week 6 
9/26/16 - 10/2/16

Achenya Idachaba - How I turned a deadly plant into a thriving business. 

What an awesome win-win! Achenya Idachaba's idea is genius not only because it is clearly effective, but also because beautifully simple it was: instead of finding ways to only efficiently get rid of the water hyacinth infestations,  she searched for ways to make the same weeds that had the were previously very bothersome, into something beneficial! I think it's so awesome how much can change when we simply look at our challenges/dilemmas from a different angle! The environment being taken care of by clearing out weeds while simultaneously benefiting contributing to the community is hte best possible resolution to the problem!

I thought it was interesting how different communities had drastically different meaning associated with the water hyacinth dependent on how these infestations affected those communities. While I accept that as an expected phenomenon of language development: associating words with subjectively witnessed experiences; I thought it was especially clever that Achenya was able to notice the potential of benefiting from assessing factors that determine meanings associated with the same plant across different communities.