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Unit 10. Our Homecoming
By Sydney Carroll February 18, 2024 - 12:26amSome 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...Unit 9. The rebellion of love
By Sydney Carroll February 16, 2024 - 7:59pmIn 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...Unit 8. Sacrificial Zones
By Sydney Carroll February 12, 2024 - 1:26amThere 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 ago...Unit 7. The Indigenous Economy
By Sydney Carroll January 28, 2024 - 1:47amI 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...Unit 6. Water Credits
By Sydney Carroll January 21, 2024 - 2:32amThe 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...Unit 5: Capitalocene Vs. Anthropocene
By Sydney Carroll January 14, 2024 - 1:46amThe 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...Unit 4: The Christchurch Earthquakes
By Sydney Carroll November 6, 2023 - 7:13pmOver 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...Unit 3: Our troubled relationship with the wilderness
By Sydney Carroll October 15, 2023 - 7:38pmWilliam 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...Unit 2
By Sydney Carroll October 8, 2023 - 7:45pmHaving 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...Unit 1
By Sydney Carroll August 22, 2023 - 8:51pmRobins 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...
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