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.