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
February 21, 2023 By: Nahian Adiba
I was born and brought up in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Despite its many flaws, I am deeply in love with this city. Exposure to high levels of air pollution significantly raises the risks of breathing difficulties, cough, lower respiratory tract infections, as well as depression and other health conditions. Children under five years old, the elderly, and people with comorbidities such as diabetes, heart disease, or respiratory conditions are most vulnerable, says a new World Bank report launched today (1). The report finds that the sites with major construction and persistent traffic in Dhaka City have the highest level of air…
Exercise 4
February 16, 2023 By: Siyuan Ge
One of the current environmental issues in British Columbia (BC) is the logging of old-growth forests, particularly in the Fairy Creek watershed on Vancouver Island. This has led to protests and blockades by Indigenous leaders, environmentalists, and concerned citizens. The government of BC has announced a deferral of logging in some areas, but many are calling for a permanent end to old-growth logging. More information can be retrieved from the article B.C. government announces additional logging deferrals for at-risk old-growth trees with the linkhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/old-growth-deferrals-bc-april-2022-1.6406017 This recent announcement by the B.C. government includes additional temporary measures to protect the province’s…
Documentary Reflection – The Social Value of Activism
February 2, 2023 By: Richard Scott
The report I found is from CTV news, on 3 May 2022. It’s about saving old growth forests in BC. I’m all for sustainable development but after this unit, I feel more strongly about saving parts of nature that can’t come back for hundreds or even thousands of years. Old growth forests have been decimated across our province and it’s disgusting to see it continuing. In regards to the story and the ways activists are trying to create public awareness to change government policies, I’m not so sure it’s a good idea to disrupt traffic in BC cities. But on…
Documentary Reflection
December 11, 2022 By: Ellen Ross T00611006
Documentary Reflection I am going to review the work of the Ancient Forest Alliance ( AFA) using a video and a narrative that was produced in 2021. It was produced in cooperation with the Tla’amin First Nation, of Powell River BC. The historic significance of Powell River was a large influx of white settlers that were brought here from mainly European Countries. These workers heavily logged the area then used the logs to develop pulp and paper, at what was then the worlds largest pulp and paper mill.[1] At that time there was no consultation with the Tla’amin First Nation…
Exercise #4: Documentary Reflection
November 1, 2022 By: Rao Fu
The documentary that I selected is called Canadian Tar Sand Controversy and the Ultimate Oil Sands Mine Alberta Canada. To satisfy the increase in global energy demand, more natural resources need to be extracted, such as fossil fuels and tar sand. Currently, 85% of global energy demand is met by burning fossil fuels (Giesy, 2010). However, since humans had already maintained the rapid development of the industrialized world based on fossil fuels for decades, the reserves of conventional crude oil are shrinking continuously, which led to the fluctuation of oil prices and oil shortage problems. It is because of the…