- Michael
Pollan – Gives a plant’s eye view – 2007 - Michael
Pritchard's water filter turns filthy water drinkable - 2009 - Jared
Diamond on why societies collapse – 2003 - Paul
Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world – 2008 - Yann Arthus-Bertrand captures
fragile Earth in wide-angle – 2009 (You tube) - John
Kasaona: How poachers became caretakers -2010 - James
Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss - Corneille
Ewango is a hero of the Congo forest – 2008 - Eric
Sanderson pictures New York -- before the City – 2009 - Willie
Smits restores a rainforest – 2009 - Jeremy
Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean - 2010 - Stephen
Palumbi: Following the mercury trail - 2010 - Al Gore
on averting climate crisis – 2006 - Capt.
Charles Moore on the seas of plastic – 2009 - Al
Gore's new thinking on the climate crisis – 2008 - Nalini
Nadkarni on conserving the canopy - Edward
Burtynsky on manufactured landscapes - Brian
Skerry reveals ocean’s glory and horror – 2010 - David
Gallo shows underwater astonishments – 2007 - David
Gallo on life in the deep oceans – 1998 - Richard
Preston on giant trees – 2008 - Cary Fowler: One seed at a time, protecting the future of food – 2009
- Hans
Rosling on global population growth – 2010 - Michael
Shermer on strange beliefs – 2006 - Adam
Savage on the Dodo bird - Carolyn
Steel on how food impacts cities - Dennis
vanEngelsdorp: a plea for bees – 2008 - Shimon
Steinberg: Natural pest control… using bugs! - 2010 - William
McDonough on Cradle to Cradle
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10. Willie
ReplyDeleteSmits restores a rainforest – 2009
Loss of habitat lead to the capture of orangutans which also led to the creation of Somboja Lestari “Towards life in Harmony.” Located in the city of Balikpapan, Indonesia. First intentions were to protect the orangutan’s natural habitat in a forest, but then expanded to help a poor city in chaos where automatically 3,000 people got jobs, also a huge economic value of the forest, everyone was fully involved. The reforestation led to climate change, no more fires and floods which use to be continuously common. Due to human influence the forest was restored which once was a waste land. Also the temperature lowered 3-5 degrees Celsius, air humidity up 10%, rainfall up 25%, 137 species of birds migrated, 9 species of primates, and all happened cause of integration. Human influence was the main factor of agro-forestry. And new forms of energy by the use of ethanol made my sugar palms (Biofuels). As a result orangutans became healthy and continue to contribute to the ecosystem of the new forest.
Torres, Jose
APES Period 1
1. Michael
ReplyDeletePollan – Gives a plant’s eye view – 2007
One factor that changed due to human influence is from a bees perspective they see us, humans, as a sovereign being that's focus on doing a task that relates to nature such as planting potatoe crops in a garden near a bee hive. Michael Pollan said that when he writes stories he tells the reader what the writer feels in how he describes his point of view on any subject like nature. In the video he talks about how to see nature from their perspective like viewing humans from a plant's eye view. Another factor that relates to human influence is how technology and nature alike helped us figure out how nature works and how it interacts with everything around its surrounding environment. The video talks about how the cow grazes upon land and how the farmer uses chickens to make them eat the maggots and flies that are inside the meat patties of the cow. In the process of the chickens eating parts of the patty they spread the cow manure around the area as well. While all of this is happening the farmer receives forty thousand pounds of beef, thirty thousand pounds of pork, and twenty-five thousand dozen eggs, twenty thousand broilers, one thousand turkeys, and one thousand rabbits; which is an immense amount of food grown from a hundred acres of land. From a plant's eye view, when they decrease in size and in plant material they destroy their own roots and the organisms in the soil work together to break down the roots from the plant material and produce new soil. Pollan quotes, "More for us, less for nature," meaning that humans use technology to get whatever they want from nature and don't sustain what they're getting from it, which is causing less for nature and the depletion of the environment.
