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  • Sydney Carroll
    Sydney Carroll published a blog post Unit 10. Our Homecoming February 18, 2024 - 12:26am
    Some of the types of front lines that are imminent here are the constant erosion of coastline in Christchurch coupled with sea level rise. The fear of another earthquake like the ones from 2011 and 2012 is also a fear because the city has only...
  • Sydney Carroll
    Sydney Carroll published a blog post Unit 9. The rebellion of love February 16, 2024 - 7:59pm
    In his article, Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native, Patric Wolfe seeks to explain that settler colonialism is experienced all over the world and is a structure and not an event. He explains that there needs to be a strategic...
  • Sydney Carroll
    Sydney Carroll published a blog post Unit 8. Sacrificial Zones February 12, 2024 - 1:26am
    There is a neighbouring town just east of Halifax is the community of North Preston which is considered a food desert. This term is used to describe an area where there are no grocery stores within a specific area of the town. A number of years...
  • Sydney Carroll
    Sydney Carroll published a blog post Unit 7. The Indigenous Economy January 28, 2024 - 1:47am
    I think the idea of an Indigenous economy sheds light on how self serving our own economic system truly is. Reading the work of Rauna Kuokkanen makes one realize that our system relies on an environment with limitless consumer good output and the...
  • Sydney Carroll
    Sydney Carroll published a blog post Unit 6. Water Credits January 21, 2024 - 2:32am
    The movement that I feel challenges the social implications of capitalism and neoliberalism is Water.org. This movement was funded by the knowledge that water scarcity is still prevalent in the global south and affects women disproportionately. In...
  • Sydney Carroll
    Sydney Carroll published a blog post Unit 5: Capitalocene Vs. Anthropocene January 14, 2024 - 1:46am
        The theory of Capitalocene changes the perspective of the effect humans have had on the earth compared to Anthropocene. This shift in perspective is due to the origin of the source of geological epoch or a shift in timelines. The...
  • Sydney Carroll
    Sydney Carroll published a blog post Unit 4: The Christchurch Earthquakes November 6, 2023 - 7:13pm
    Over the last 3 months I have called the South Island of New Zealand home, more specifically the city of Christchurch. Christchurch gained attention around the world over a decade ago when two earthquakes struck the city in September 2010 and...
  • Sydney Carroll
    Sydney Carroll published a blog post Unit 3: Our troubled relationship with the wilderness October 15, 2023 - 7:38pm
    William Cronon tests our understanding of the relationship between nature and people with his article, The Trouble with Wilderness. He explains that there is a duality in the human perspective with nature and this could be considered a romantic...
  • Sydney Carroll
    Sydney Carroll published a blog post Unit 2 October 8, 2023 - 7:45pm
    Having an understanding about property is shaped by our own desires, the lessons we take with us and our intention with the land and its resources. From the three stories shared in this unit, the idea of ownership and relations with the land are...
  • Sydney Carroll
    Sydney Carroll published a blog post Unit 1 August 22, 2023 - 8:51pm
    Robins makes a clear distinction between political and apolitical ecology in his writing. He also outlines definitions of each from the past which help to lay the groundwork for the reader's understanding- that our understanding of these elements...
  • Sydney Carroll
    Sydney Carroll published a blog post Unlearning May 29, 2023 - 3:34pm
    "Unlearning creates a relationship of truth"