Watershed Journal #2: Re-Inhabiting Taddle Creek For this week's reading journal, I read Re-Inhabiting Taddle Creek by Eduardo Sousa. This is an amazing piece of literature that describes the history of the Taddle Creek, the benefits of sustainable water usage, and the essential act of becoming and staying in tune with our specific watersheds. Ms. Sousa is highly passionate about all three of these topics and uses a high degree of persuasive language and vivid imagery to attract the reader towards her point of view. The author feels compelled to address these topics as they are important to sustainable water usage (which is the moral responsibility of every citizen on earth).…
The Bow River is one of 47 rivers In Canada the Bow River starts in the Rocky Mountains and winds through the foothills and flows flew into the prairies where is finds the Oldman River and then forming into the South Saskatchewan River then the waters in the end it flows through the Nelson River and then into the Hudson Bay and why the Bow river is called the Bow river because the First Nations people had mad Bows and had different use for the river as well the First Nations had made bow out of and they even use the valleys to hunt buffalo. And the Bow River got its name from the reeds they had grown along the river banks and the Peigans name for it was Makhabn’’, and that meaning is ‘river where bow reeds. But this river has helped us Canadians…
Introduction The starch factory stream is located in Proctor Park in Utica, NY. This stream eventually flows into the Mohawk River. It is located on the Mohawk River watershed. The Mohawk River Watershed contains “4,086 miles of fresh water rivers and streams.”…
The Burnett River’s recreational activities are ruining the environment. * So much so, that the river can be completely ruined if action is not taken. The river descends 485 metres over its length, and the length is 435 kilometres. The river flows south past Eidsvold and Mundubbera before heading east, next to Gayndah and Wallaville before entering the city of Bundaberg. Boating, fishing, and even something as seemingly innocent as camping can deeply affect the environment if done incorrectly.…
The Ohio River begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River, extending roughly 900 miles downstream and ending in Cairo, Illinois. It is the largest tributary of the Mississippi River on the basis of volume. Throughout time, the Ohio River has been called many names by different civilizations. The Shawnees called it Spaylaywitheepi, the Miami tribes- Causisseppione, the Delawares- Kitonosipi, the Spanish- Dono and Albacha, and the French- La Belle Riviére, meaning “the beautiful river.” It was called the "River Jordan" by slaves escaping to freedom in the North using the Underground Railroad in early 1800s.…
In her book Living Downstream, Sandra Steingraber blends her narrative writing style with scientific research and data to provide an accessible account of the cancer epidemic in the United States and its link to the environment. It is Steingraber’s belief that it is essential for human beings to not only question, but also understand how a lifetime of incremental exposures to chemicals like DDT, PCBs, and atrazine increase an individual’s risks of developing cancer at some point in their life. Throughout the course of the book Steingraber balances her personal experience growing up in rural Tazwell County Illinois, her diagnosis with bladder cancer in her early twenties, and how her environmental exposure to certain industrial and agricultural…
The very first instance of people in the area of the Los Angeles River were the Tongva Native Americans. Evidence suggests that they may have arrived as early as 5000 B.C.. At this time there was an abundance of both vegetation and wildlife surrounding the river ranging from berry bushes to bears. Hundreds of years later the city began to grow when Europeans settled the area in the middle of the 19th century. At this point the river was tame for most of the year but during the winter the river would flood frequently.…
There’s Something in the Water Relaxing on a beach or fishing on a river are fun activities. The water always looks clean and fresh. No one wants to look across the ocean, lake, or river, and see candy wrappers and plastic particles. Unfortunately, New Jersey waterways, specifically the ones in northern New Jersey, have been plagued with an abundance of plastic.…
The nineteenth amendment of 1920 granted women the right to vote in American elections. Though it was a huge milestone in the quest for women’s suffrage, it omits a complex discussion of its true origins in the mid to late 1800s. Many associate the movement with names like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Additionally, places like Seneca Falls, New York are tagged as the birthplace of the Women’s Rights Movement in America. In The Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and the Women’s Suffrage Movement, 1848-1898, Lisa Tetrault aims to uncover the mythological narrative constructed around the Seneca Falls Convention, as well as disclosing the factual complexities of the suffrage movement.…
I interviewed my dad and he just so happened to be in New York and not in Old Bridge, New Jersey. Being that I am only a sophomore now, I was merely 4 months old still not have breathed my first breath of air yet. My dad’s reaction at the time of the interview was rather shocked and surprised, but not depressed as he had known no one directly involved in 9/11. Living in an apartment on what he remembers, Cortlandt St. He was only staying there for about a week, and it was going his last day there as he was on a business trip. On Tuesday, September 11th, 2001 was going to be the last day for Javits Convention Center as my dad dealt with wholesale businesses and customers.…
Through going up in Green Bay and De Pere, Wisconsin, there has always been a topic that has continuously appeared and disappeared. That is the condition of the Fox River, throughout my childhood I was never able to fully use the river to swim or fish within. That is because of the dangerously high levels of pollution that are within the water. The river has been found to have 209 chemicals found in a study by Sharon A. Fitzgerald and Jeffrey J. Steuer. Throughout my studies, I have found great effort to restore the river to the conditions it had been before the comings of the paper mills.…
The Buffalo Creek Disaster is a book by Gerald M Stern, about how the survivors of one of the worst disasters in coal-mining history brought suit against the coal-mining company. The book … by Gerald M. Stern is about a disaster that happened in 1976 … The book was review by prominent persons search as the former President of the United States who termed it as “A shocking, timely book”. Also, The New York Times Book Review talked of the book as “a fascinating tale of how investigative lawyers work, intermingled with sympathetic portraits of the survivors of the disaster”. This shows the prominence of the author who was Harvard School of Law graduate.…
Mystic River and Sense of Place The film “Mystic River” is a tale not only of murder and intrigue, but that of urban crime and the sense of place that can be found in a neighborhood. The film dealt with many complex social issues, but underlying all of these issues was the neighborhood the story originated in, and the effect it had on the characters of the film. This film presents a powerful message about sense of place and the importance and occasional negative effects of having an attachment to a particular neighborhood or city.…
Have you ever crossed with a forager who is eager to teach you something? “On Dumpster Diving” Lars Eighner talks about his experience as a forager, reflects on the lessons he learned and gives the reader a strong message. On the essay he describes his lifestyle while being homeless and relying on dumpster dive to survive. He shows that to become a good “scavenger” one must invest a lot of time, effort and practice. He mentions certain rules and tips to follow when deciding where, what, and how to pick food and items from dumpsters.…
The Other Side of The River, by Alex Kotlowitz, is a story about a young black boy, Eric McGinnis, who was found dead near the river. Throughout the novel, the reader is given the chance to analyze the different perspective of social audiences on how Eric McGinnis died. We see the views of the citizens of both sides of the river, formal and informal audiences. The river, which splits the two cities, Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, symbolizes for the union that is forced upon two cities, regardless of the different social status, race, and poverty they may have.…