Viray, Andrew
Period 1 APES
This video features Shimon Steinberg, who practices several different sciences, which help him understand biological pest control. Biological pest control is the use of living organisms to reduce populations of noxious plant pests. Shimon starts off by stating that natural pest control exists in every plant in any area, and by discovering how certain pests are damaging plants and knowing the process, humans can figure out which bugs can be naturally used as agents to protect plants from pests. Shimon then gives an example through the pest spider mite, which is devastating to leaves by sucking out the nutrients. He shows that the spider mite can be defeated with the predatory mite, which is even just about as small as the spider mite. The next example that Shimon uses is the pest aphid. The aphid is deadly to leaves because it exposes leaves to a black fungus and turns the leaves black, but can be countered with its natural enemy the parasitic wasp. The final example Shimon displays is a pest called thrips, which carries viruses that rot vegetation, and are defeated by the minute pirate bug.
ReplyDeleteAfter giving the examples, Shimon suggests how biological pest control should be carried out. His example is a faculty in northeast Israel where natural enemies of pests are grown in population to help spread the use of biological pest control. In addition, Shimon claims that this phenomenon would not disrupt the natural balance because the natural balance has already been disrupted by pests and chemicals. As a result, Shimon believes that biological pest control would bring biological balance to agriculture, and proves with pictures that biological agents are safer for humans, unlike the potential risks of chemicals. Shimon even shows that biological pest control is very effective by displaying statistics that state that natural enemies to pests killed 75% of the pests in sweet pepper fields, and 80% in strawberry fields. The next reason Shimon argues for biological pest control is that pests would be extremely unlikely to resist their enemies, other than to chemical control in which pests could likely begin to resist. Then, Shimon points out that the more biological pest control is spread in the public demand, the more the agricultural field will begin to use more biological control. The final thing that Shimon makes aware is that worldwide biological control would cost $250 million, while worldwide chemical control would cost $2.5 billion.
My overall thoughts of Shimon’s presentation are highly positive. He supported his arguments with solid information and smoothly transitioned from one point to another. I cannot find any holes in his argument because he greatly covered the environmental, social, and economic advantages of biological pest control. The one question I have for his entire lection is what he predicts will happen when pests get almost completely wiped out and the natural agents are left without food. Overall, I have instantly become a supporter of biological pest control.
2. Michael~ Pritchard's water filter turns filthy water drinkable -2009
ReplyDeleteIn this thought-provoking video, Michael indroduces his two breath-taking inventions. As a concerned samaritan, he creates the ingenius "life-savor" bottle. The "life-savor" bottle contains advanced technology filtering contaminants such as the tuberculosis bacteria and the polio virus. By filtering out these contaminants, the bottle is able to produce and provide clean, safe, and sterol drinking water. This exclusive bottle, amazingly lasts for 6,000 liters. By using the same technology he was able to create a larger purifier in a jerry can. The jerry can processes 25,000 liters of water, good enough for a family of four to use for three shocking years.
From hearing about the past tragedies in developing countries and by thinking inversely, Pritchard was inspired to make a difference in these victum's lives. After the asian tsunami struck, people were forced to drink contaminated water or endure death. As a developed country, when Hurricane Katrina hit, we delayed aiding the victums. Chaos rose and people were shooting eachother for T.V sets and water. It took five days to get safe drinking water to the superdome. By investing in these smart "life-savor" bottles and sending them to deprived developing countries, people can stay put and make thier own sterol drinking water. His inventions are also economically friendly because the jerry can,is good enough to support a family of four, for three years, costing only 1/2 a cent per day. Mothers and children wont have to walk miles to retrieve thier water anymore, and the two million kids that die everyday from water contamination will live.
