"To my mind, philosophers put the cart before the horse when they say that science constructs a world by sorting out what the experiences of different people have in common. On the contrary, the practice of science supposes the existence of a real and a common world, and assumes that its impact on each individual who is part of it is modified by him in a way which constitutes his personal experience.

We do not construct the world from our experiences; we are aware of the world in our experiences. Science is a language for talking not about experience but about the world.

Science is a way of ordering events; its search is for laws on which to base the single predictions. Science is systematic in method because it seeks a system of prediction. The aim of science is to order the particular example by articulating it on a skeleton of general law."

The Common Sense of Science, J. Bronowski

The focus questions of our work so far are not research questions, which direct the explanatory side of science. We have been doing survey work to create a context, a deeper understanding of this environmental area. It is from this understanding that research questions will emerge. The observations and tentative conclusions you make based on your work so far should answer the focus questions posed by the study however, are also a ticket to the explanatory part of science. As you reflect on your experience so far, let's begin thinking about research questions that will allow us to test that model.

To continue your work, proceed to Guided Research, if you would like some guidance working out a research question and with the process of finding possible answers. If you are doing some work on Green Dry Cleaning on your own, share it with the PathFinder Science community, tell us about it at Publish My Research.