Wednesday, Nov 2

This afternoon in my sociology class we were discussing the current state of Greece and its government, economy, etc. My professor explained that if the people of Greece do not approve of the pending bailout, the government and what will basically fail. It's so strange to think of a country or state "failing". The article in the NYT today called "Revolt in Greece on Bailout Vote May Oust Leader" focused on the Prime Minister and the possibility of him being ousted. Having little to no background in economics or politics, except for two political science courses, I don't understand the state of the Greek government nor do I understand how it works. The article did a good job of keeping the information in pretty simple terms so I got the gist of the article. The other article I read was about jeans. An avid jean wearer, I think it is really neat what Levi Strauss is trying to do by creating a nonprofit program that teachers farmers in various countries a new irrigation and "rainwater-capture" technique to reduce the amount of water used in the product of jeans. I really like reading about the things people and companies are trying to do to reduce the amount of resources that we use so often.