Exercise #4: Documentary Reflection
Instructions
For your fourth Exercise assignment, you will make connections between the environmental movement in the recent past and today by considering what you are challenged to learn from documentarians of that movement.
- Find a current or recent report in the mainstream or alternative media of an environmental topic or issue in your local or wider region. As you read/ hear about the issue, consider where you stand on it. Identify your position and your thoughts.
- Use the documentaries in this course unit to reflect on the role that civil disobedience has played in the history of environmentalism, researching one other recent example to defend your answer to the question of whether it works to bring positive change.
Use your research in the mainstream and alternative media from Activity 1 of this unit for this exercise Post the media links and your analysis. Aim for a minimum of 300 words.
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Submissions
Exercise #4: Documentary Reflection
April 24, 2023 By: Philip Thrum
In the documentary film “How to Change the World: The Revolution Will Not Be Organized”, Bob Duncan states, “if you don’t know your history, you’re destined to repeat it”. I find this a powerful statement as reminds us that humans often neglect the past and continue with actions which are known to cause harm to the environment. In January of 2023 a container ship spilled fuel/oil into English Bay. Threatening the marine wildlife in the bay. I find that the quote from the documentary above is quite insightful regarding this topic. Oil spills have been a problem for many decades,…
Exercise #4: Documentary Reflection
April 17, 2023 By: Alexis Begg - T00047868
Exercise #4: Documentary Reflection The recent report on an environmental issue in my local hometown of Ladner, BC is the debate about the proposed expansion of the Delta Port. The port promises that it can mitigate the impacts of the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion on endangered species like Chinook salmon and the southern resident killer whales [1]. Even given this promise, there are many scientists who argue that the port’s final plan still impacts more than 100 species of concern in the heart of the Fraser River estuary [1]. While the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, which is a…
Documentary Reflection – part 2 which includes links to articles
March 21, 2023 By: Allegra Solecki
https://globalnews.ca/news/9554411/topless-junos-protester-drastic-climate-action-greenbelt/ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/08/canada-logging-protest-vancouver-island I chose this article for several reasons, the main one being that it covers environmental issues in Ontario where I currently reside, and in British Columbia, where I’m from. The protest occurred at the Junos Awards in Edmonton earlier this month, where Ever Hatherly, a member of the group On to Ottawa, jumped on stage topless while Avril Lavigne was speaking. Hatherly wanted to bring attention to a huge issue across Canada right now – loss of carbon sinks. In British Columbia, old growth forests are continuously being logged, and in Ontario, Ford’s government is allowing…
Documentary Reflection
March 21, 2023 By: Allegra Solecki
I chose this article for several reasons, the main one being that it covers environmental issues in Ontario where I currently reside, and in British Columbia, where I’m from. The protest occurred at the Junos Awards in Edmonton earlier this month, where Ever Hatherly, a member of the group On to Ottawa, jumped on stage topless while Avril Lavigne was speaking. Hatherly wanted to bring attention to a huge issue across Canada right now – loss of carbon sinks. In British Columbia, old growth forests are continuously being logged, and in Ontario, Ford’s government is allowing parts of the Greenbelt,…
Documentary Reflection
March 17, 2023 By: Yang Ni
Environmental movement groups started their advocacy functionalities ever since in the 19th century. In order to bring attention to the environmental issues at hand, most environmental movements have adopted the application of civil disobedience.1 Civil disobedience strategies applied range from non-violence demonstrations, riots and arson that have made several activists on the wrong side of the law. Over recent times, advocacy groups have been lobbying for environmental conservation in North America. 2 They believed there should be a balance between economic benefits and environmental conservation of natural resources since industrial and agricultural revolutions contribute to air, water and land pollution. The reflection will…