kaleighb commented on the blog post Week 3 Wall
Both the Inuit and the Maldivians are suffering the effects of climate change, which are bound to only get worse, unless major changes are made in other countries and cultures around the globe. The...
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I had also not really considered the culture that the ice supports. I just thought of the effect rising sea levels will have on other parts of the World, such as The Maldives. Maybe because it is a...
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This exercise was a great way to get us thinking about our individual impact on the planet. It is astonishing how ignorant some people are about how unsustainably they are living. I thought I led a...
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One of the joys of living in Vancouver is that we do have so many excellent choices in terms of food! There are farmers markets year round, as well as many natural food stores carrying local, organic...
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I thought King Corn was a great demonstration of how disconnected we truly are from our food. It followed two young men who were seemingly unaware of just how prevalent corn products are in the...
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I was surprised to hear many of the farmers in the film saying that they would not eat their own corn. I agree, this is worrisome! And it is not as though farmers that grow nutritious corn using...
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My initial reaction to the first photo was definitely negative. I am very interested in sustainable agriculture and this is the direction of my studies at UBC. So I knew that these fields were...
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I agree that industrial agriculture has been profitable, but it has been profitable for just a few large corporations, and pushed many smaller family farms out of business. If we were to move to an...
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Wendell Berry argues that we have completely changed the way that we understand the world we live in. Not only do we not understand our planet, but we no longer understand ourselves and our fellow...
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I agree that it is not very realistic to expect people to all of a sudden take the time to make bread and flour, etc, in our fast-paced lives. But I think Berry is not so much asking us all to move to...
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Up The Yangtze provided an interesting inside look at the growing modernization of China. I found it especially heartbreaking to watch Cindy’s family struggle to make ends meet. While many people will...
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I'm glad you raised the point about the shopkeeper. This was definitely hard to watch. Like you say, this is not something you would see in most industrialized countries. While the Chinese seem to be...
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I had not previously heard of Edward Burtynsky, but definitely find his work inspiring. I was able to watch the film Manufacturing Landscapes. Both the film and Burtynsky’s photos were very powerful....
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I agree with you that the images are beautiful; they are beautiful in a non-conventional way. So many emotions can be triggered from his photos depending who is looking at them, and with what views...
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kaleighb wrote a new blog post: Good for Me, Not for the Planet
My morning started out with a couple of cups of coffee which I made using Salt Spring organic coffee. While the coffee beans hail from Central America, Salt Spring Coffee is a 100% carbon neutral...
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In order to understand what is happening in this article, we must first consider how agricultural practices evolved in cities. Where having livestock in the city was at one time normal and completely...
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I like your point on how this article reflects on modern society. It is crazy how little say farmers have in how food is produced. They merely respond to demands, and use agricultural practices that...
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Through analysis of the various graphs, it becomes quite clear that specific demographics were hit much harder by the effects of Hurricane Katrina than others were. While there were some wealthy, well...
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I wonder if the areas hit the hardest had been occupied by wealthier folks, if the damage would have been as great. I imagine there would be greater government funding towards infrastructure in these...
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