#19 David
ReplyDeleteGallo shows underwater astonishments-2007
Deep sea discoveries have been shocking the world. In this video, it shows how many of the unknown underwater species are hiding away in deep water beds when there is no light. Many of these fish species have the ability to light up at the bottom of the ocean, making it seem like Christmas. Human influnce has not made these amazing abilities stop but many people aren't able to see these fishes work their magic. David also raises the idea that in shallow water, marine biologist's can study many things about the different species of marine animals that live there. There is a part in the video that shows how octopus can campflouge themselves in any type of texture and color. Its truly amazing because the become invisible in an instant. This could help us in the future when we decide to study their ways of being able to do that and use it for science.
Jonathan De La Cruz
24.) Michael
ReplyDeleteShermer on strange beliefs – 2006
Micheal Shermer publishes Skeptic Magazine which debunks myths, urban legends, and etc. The key idea of the video is that you can't prove anything without direct facts and most of what we believe in is either illusions or made up. We have to have to things that will ensure we actually see or believe in something real, which is clear sight and a proper theory. These two factors have improved due to human influence. An example Shermer gave was Galileo's observations of Saturn in 1610. Since Galileo had a very poor view of it due to his microscope he thought Saturn was made up of three bodies.Christiaan Huygens solved the problem in 1655. Huygens had a better microscopic view of Saturn and a better theory of planetary rings. So we know that the two most important things we need for figuring something out are clear data, and improved theory.
#24 Michael
ReplyDeleteShermer on Strange Beliefs - 2006
This video is quite interesting. This video shows and tells the various types of sciences particularly relating to those of the paranormal sciences. Michael Shermer states that science and skepticism require that we look for natural explanations for all phenomena. In reality, not everything happens simply for a reason, there are explanations and reasons which results in certain phenomenas. Skepticism is another main idea in this video. Skepticism is used to denote any questioning attitude or some degree of doubt regarding claims that are elsewhere taken for granted. All other factors such as skeptics and science will reduce the quality of your data, which results in biased reports, and in some cases, explanations. This is why Michael Shermer used science to logically back up any information regarding extra terrestrial phenomena. Strange beliefs is much more of an opinionated belief rather than a fact. Science is what proves all matter on earth, and how we see anything is merely an opinion.
Eric Sanderson pictures New York.
ReplyDeleteThings that changed because of human influence is everything, many animals have gone extinct which made New York City not very diverse in animals than it was 400 years ago. The meadows ,stream and rivers have disappeared under the city. Eric Sanderson sees the future to be green and original again. He has a dream that I think would be very hard to make happen. The connection between all the animals and their habitats is like a social network.
#7 James Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss
ReplyDeletein this video, James Balog explains the invisible truth about global warming and aboout how there has been drastic climate changes around the world, especially places like Greenland, and Alaska. Where the changes are drastically. he explains how 95 percent of glaciers around the world are shrinking because of temperature changes. He thought of a way to be able to show people that science isnt arguing about this anymore, and that it is really happening now. He thought about using time-lapse cameras, that take pictures every certain amount of time, and that way there was actual proof of what goes on throughout places like Alaska. Balog designed a way to place &leave 33cameras that are solared powered to record the evolution of the glaciers. The Earth has a bad "fever", in the last 100 years temperatured have increased 1.3 degrees ferenheight, and .75 degrees celcius. the temperatures nowadays are way outside of what is "normal". Basically, if these cameras wouldnt record allt his people wouldnt find out about what goes on. "people need to rise to the occasion" is what james Balog believes we should do.
Kathya Guevara(:
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#12
ReplyDeleteStephen Palumbi: Following the mercury trail
Stephen is trying to get the point across that the oceans health then determines our health. He gives the connection between the two and shows how toxins that are found in the bottom of the food chain find their way into our bodies. He says "to keep us happy we need to keep our mother happy" and as in Mother he means mother nature. He exposes us to the truth about his findings in the Japanese fish market and what was said to be whale meat is actually dolphin meat and he talks about the metal trails in the ocean but doesn't specifically discuss mercury.As an ecologist he says that they see much more than we do and he wants to open our eyes to new things. They see the destruction that goes on unlike we do. Pollutants have been placed in the ocean because of us.
