Slash and burn

Participating in the Problem Mapping Dialogue project gave me new insight into how groups function. I believe this experience will serve me well as I go through my college career and work on various group assignments. My group for this project excelled in some areas but faced some obstacles in other aspects of the assignment. This activity provided us with solid feedback about what parts of group work we do well and what we need to improve for the future. One strength that I observed among my…

Animal’s frantically running back into the forest fearful of heavy machinery and chainsaws destroying what they once called home. Tree stomps and logs and dead trees as far as the eye can see. These are probably the heart-breaking images one would see going into the Amazon Rainforest today. The Amazon Rainforest is home to 40,000 plant species, 427 species of mammals, 1,300 species of birds, 378 species of reptiles, 400 or more species of amphibians, and close to 3000 species of fish. This means…

Theodore Robert Cowell or as many people would refer to him as Ted Bundy, was a notorious serial killer and rapist who was born on November 24th 1946 and was executed by an electric chair on January 24th 1989. Ted 's ' mother Eleanor Louise Cowell gave birth to him in Burlington, Vermont. When Ted was born, Eleanor left Ted for three months and returned to Philadelphia. Later, Teds ' grandparents pretended to adopt Ted and said that Eleanor was his sister. Many people believed that Bundy was a…

Our Effect on Earth and Effects of Global Warming Due to Deforestation Deforestation is one of the main causes of CO2 emissions in the world. The tearing down of trees and forests are leaving a lasting effect on our earth and the atmosphere. Deforestation is tearing down trees and lumber from the forest, whether this is done legally or illegally, this practice is a very controversial one. The process of logging begins with cutting down the trees needed to cut into logs. These trees are then…

Starting in 1492, a whole new world was discovered. A world based on the idea that the Earth is a power not to be disrespected. From this world spawned the many who walked among it. An estimated 562 different Native American tribes covered this new world, but they did not control it. Instead, they let the world control them. I am Nathan Witt. My grandfather is JW Witt, a proud member of the Comanche tribe. This tribe was one of many which is credited with altering our perspective of agriculture…

space to farm: in the Amazon. Highways and roads were built in the Amazon for transportation purposes. However, introducing these people into the forest to farm became an issue. (Johnson 24) “The new settlers, practicing a type of farming known as slash-and-burn, had a disastrous effect on the health of the forest.” (Johnson 24). Deforestation/ Destruction of Natural Habitats. Deforestation is the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for other uses. (Bradford) It…

I stood there as the sweat ran down my palms, I looked out the lightly tinted windows from my classroom. I could see my pale skin, shaking, watching drops of sweat hit the floor. My honey-colored eyes turned dark as a marble. I watched every cop frozen with unexplainable fear in their eyes. There they stood, stiff and surrounding our school like scavenging vultures. Camouflaged in navy war-gear, masked with glissing plastic from head to toe. “What were they afraid of?” "Everyone, EMERGENCY!…

Agricultural geography is another subfield of geography that plays an important part in our world today and has been very important since it began during the first Agricultural Revolution. Agriculture is thought of as the production of food for human consumption and can be classified into four types of economic activity to focus on what is being produced. Primary economic activity involves extracting resources directly from nature through events like mining, hunting, fishing, farming, and…

things they did for agriculture was that they farmed maize, beans, and squash. The reason this is so unique is because there were a few different methods they used when farming. The first method they used was slash and burn, this was when they would cut down the growth in an area and then burn it, and then use the resulting field to plant their next crop. This method seems pretty interesting for one because for one the ashes left over could be used as added soil nutrition, and when they used…

lesson that the mass producers of cattle and fish could learn. The Inca people of Latin America had a handle on how each city used their own land and resources for their own food and how to save their land from degradation, unlike the current slash and burn techniques that are being used. Respecting the earth and using sustainable methods of agriculture are traditions held by indigenous people that should be transferred onto the rest of the…