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
Documentary Reflection
May 3, 2022 By: Elizabeth Beattie
Last Autumn an extreme rainfall event known as an atmospheric river occurred in southwestern British Columbia. Researchers at the University of Victoria have published an article on their study to do with human influence on this extreme weather event that occurred (1). Though the paper is not peer-reviewed yet, I agree that this extreme streamflow and rainfall event occurred and can occur again (more often than not) predominantly because of human-induced climate change. I also believe this study could be a great stepping point towards actions to minimizing climate change and adjusting certain infrastructures in order to be better…
Documentary Reflection
March 24, 2022 By: Christopher Anyadubalu
The recent report that the Wuskwi Sipihk First Nation and Minegoziibe Anishinaabe in the Northern Manitoba are suing the Manitoba government and logging giant Louisiana-Pacific Canada for commercial timber cutting on their traditional lands.[1] The two communities team up in environmental campaign against logging and urging the court to stop the Louisiana-Pacific from timber cutting because it would hurt their people, their environment, animals/wildlife, and their sources of traditional medicines.[2] I cherish their campaign to conserve the environment owing to the incessant nature and method of timber cutting in the region for commercial purposes. Hence the important lesson, “Do not…
Exercise #4
February 27, 2022 By: TAORUI LIU
Article – Poll: 1 in 5 Canadian Conservatives not concerned ‘at all’ about climate change The article discusses the extent to which the country’s conservatives show less concern for the global warming threat. It is based on a recent report by Politico and Morning Consult indicating that left-leaning political parties seemed to have more concern for climate change relative to their right-wing counterparts. Right-leaning parties find the carbon price policy too much and unnecessary, especially to farmers. Hence, they are seeking to scrape it off with no solid replacement plan. A whopping 20% of the respondents in the poll indicated…
Documentary Reflection
February 26, 2022 By: Zhuorui Ye
Civil disobedience in environmentalism refers to a wide range of actions taken by citizens to protect the environment. They may be from civil organizations, grassroots groups, and individuals worldwide. The environmental civil disobedience movement aims to agitate for the conversation of the environment and the adoption of measures to prevent further damages.[1] Civil disobedience majorly focuses on the actions of political and corporate actors. Disobedience against the perceived apathy of government and institutions towards activities that endanger the environment is necessary.[2] Documentary evidence and media articles reveal that civil disobedience has played a significant role in the history of environmentalism…
Documentary Reflection
February 16, 2022 By: Benjamin Carson
Simmons, Matt. “These 12 B.C. Mines Pose Risks to Salmon, Caribou, Water: Report.” The Narwal, May 17, 2021. https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-mines-risks-2021-skeenawild/. This article reflects a report by Skeena Wild Conservation Trust which showcases how B.C. mines continue to pollute watersheds and develop without First Nation’s consent. Of the 12 mines identified there are some devastating details. At the top of the list is Teck, whose Elk Valley Coal mines are releasing selenium and calcite into the Elk River. Following suit are Gibraltar and Copper Mountain mines who are polluting the habitats of salmon, and endangered sturgeon species. The tailings of the…