Connecting Past and Present
May 4, 2022 By: Charlotte Knudsen
1.Strategy, E. and C. C. (2021, October 5). Conservation, culture at the heart of newly protected areas. Retrieved May 4, 2022, from https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021ENV0054-001907
A new provincial park will be established in order to protect an ecosystem that is located on Vancouver island. The park will also be renamed Sxótsaqel, Chilliwack Lake Park to honor its Indigenous history. The habitat is sensitive and the ecosystem vulnerable, which puts wildlife in danger. This increased protection will insure that these animals will remain alive for years to come. It is the human race’s duty to control the earth according to Pinchot, so it is our responsibility to protect areas that need it.
Reference: Pinchot, Gifford. “Chapter Four: Principles of Conservation.” In The Fight for Conservation, 40–52. New York: Doubleday, 1910. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=amrvg&fileName=vg11//amrvgvg11.db&recNum=43&itemLink=D%3Fconsrvbib%3A2%3A.%
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2. Press, T. C. (2022, February 2). Survey shows these Canadian cities have lost green spaces amid urbanization. Global News. Retrieved May 4, 2022, from https://globalnews.ca/news/8586905/urban-green-space-canada-statcan-survey/
Cities all around Canada’s green spaces are decreasing. The data has been gathered through satellite imaging. Green spaces are important for many reasons such as reducing energy use, removing air pollutants and reducing high temperatures. The temperature difference between an urbanized city and one in the countryside can vary between five and six degrees and has been found to be caused by the amount of urban greenery. High temperatures can cause health problems such as respiratory failure or heat stroke. Animals, plants and energy have always played a changing role in environmental history. Through trial and error changes have been experimented with solutions such as coal, sewage systems and transportation methods. Sometimes, these changes come with unforeseen consequences as seen in this news article. Because these buildings cannot be destroyed since they are now implemented into society, governments are making stricter rules about cutting down trees and are promoting ideas such as green roofs on top of buildings.
Hi Charlotte,
I enjoyed reading your responses and found it very interesting the temperature difference between urban and rural areas. I knew there was a difference but six degrees is a really impactful difference. It is scary how we as humans approach our innovations in trial and error format and the environmental impacts are widespread. The importance of governmental policy cannot be under valued in maintaining green spaces but our capitalist society begs for the removal of valuable natural habitat. How many new communities have been advertised with parks and pathway systems to help bring people back to nature but house lots are getting smaller and smaller in an attempt to squeeze more people into a smaller space. We really are losing from every angle and losing community greenspaces is only the tip of the iceberg.
Keep up the great work!