Environment
In a world devoted to consumption, considering where the products come from is rare. In many cases, resources are found from the uncivilized areas of the world. The result of this production is global deforestation. Deforestation results negatively on the Earth’s health. Deforestation is the mass clearing of trees which results in “the reduction of CO2 emissions” (Laborczy, Winkler). Besides the negative impact found in the Earth’s atmosphere, deforestation has a harmful impact the animals in the area. Leaving large areas of the ecosystem barren, strips animals from food and shelter. “A controlled study found that thirty-four percent of fauna had been extirpated from the study landscape” (Sreekar et al., 2015). Mass deforestation …show more content…
In “The Crow and the Snake”, the humans learned this lesson the hard way. As a result of the success of their plot, even the humans found themselves “missing some of the story telling of the birds” (Harjo). Although they found themselves free from the nuisance of the birds, they also found their lives to be dull without them. Furthermore, after the Crow, who dismantled their plot, died it was “never quite the same in the neighborhood for the crows, pigeons, starlings, and sparrows, or the humans and the dog, who missed his old crow friend. But there were new creatures born: human, dog, and bird, and they were always told the story of the birds and the snake” (Harjo). In an attempt to stop the devastation from reoccurring, the different species made the message of preserving the natural elements a value to live by. The creatures lived the tradition out by sharing the lesson with their youth. Likewise, upholding the environment echoes in “Burning the Shelter” through the value of the Native Americans. The passage further explains these values when stating; “Our Native ancestors all over this continent lived within a complex web of relations with the natural world, and in doing so they assumed a responsibility for their world that contemporary Americans cannot even imagine” (Owens.) The passage provokes a call to action to provide care for the environment, much like the Native Americans did. They found the principle of caring for the Earth so powerful that they made it their
In a world devoted to consumption, considering where the products come from is rare. In many cases, resources are found from the uncivilized areas of the world. The result of this production is global deforestation. Deforestation results negatively on the Earth’s health. Deforestation is the mass clearing of trees which results in “the reduction of CO2 emissions” (Laborczy, Winkler). Besides the negative impact found in the Earth’s atmosphere, deforestation has a harmful impact the animals in the area. Leaving large areas of the ecosystem barren, strips animals from food and shelter. “A controlled study found that thirty-four percent of fauna had been extirpated from the study landscape” (Sreekar et al., 2015). Mass deforestation …show more content…
In “The Crow and the Snake”, the humans learned this lesson the hard way. As a result of the success of their plot, even the humans found themselves “missing some of the story telling of the birds” (Harjo). Although they found themselves free from the nuisance of the birds, they also found their lives to be dull without them. Furthermore, after the Crow, who dismantled their plot, died it was “never quite the same in the neighborhood for the crows, pigeons, starlings, and sparrows, or the humans and the dog, who missed his old crow friend. But there were new creatures born: human, dog, and bird, and they were always told the story of the birds and the snake” (Harjo). In an attempt to stop the devastation from reoccurring, the different species made the message of preserving the natural elements a value to live by. The creatures lived the tradition out by sharing the lesson with their youth. Likewise, upholding the environment echoes in “Burning the Shelter” through the value of the Native Americans. The passage further explains these values when stating; “Our Native ancestors all over this continent lived within a complex web of relations with the natural world, and in doing so they assumed a responsibility for their world that contemporary Americans cannot even imagine” (Owens.) The passage provokes a call to action to provide care for the environment, much like the Native Americans did. They found the principle of caring for the Earth so powerful that they made it their