Dennis Van Engelsdorp: A Plea for Bees
ReplyDeleteIn A Plea for Bees the major idea is how bee populations are declining at a rapid pace. Over the 2008 winter it is said that over 36% of bee colonies were lost. This loss can be acredited to one of two things. Either the colony collapse disorder or the bee flu. recently, bees have been getting this flu a lot more easily then they use to be able to. This, can be countered by the purchase of bees through the internet or even the splitting of a surviving colony. The only thing is that when you split a colony one of the new colonies will not have a queen, so you have to purchase a queen through the internet. That should cover those losses. But, loss of bee colonies really hurt beekeepers that make their profits solely off of beekeeping. It is also said that if we didn't have bees our diets would be limited because bees are help many of the fruits and vegetables we eat grow. Bees are the sex for plants and fruits. They pollinate the plants so that they are able to grow. Also, another cause for bee depletion is nature deficit disorder. This is when we do not try to connect with the environment around us. For example, we should have meadows instead of lawns because that is where wildlife such as bees, butterflies, and many other insects can grow. Those were the main ideas in Dennis Van Engeldorp's A Plea for Bees.
Tyler Fukumoto
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# 11
ReplyDeleteJeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean - 2010
in this video it walks about how we destroyed out ocean.. obviously... he talks about how we got it wrong and how we are killing it by over fishing and sea urchants are dieing and how much the reefs have changed. this problem is continually getting worse and worse. over fishing polution and climate have been tied into how the ocean is being affected. he shows how the fish back then have completely changed to how they are now... over fishing has caused us to get rid of most big fish. not only the fish are disappearing the way that they are fishing is killing the habitat of the ocean and the fish at which we fish and how we scrape on the ground of the ocean. we have managed to make the most substantial damage to the ocean in the last 150 years. the magnitude of the ships and how the wastes are put of the boats cause oceanic problems. another form of pollution is all the artificial nitrogen and it runs down the rivers and at same time feeds plankton. overpopulation of plankton and unknowingly the plankton die of old age which never happens. using more oxygen and cause more environmental problems. water pollution is something that is very bad and very unfocused on. the climate change is how the arctic is melting and how the sea level is getting bad. 80 percent of the carls blached and died. each thing doesnt happen in a vacuum and make the hole vasetly greater. the question is how will the oceans be later on in life? we know for a fact that there will be almost no fish. i think that this is something we should defianitely look into because me personally i know that things usually happen in a domino affect and the way the environment works is that everything sort of relies on everything and if one thing goes down then many other things will soon go down. i feel that if all water goes down then there will be a lot of problems later on in life.the main thing to fix is ourselves. we must fix put greed and nobility of living in a selfish world we live in.
Timmy Barker
Kahikina, Dannica
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March 7, 2011
A ples for bees, by Dennis VanEngelsdorp.
Key points:
-We lose 30% of the bee colonies over the winter
-It’s as if the bees have caught the flu
-We don’t have the answer to “WHY is this happening?”
-If you lose colonies, beekeepers can replace it very quickly
-Beekeepers can replace the 30%
-Importance is not the honey, but the pollination.
-One in three bites is in/directly pollinated by honeybees
-If no bees, our diet would be diminished
-“Bee is the messenger of love”
-More species of bees than mammals & birds combined
-Before there was 400+ breeds, now down to 32
-It’s not just honeybees, it’s all types of bees
-Not jus bees, bats are being wiped out too
-NDD: Nature Deficit Disorder
-Make meadows, not lawns
-Get a beehive, grow a meadow and change the future
Factors changed due to human influence:
1.When the bee’s are eliminated, the beekeepers are able to replace the same amount of bees by using a bee farm and breeding them.
