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Monday, May 23, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America
Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America(Film)
"It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a condition as we received it." - David Brower
This past week in class, we had the opportunity to study David Brower. David Brower was a conservationist. He fought for what sustainability means to me.
In the quote above, David Brower talks about how it's important (imperative) that we need to preserve and pass on this heritage. This heritage meaning the land that our forefathers lived on. The land that they grew their food and livestock on.
When I think of olden times, I certainly think of mountains, and nature. A time where things were simple. A time where the greatest achievement for humans would be to build the highest skyscraper. To me, David Brower was fighting for the simplicities in life. As time passes, it seems all our wild nature is increasingly decreasing.
David Brower and the Sierra Club fought to conserve and enjoy the wilderness without attractions. This simply means without the distractions of developments. No rural houses. No buildings. The wilderness the way it's supposed to be. This definitely makes me think of what we learned last term in class. We talked about how humans today are consuming way more carbon dioxide than they can recycle. It gets to the point where the massive amounts of carbon dioxide contribute to the climate change that occurs. Areas around the Earth are experiences warmer climates.
Even a slight change in climate can cause the deterioration of species. Certain plants are unable to produce and grow in warmer or colder climates, and because of the climate change, there is a huge loss of agriculture. With the loss of agricultures, there will be a loss of certain species of animals that depend on the agriculture that's at loss. To me, this was certainly what the Sierra club wanted to stop. They wanted our "heritage" to be the same. They wanted it to be unchanged for our generations ahead.
People may think "Oh, why should I care? It's not going to affect me. So what if my kids won't be able to see a polar bear?", but that's just ignorance and laziness talking. Why would you want to deprive your children of something that your parents enjoyed? People need to think about what their parents enjoyed. Their parents probably enjoyed taking hikes in nature, camping around the bonfires, going on scavenger hunts in the woods, and for someone to not care about the happiness their parents enjoyed is utter insanity. Just because you're able to enjoy a game of Angry Birds on your iPhone doesn't mean you can't enjoy other things. What's going to happen in the near future where people want to go camping, and there's not camp grounds around anymore? Will you be able to take your kids to the beach anymore with stepping in a shard of broken glass, or finding litter here and there?
Many groups like the Sierra Club work towards changing what's happening today. David Brower wanted to establish national parks. National parks are a great area where people can still glimpse nature untouched. These parks work to preserve what our forefathers had. It's a great escape from the busy world. My only wish is that the rest of the world could stop and glimpse at what we're losing as we try to work towards being the best in technology. Technology is good, but the basics is better. Our ancestors were able to survive without iPhones for the hundreds of years. Can we?
That's it for this week! :) I'll see you next week!
-Tai
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