Fullerton Arboretum Summary

For the "Get Out" part of my World Project, I went to the Fullerton arboretum. At the Fullerton arboretum, I spent the afternoon walking around enjoying the environment. In 1970 the arboretum committee decided to develop the arboretum, in efforts to save the local citrus trees. Before the arboretum started construction, it won the Disneyland Community Service Award, because of its efforts in saving the local environment. The Redevelopment Agency of the City of Fullerton, also agreed to fund basic operations of the arboretum until 2020. The twenty-six acres, was planned to be used for organic gardening, as well as saving citrus trees, and a place to put the heritage house. In 1977, after $750,000 had been raised, construction started. Two years …show more content…
This documentary focuses on how much changes in one orbit around the planet, and how human activity affects the planet. The international space station travels around the planet every ninety minutes, completing one orbit. The documentary depicts how the planet, is constantly changing, and how much it changes in ninety minutes. The planet is constantly changing, key to constant change is creating land. Volcanoes in Iceland, are essential for creating more land. Additionally, every ninety minutes the Atlantic ocean grows at the same rate as your finger nails. The documentary also shows, how much activity happens in one orbit. In one orbit, one plant, or animal becomes extinct. 23,019 babies are born, and 9,696 people …show more content…
For example, how human activity was affected by features like the marinas, and archipelagos. Dubai has a large population, and has incorporated these features into their industrialized cities. They were able to be most efficient with the environment they were given. While taking this virtual tour, I wondered why Dubai 's cultural landscape was the way it was. I know it is not uncommon to have cities built close to water, but a whole city of huge industrial building on the coast, are uncommon. I wondered why they decided to place rows of houses onto the archipelagos, as well. Why would you want to build on these small islands, that have a high potential of being damaged from the water they are surrounded by? I was surprised to find out some of the answers to the spatial perspective questions I had. I learned that the archipelagos, were manmade. I also learned, that Dubai has built more manmade islands, in the shape of the world map. Where I questioned why Dubai was building on these small islands, they were in fact also creating the islands