I thought that was a great way to save things by reusing them.
ReplyDeleteKayla Smock
I thought the film was really good and i liked the music. One conseequence of the flip flop indiustry is that the beache and water around Kenya are polluted by the flip flops.
ReplyDeleteLiam B
I think that flip flostsam was a great film because it showed all the ways that filp flops can help the enviorment, are used for walking, and be created into a new object for deceration
ReplyDeleteI didn't really follow how the got all the film. I can see the importance of the flip flops in this area of the world but don't understand why they only use flip flops.But I might have bought one of those toys though they looked cool.
ReplyDeletezzzzzzz
ReplyDeletei really liked the flip flotsam video mostly becuz u could c the inside of africa and not the stereotypical deserts and jungles. 1 of the consequences 2 flip flotsam is that if u realize it i'm gonna loose my flip flops eventually y bother buying them
ReplyDelete-wezi zyambo
I thought that he video was amazing because the were able to follow a single flip flop through it's trip around the coast. I also want some of the flip flop art still
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting how a pair of shoes can help multiple communities, and it can be put to different uses.
ReplyDelete-Andrew Foote
I liked the Flip Flotsam video because they showed us how people can turn regular flip flops, into amazing art for the locals. It's like taking recycling to a whole new level. (Flip flop style)
ReplyDelete$$$$ Michael S $$$$
I think it was a very good biograpy. It had great music. I loved the process that the flipflop starts at a factory, goes all around the world just to be destroyed, float all the way to a little island, recycle and brought to the place it started.
ReplyDeletePatrick Foley