2.The moving of lawns provide for 5% of greenhouse gasses, so why have a lawn when you can grow a meadow? Meadows = Bees
" The journey of transformation is extremely exciting. "
Per. 1
ReplyDelete#6 John Kasaona:
How poachers became caretakers-2010
John Kasaona focuses on problems in Namibia, Africa. Namibia is double the size of California and is the home to 2.1 million people and is also where John Kasaona was born and raised. He discusses about problems with animals dying out caused by poaching like in the 1990's when America was fighting against the soviet interest in Aferica for control and the armies began to hunt for rhino horns and elephant tusks (ivory). Then, whithin that same decade, there was also a drought that almost killed everything esle which led to hungry predators having to find alternatives for feeding, and with the story that Kasaona told about a boy that was taken away by a lepord in his sleep, they were starting to go into areas populated by people. But once the world wildlife fund (WWF) starting getting involved in small oganizations in Namibia called conservancies only a few exizted but with the help of WWF they were able to create 60 conservancies which is run by the community for their own benitfit, allowing the protection of 30 million acres of land in Namibia rsing the numbers in predators and their prey like like lions before there were only about 20 in Nambia but now there are over 130 and less than one thousands zebras exsisted but now there are tens of thousands of zebras and otehr animals which led predators aways from people populated areas and were able to feed well. The conservancies raised $5.7 million which is put into education and infrastructure which was able to improve the lives in 1 out of every 8 namibians. "No where else in the world have people adopted conservation at this scale."
#17 Edward
ReplyDeleteI sometimes wonder how mountains are made, how cities are made, why certain dams are in the places they are in, but something we dont ask is if we humans made them look in that certain way. Edward in this video showed a presentation of many photographs of landscapes such as mountains and little parts of nature that then went into showing how we as humans have damaged our earth by the way we are making certain landscapes. In the video he shows many different landscapes from beautiful mountains to mountains of tires and oil fields here in California. Edward was also talking about our ancestors digging up coal and from digging up coal it led to them constructing coal mines which make certain areas of our world look they way they do. Many coal mines look like they have just white walls and rocks surrounding the work area as seen in the video. He also didnt just stick to many photographs that he took here in the U.S. but in other parts of the world such as India and Asia.In India they showed many people at work to take apart oil rigs and machinery piece by piece. In China that was the big problem. China basically has a population problem that needs to be controlled. The population growth leads to many people being relocated to live elsewhere so they can build skyscrapers in that area. China also tried building the biggest dam until they ran into problems one being them having to relocate two cities. All the people had to help in the destruction of the cities they were leaving with the major buildings being destroyed with dynamites. Many of the workforce in china is phenomenol with them moving at a miraculous speed and taking quick breaks. They recycle %50 of the computers we throw away and also recycle copper and different metals. Their population growth causes the destruction of buildings which causes pollution, and the building of different skyscrapers also is inputted a lot of energy and workforce and is using a lot of our natural resources in order to build such thing. Building skyscrapers, overpopulation, mountains of trash such as tires, and coal mines are only effecting our environment. Edward is trying to take photography to another level by being able to take photos globally in order to show us human being how we are affecting our planet. We live everyday lives and drive cars, but do we know where are used tires go, or where our oil came from, or what people did to get the oil. Everything we do as human beings affect us too and Edward is trying to fix it slowly with photography. He wants to show us everything we dont see in our everyday lives and we can fix it slowly with everyday things such as recycling not wasting as much water, and etc.
-Juan Quintanilla
Al Gore on Averting Climate Crisis
ReplyDelete• Cars and trucks are vehicles of concern
• Buildings release more emissions
• Things we can do….
1. Reduce emissions from your home energy use (insulation and green electricity)
2. Reduce emissions from your cars (hybrid and carpool)
3. Buy the most energy-efficient devices
4. Live a “carbon neutral” life.
5. Reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
• Climatecrisis.net can tell your carbon footprint
• Make business carbon neutral
• Integrate climate solutions into all your innovations.
• Invest sustainably.
• Become a catalyst for change and teach others.
• Raise awareness in your community
• Become politically active
• Capping carbon dioxide and trading it.
