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october 22 class

In class last week i learned about all the different types of soil. i was interested to hear about the reststance pests develop when we use pesticides. i thought the genetically modified food is so crazy. i heard on the news the new super broccoli they made. this is so crazy, what will we come up with next.

Invasive Species

I have a long term interest in the invasive species problem. We humans have a long history of introducing new plants and animals to new environments. Many invasive plants and animals were introduced to new environments by past generations without knowing there would be long term effects to the native environment. But many countries including our own have introduced plants or animals thinking they would solve a problem and instead created a bigger one. The Kudzu in the south is just one example of this.

Many plants and insects also came into this country by accident like the stink bug. Which is thought to have come into this country in packing crates from China or Japan. They are destroying crops and invading our homes.

Australia introduced more than just rabbits to their country. They also introduced the Cane Toad to solve a Scarab beetle problem in sugar cane. The Cane Toad has cause as many problems as the rabbits, Eating everything in sight but the beetle.

I also have an invasive story in my family history. My Mother told me how my great grandmother was so home sick for her family and farm life, after she got married, that she brought back a weed to her new home and planted in her flower bed. How many years later, my mother had to pull those weeds as a child. If she complained, her mother would tell her, blame it on your grandmother she planted them.

1st video

This video and our 1^st class reminded me to be more responsible with the resource I use. I get lazy sometime when it comes to recycling; it is easier to just throw away. So I made a conscious effort to be more proactive with recycling in my home.

I think it is important to remind ourselves now and again to look at our daily life and see how we are effecting the environment. What resource we are using and how we can conserve some of these resources. We should all have a goal to leave the plant better then we found it.

This video reminded me of a Native American Proverb.

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children

economics and environment

The video on how economics plays a role in environmental issues was a total different way of looking at the problem for me. It will take awhile to digest this information.

I learned from the video that government does need to play a role in the environment but we need to change the way government policy is handled today.

I never thought about how economist plays a role in environmental issue. This video gave me a lot of food for thought.

september 28th class

This week in class we went over natural selection and some of the studies that darwin did. We learned how diffrent speices adapt to better survive in their enviorment. Also how humans can domesticate animals to breed traits they like. Which result in diffrent breeds. This also can be done with plants as well. Another thing we talked about was how diffrent organisms get their energy. Some make their enegry while other feed off producers to obtain their energy.

invasive speices

From this weeks video its clear to see the human impact of new speices that thirve in areas that are not their natural habitat. Also how bringing animal in to take care of one problem can lead causing bigger problems in the long run.