Bowden Presentations & Homegrown Revolution Video

3/18

Bowden Presentations:

Out of all the books we read in class our group felt like this book has been the most helpful and informative. The guide to Florida Fruit and Gardening is a book on how to start up and maintain a healthy garden. Groups presented various topics such as: How to Get Started, Starting at the Beginning with Seeds, Creating the Perfect Soil, and Watering the Garden. We enjoyed all of the prsentations. We enjoyed the group presentation that handed out the quiz after their presentation. It was a fun, creative way for everyone in class to intereact with each other.


Homegrown Revolution:
Homegrown Revolution is a short video about a family in the city during a homegrown revolution. The film takes place in downtown Pasadena. It is about the Dervaes family that have ransformed their home into an urban homestead. The Dervaes family harvests about 3 tons of organic food from their 1/10 acre garden. It was a very interesting film!

Field Trip: Estero Island Historic Cottage & Canoeing Vester

3/11
                                  Field Trip #2: Estero Island Cottage & Canoeing Vester

The ride to get to the field trip was unbearable. The traffic from spring break was terrible. However, the actual field trip made up for it in the end.

No one in our group knew that the Estero Island Cottage even existed, so we all found it very interesting. The host was very sweet, and we enjoyed the personal stories that she shared about living on the beach. Along with her personal stories the host also gave us factual information about some of the birds, insects, and mangroves that could be found around the Ft. Myers Beach area.

The canoeing vester was the best part of the field trip. Everyone in our group enjoyed being one with nature and observing all the wild life around us. Some of us in the group had never been canoeing and found our first time experience very fun! Our group was able to observe pelicans and different types of mangroves. The only downfall of the canoeing trip was that we weren't able to spend a lot of time on the water exploring because of the heavy traffic that held us up on the way there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall, the field trip was very fun but a little time pressed due to all the traffic from the spring break season.

Presentations & The Power Of Community Video

Feb. 25

In class the following presentations were given:
Grunwald
Douglas
Carson

The Grunwald chapter covered the debate of whether or not an airport should have been built in the Everglades. A base was already located near the Everglades and there was a big debate about whether or not they should make a bigger airport. The chapter covers the pros and cons that the airport would cause, as well as political aspect. The main ideas that were discussed in the chapter was that the pros of the airport would offer more job opportunities. However, the major con of the airport construction was destroying the only Everglades in the world.

Our group covered the Douglas chapter. The Douglas chapter was a long chapter describing the Everglades. The chapter wasn't so much factual information but more of descriptive information about the Everglades. The chapter covered what the grass, rock, and sawgrass look like in the Everglades and what animals can be found in these habitats.

The Carson chapter was the eye opener chapter. It was a short story about what would happen if the Earth would turn out to be like if we keep treating it the way that we do.


Overall, the presentations were all very creative and interesting.

The Power of Community Video:

The Power of Community is a documentary of how Cuba survived Peak Oil, or in other words massive reduction of fossil fuels. In 1990 Cuba's economy struggled. The soviet union had collapsed, imports of oil were cut in half and food was cut by 80 percent. The film is about how Cubans moved from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using farming and local urban gardens.



Overall our group thought it was a very interesting film.