• Mass persuasion
• This is not a political problem but an environmental one.
Carolyn Steel: How food shapes our cities
ReplyDeleteEvery day, in every city on earth enough food has to be produced, transported, bought and sold, cooked, eaten, disposed of. We’re actually as dependent on the natural world as our ancient ancestors were. And as more of us move into cities, more of that natural world is being transformed into extraordinary landscapes. As more of us move into cities, more of us are eating meat, so that a third of the annual grain crop globally now gets fed to animals rather than to us human animals. And given that it takes ten times as much grain to feed a human if it's passed through an animal first, that's not a very efficient way of feeding us. If we keep like this, by 2050 it's estimated that twice the number of us are going to be living in cities. And it's also estimated that there is going to be twice as much meat and dairy consumed. Six billion hungry carnivores to feed, by 2050, that's a big problem. Because if we carry on as we are, it's a problem we're very unlikely to be able to solve. 19 million hectares of rainforest are lost every year to create new agriculture land. It takes about 10 calories to produce every calorie of food that we consume. However, half the food produced in the USA is currently thrown away. And to end all of this, at the end of this long process, we're not even managing to feed the planet properly. A billion of us are overweight, while a further billion starve. We don't value food. We don't trust it. So instead of trusting it we fear it. And instead of valuing it we throw it away. As Carolyn said “We know we are what we eat. We need to realize that the world is also what we eat. But if we take that idea, we can use food as a really powerful tool to shape the world better.”
Dennis Inestroza
#14. Brandy Molina
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Charles Moore on the seas of plastic – 2009
"only we humans make waste that nature can't digest" so says Charles Moore. In this video featuring Charles Moore, Moore talks about how we humans are able to make so much trash but yet aren’t able to throw it away or recycle it. Since we don’t recycle all the waste it ends up in the ocean, lakes etc. But Moore emphasizes in plastic beverage bottles. One major factor that humans have influenced is not recycling. Moore talks about how plastic bottles are the hardest waste to recycle and how that is killing our aquatic animals. Since plastic beverage bottles are not recycled they end up in the ocean and what is killing the animals are the plastic taps. Thousands of animals are killed every day by eating the taps thinking its food. Most of the trash in the ocean is plastic beverage bottles. Statistics show that every 5 minutes plastic beverage bottles are used everyday in the U.S. This is not only affecting us now but it also going to affect our future generations that are yet to come. When the trash travels through sea it ends up in the other side of the world- the Philippines. People in non developed countries suffer due to our trash. Children are inside the dirty water with so much trash in search for food. We need to stop this now and start recycling.
29) William McDonough- Cradle to Cradle
ReplyDeleteIn this TED video, William McDonough discusses Cradle to Cradle, which is a way of designing systems. The goal of Cradle to Cradle is to achieve a delightfully diverse, safe, healthy, and just world with clean air, clean water, soil, and power economically, ecologically, and elegantly enjoyed. To attain this, Cradle to Cradle takes materials and places them into enclosed cycles so that these materials may be reused and recycled infinitely. McDonough separated these cycles to two types; biological nutrients and technical nutrients. Biological nutrients are natural and organic, and can be decomposed and placed back into nature. Technical nutrients are human made materials that can be reused
Improper waste disposal of materials leads to destruction of our environment. For example, in the Pacific Gyre there was found to be six times more plastic then there was plankton. Safe, reliable recycling of materials with Cradle to Cradle prevents such incidents from occurring.
A successful product discussed by McDonough is a type of carpet, which is infinitely reusable. Also reusable is a type of Nike shoe, in which the top is made of polyester, which is recyclable, and the sole of the shoe is biodegradable.
Lastly, McDonough discusses a current city designing project in Liuzhou, China. In this building project, everything is accessible to you with just a five minute walk. Also, their waste treatment is quite complex. Waste is taken to treatment centers, which makes natural gas, and this powers fuel in the city needed to cook. Solar power will also be a very important energy source in the city. The land will be lifted upon rooftops, with easier access to the sun. This city will be prosperous and sustainable thanks to the ideas of Cradle to Cradle.
