Exercise #3: Connecting Past and Present
Instructions
For Exercise #3, you will make connections between what you have learned in the course about the past and what is happening today through contemporary media.
- Find two recent media items thematically connected in some way to two of the three topics covered in Unit 3: conservation, parks, and urbanization. For each of these, post a paragraph of three to five sentences, connecting the media story to what you learned, or were challenged to consider, from the resources in Unit 3. Provide the web link to the article in each post.
- These postings may be informal but should be grammatically correct. You should be respectful of other students’ opinions, but that does not mean you must agree with their ideas.
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- Then post two separate comments responding to any other student’s posts.
- Please note, you should write and edit your submission in a separate file then copy and paste it into the submission box. Once submitted to the HIST 3991 trubox site, you will not be able to edit your post.
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Submissions
Indigenous Reconciliation through Conservation
October 17, 2022 By: Isabelle La Roche
Article #1 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-indigenous-conservation-key-to-protecting-wilderness-in-canada-report/ Conservation at its earliest stage was essentially a tool to justify the consumerism of nature and its use to humans. Preservation was not about preserving the “wildness” of nature but rather how to most efficiently benefit from its natural resources. This idea that nature is controllable by humans and exists only for the benefit of humans has infiltrated industries and the capitalist mindset of policymakers for over a century. Moreover, it has been the result of mass Indigenous displacement across the country. This article points to the importance of reconciliation through conservation. Indigenous people have always understood…
Connecting Past and Present
October 16, 2022 By: Rao Fu
Article #1: Urbanization https://smallwatersystemsbc.ca/centralized-vs-decentralized-water-treatment-systems Comparing to the urban cities and rural towns, their water treatment systems can be designed and functioned in a total different way. In regards to the urban cities, generally, centralized water treatment systems would be applied due to the high population density, complexity of water applications, and centralized area. Whereas, for rural towns, decentralized water treatment systems would be applied due to its low population density, large scattering of land and population. Government and municipalities usually have to spend more budgets on building advanced water treatment plants due to higher water consumption and requirement of water…
HIST 3991 Environmental History – Assignment 1- Exercise 3- Connecting past and Present
September 26, 2022 By: Jennifer Marshall
Exercise #3: Connecting Past and Present Article 1- Conservation https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/conservation Oxford dictionary defines conservation as “The prevention of wasteful use of a resource.” I personally feel that there is much more to it. Conservation, to me, includes respect. Respect for resources, ecosystems, wildlife, our planet and more. It is the attempt at preserving vital aspects of life and life forms. Conservation includes the acute awareness of our future needs. Conservation, in many different forms is essential to our survival. The lotto of The BC Wildlife Park, located in Kamloops, BC is ‘Conservation through Education.’ This means facilitating positive relationships with…
Conservation and the Parks Movement
August 26, 2022 By: T00472990
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/06/12/opinion/indigenous-led-conservation-signals-path-forward-canadas-first-marine-protected This article ties in with the conservation and parks movement and shows how the Haida Nation and the national government are beginning to work together to protect special areas. One thing to look at is that area is a conservation area, not a preservation area. However, significant attempts are being made to restore the ecological environment in the oceans around Gwaii Haanas. This is an example of joint decision-making and cooperative management of an area. https://www.haidagwaiiobserver.com/news/sgaan-inghlas-bowie-seamount-marine-area-receives-renewed-protection/ This is the continued discourse regarding conservation and protected areas. Limiting groundfishing in the area will allow species like corals and sponges to…
Exercise 3
August 11, 2022 By: Hstanhope
Topic 1: Conversation Whale migrations: how new UN treaty aims to protect species on the high seas (theconversation.com) There is still truly little information regarding the travels of whales in the ocean and many scientists still do not fully understand why whales take these migrations across the world. Most parts of the oceans are not under protection, increasing the number of whale threats in the open ocean, such as fisheries and climate change. In chapter 9, it sheds light on how all the elements of an ecosystem are connected and function together; how slight changes can drastically increase the consequences….