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Tip: Opening up TED's interactive transcript is very helpful to understand her talk and also looking over her web site on the Environmental Health at Clinic at[]. (2 paragraphs) Choose two projects on HowStuffisMade at [] and write about how they are made. (1 paragraph each/2 paragraphs) Why is it important that we understand how stuff is made as part of our systems analysis and design process? (1 paragraph)**
 * Describe how Natalie Jeremijenko has based her research on "new technologies are an opportunity for social transformation" to perform "small actions that can amount to a significant effect to improve local environmental health".

Having experience in biochemistry, neuroscience, and precision engineering, Natalie Jerenikenko is an artist and director of xDesign Environmental Health Clinic. This clinic is very similar to the normal clinics, but for xDesign, the patients are the environment and people come in to discuss problems that they face in their surroundings that harm the environment, and the clinic gives them ideas and solutions on how to counter specific problems. Further, One patient applying the proposed solution can make multiple others to follow and make a difference. This clinic calls its patients 'impatience', as they prefer to make a difference on their own rather than waiting for governments and regulatory bodies to take action. The “No Park” initiative is one example in which Natalie suggested to replace the asphalt with a natural landscape. This enables the toxins in the air to convert into oxygen which would be highly beneficial for the environment.


 * Gelato:** the ingredients for gelato are similar to the ones required for ice cream. However, in preparing gelato the ingredients need to be prepared individually. The process is as follows: the mint leaves are torn, raspberries are seeded, and chocolate is melted. The dairy base is put into the batch freezer with the flavouring ingredients. It is then mixed slowly until the mixture becomes smooth and thickens which takes 15 to 20 minutes. Once it becomes smooth and creamy it is removed from the freezer and placed into a box and ready to be shipped.
 * The fortune cookie**: it is made with the usual baking ingredients of eggs, sugar, flour and water and the batter is passed through a machine which includes an oven. This oven heats the flat shaped batter into flat cookie wafers. The fortunes are kept in a tray within the machine, where a mechanical arm takes them indivdually, and when suitable it places one fortune piece of paper into the wafer and it is then folded. After this they are all hardened and collected where it is then inspected by a person for the fortune being correctly placed (as this is a common defect).

It is important to understand how stuff is made because without the knowledge of the production process, we cannot fully analyze on how much good or bad a product is doing to the environment. This does not mean we should not consume the goods, but we must be aware because, our awareness can cause us to be more involved for better solutions. Also, it can also help analyze and source any negative outcomes and also figuring out plans for improvements and increasing efficiency. Howstuffismade.org breaks down all products and processes, and provides a simple and understandable guide on how to make things better.