-Justine Arisue
"6 Ways Mushrooms Can Save the World", a video by Paul Stamets that shows us that even the smallest of resources are significant in helping our planet. The video focuses on mycelium, part of a fungus that stretches out in miles and miles of branches. To be exact, one cubic inch of land is equivalent to miles of mycelium. This fungi root holds nutrients and provides nutrients for plants and other resources; it is like humans in which mycelium absorbs oxygen and lets out carbon dioxide; it converts cellulose to ethanol that we can use as fuel; it attracts unwanted pests and termites; it absorbs oil and produces enzymes; it is one of the best sources of antibiotics; it is a gateway to a new and improved biological community.
ReplyDeleteMycelium can have an overall impact on the planet as it has several benefits and factors that would help save the Earth. This includes: antibiotics, preventing the use of pesticides, fuel substitution (lowering air pollution), providing nutrients, renewing soil, and increasing biodiversity. Mycelium grows mostly in old-growth forests. From there, these roots would channel other roots that connect to other resources and help provide enough nutrients. Using this clever fungi part would help the earth in all ways possible economically, politically, socially, and culturally. We must think of long term effects, and mycelium fungi WILL help with that thought process.
25. Adam Savage on the Dodo Bird
ReplyDeleteWatching Mythbusters host Adam Savage in this video that at first appears to be about a dodo bird and transforms into something more was very intriguing and captivating to watch. Savage first brought up about his interest in dodo bird skeletons. The dodo was a flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius and went extinct due to habitat degradation and other human activities. He then goes on to explain about how museums currently have no actual dodo bird bones in their collections. After seeing a photo of a dodo bird, his so-called "obsession" began - where he wanted to create a replica of said bird. After observing photos, models, and looking at enough references, he was able to create a replica skull of the dodo bird. However, he was not thinking of the entire bird, just the skull, though eventually he did move onto making the entire skeleton. Savage explains how all his life he has been "fascinated by objects and the stories they tell" and how he wants to replicate these objects for himself, which lead him to his next project, a replica of "the Maltese Falcon" from the novel and movie. He used the same process to replicate it and Savage really meticulously explains the entire process and techniques he used in order to accomplish this task. He used an idea which then turned into a bit of an obsession and using the creative process, kind of progressed into something bigger he never really expected to happen. This concept can not only be applied for recreational purposes, but for others as well. When you have a single idea you want to make happen, if you have the drive and willingness to, you can accomplish your goals.
#8 8.Corneille Ewango is a hero of the Congo forest – 2008
ReplyDeleteThis video is about Cornielle Ewango, the journey he made to get where he is now, and the sacrifices he made for his country. When Ewango was young he poached, hunted, and killed animals alongside his relatives. Around the age of 17, he decided he wanted to get an education. Even though his father opposed this decision because of the lack of money, Ewango continued his education until he felt that he wanted to be a doctor in order to help his community and improve the quality of healthcare. After the realization that his passion was for plant botany and topical ecology, he began working with the Wildlife Conservation Society. It wasn’t until war broke out in his country that he faced true obstacles. Soldiers that passed through the Okapi Faunal Reserve ( one of Congo’s richest sites of protected area) looted everything and even killed zoo animals. Soldiers destroyed hours worth of work and tedious labor of Ewango and the reserve’s staff. He comments on the language of war, “everywhere there is constant extraction of minerals, killing of animals, logging timbers.” He also gives an example of how choices that people in developed countries effect the lives of people in developing countries, the cell phone example. Ewango travelled to Uganda on bikes to save some his and his coworkers work. Ewanga states how the war has brought conflict of interest : reserve interest in plants, animals, organisms while the “war” is interested in its soldiers, profits, and resources. Ewango took charge of negotiating with soldier to help the reserve, its staff, and the surrounding population. Via email he made people aware of the war’s progress.
