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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Connecting Past and Present
March 24, 2022 By: Christopher Anyadubalu
Article #1: Science Daily. “When more women make decisions, the environment wins.” Science News 21st March 2019, Retrieved 18th March 2022: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190321152838.htm The media item from the Science Daily is on the theme of conservationism. Based on what I learnt in this course and perceived from my past and present environment, it seems that there are many publications, seminars/workshops, and legislation aimed at conservation and protection of our environment but not much have been done about it. Thus, this media item attracts my attention because (living in a society dominated by men) more women need to be involved in the…
Exercise #3
February 27, 2022 By: TAORUI LIU
Article #1 – The ‘tragedy of the commons’ and why it is helping to scorch our planet URL – https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tragedy-climate-column-don-pittis-1.6135872 This article discusses how the tragedy of the commons explains the global warming phenomenon. It is relevant because it applies the ‘tragedy of the commons’ theory to an environmental problem that is quite controversial both locally (in Canada) and elsewhere abroad. Urbanization has come with development activities that further make it hard to reduce global warming. The use of gasoline in vehicles produces tons of greenhouse gases in Canada, and because it is almost impossible to do without it, global…
Connecting Past and Present
February 26, 2022 By: Zhuorui Ye
One of the recent media articles related to the concept of conservation is “‘Everyone Came at Once’: America’s National Parks Reckon with Record-Smashing Year” by Annette McGivney, published in The Guardian. This media article talks about the effects of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions in the U.S. People began arriving in large numbers at the parks, which has led to more trash, diminishing the visitor experience in some regions.[1] McGivney’s article is related to the idea of conservation discussed in Unit 3, particularly about the ever-important role of conserving natural resources and ensuring changes in how humans connect with the environment. From the…
Exercise #3
February 11, 2022 By: True St.Denis
There has always been a waging battle between money and preserving the land throughout North American history. This battle still wages into the 21st century. For example, an ongoing struggle in the province of B.C. is logging and conservationism. From what we have learned in the course, conservationism was merely a tactic in the early 1900s to earn more revenue. Now, conservationism has grown into vital preservation of the earth’s few remaining resources. With that said, there is still a struggle between conservationism and economic support for communities. A news article by CBC has stated that the environment movement has…
Connecting the Past and Present
February 7, 2022 By: Yimeng Chen
Urbanization The ARC Center of Excellence in Exciton Science (2021) advances environmental conservation through clean and renewable energy sources- solar energy in urban areas.[1] Solar energy will promote net-zero carbon emissions in major cities and a self-sustaining ability, free from non-renewable energy dependence. The research indicates that more than 74% of the structures and homes in the city can meet 74% of their electricity needs from solar technology.[2] Urban buildings can integrate solar panels on roofs, windows, and walls to counter the massive pollution from energy sources that use non-renewable materials such as coal. Solar panels also promote energy conservation…