First post
This week we read about a bunch of past civilizations that ended up not being able to sustain themselves due to environmental and/or social problems. During each of the readings, I became increasingly...
View ArticleThe Aral Sea
So, I know we have talked a lot about the Aral sea, but I really wanted to express how utterly horrified I am that people could make a conscious decision to completely change it in a way that would...
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Deforestation in Haiti
On Tuesday, we had an exercise where we were assigned different aspects of the government or people of Haiti in response to the earthquake. I am writing about this now because I found this exercise to...
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Whale Wars…Is this the right approach?
On Thursday, I went to the showing of whale wars. It was such a crazy show! I have seen it before, but the one that we saw on Thursday was quite an intense episode. Although I was not able to stay for...
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MTR: can it be stopped?
Can mountaintop removal be stopped? That was the first question I had on my mind as I sat listening to the speakers last week discussing the issue of mountaintop removal. It is a very scary thought to...
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Food Inc: OMG…
That is basically what I thought when I watched Food Inc. I could not believe some of the things that I was seeing. As we discussed in class, there were a couple key issues that struck me the most. The...
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Tapped Movie
So, I went and saw “Tapped” last week, and it was a very interesting documentary. It was really depressing learning about how companies such as Nestle and Coke can be so cold hearted about how they...
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Australia
Can Australia be saved? This is really a scary thing to consider. I did not even really know about Australia’s serious drought and salinity problem until we started talking about it in class. And to...
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Final Thoughts
This class was a real eye-opener. That is probably the best way to describe this class. I learned so much, and i was introduced to so much more than I ever thought I could be. This class has also...
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