The most powerful thing that Ewango said was when he was asked “How can we help?” His biggest concern was people’s education, “people act on ignorance.” He said that if he knew that killing elephants harmed biodiversity then he wouldn’t have done it.
Two factors that changed:
1.the biodiversity of ecosystems, (poaching, hunting, soldiers killing animals.)
2.war’s need for resources led to mining and other methods of getting resources.
Lucia Lobato
Kevin Ruiz
ReplyDeleteThis video was very important du to the fact that we are very reliable on fish and marine products and we never realize it. Fish farms try to hard feeding fish a lot of waste and they don’t even know it. Instead of making the fish taste better they are destroying the natural taste. It takes us to use up 15 pounds of other types of fish to just produce 1 pound of tuna on these fish farms that is really bad and very wasteful. The only place that isn’t doing all of this is a gigantic fish farm that feeds itself naturally its an ongoing process that goes as accordingly the flamingo eats the shrimp and the shrimp eats the phytoplankton . They sort of make fun of this because it is a farm that doesn’t feed his animals. We are over fishing some of our favorite species of fish this can be very dangerous because if we keep this up they will probably go extinct. We are constantly destroying their habitats by polluting it or just disturbing it this all affects the poor fish. This is what I learned from this video.
21.Richard Preston on giant trees – 2008
ReplyDeleteGina Ali, Period 1/APES
Throughout this video about giant trees, Redwoods to be precise, Preston portrayed how passionate he was about trees. Preston thoroughly describes the beauty of Redwoods and how amazing it is to actually climb one. He mentioned a few key ideas like the fact that the oldest living Redwoods are about 2500 years old. It was also shocking to hear that 96% of Coast Redwoods forests were cut down at one point. I learned that the Hyperian tree is the worlds largest tree. Preston did an expirement with a measuring tape stretching it out all the way, and stretching out his arms and his partners arms aswell to show the audience the diameter of the Hyperian; it's about 30 feet in diameter and 32 stories in height. It's amazing to know that you plant a small seed and over hundreds of years it sprouts into a large redwood tree. Preston mentioned the fact that Humans are the only primates afraid of heights. However, trees are populated with all kinds of organisms and at the top of these trees you'll find Huckleberry bushes which have delicious berries you can munch on as you're enjoying the beauty of the Redwoods. Preston discusses how trees can teach humans about love. He is so passionate about trees he actually implements his own personal experiences in his lecture. As he tells us that forests bring love between us because of their beauty, he tells us how he takes his children up to these trees and climbs them with them because he is a tree climber himself and this creates a beautiful bond between then. These trees are 2,000 years old but remain to be absolutely beautiful and exquisite.
"6 Ways Mushrooms Can Save the World"
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- one thing the video talks about it mycelium
- its a fungus located on many miles on branches
- one cubic inch = miles of mycelium
- it provides nutrients for plants
- it changes cellulose to ethanol used for fuel
- used to attract unwanted pest and insects that may be dangerous to plants
- it absorbs oil and creates enzymes
- considered the best source of antibiotics
- may be the result of a new biological community
- it also talks about how mycelium inhabits many capabilities to save the Earth
- for example:
- antibiotics
- prevents use of pesticides
- substitution of fuels
- renews soil
- provides nutrients
- increases biodiversity
- mycelium is located in old growth forests
- this video focuses and shows that the smallest of resources play a big role in our environment and will help our Earth little by little.
Norman rodriguez
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Hans rosling on growth population:
- he explains how the largest population growth is amongst the poorest people.
We must help these individuals out of poverty which will take care of two big challenges: Poverty and Health.
Ending global poverty and increasing child survival rate is what needs to be done in order to reach a sustainable human population.
Only by raising the living standards of the poorest in an environmental-friendly way, will population growth stop at 9 billion people in 2050.
That is Hans goal by 2050.