Earth Day Importance

Before coming to Sierra College I was completely unaware that there was an earth day and all the issue that go along with it. It is important to the environment for earth day to take place because people, like me, can gain information on how they can help conserve and save our earth. Earth Day is a day that we can all focus on and recognize the earth for all it has and have to offer. Our future depends on it. On April 22, 1970 the first Earth Day was conducted and turned out to be a success with 25,000,000 people gathered together to show their concern for our future. This day is solely focused on finding alternatives too many destructing factors that are dwindling our environment and collaborate solutions to fix many problems. Without this day of acknowledgment many people would be in the dark of these dire situations that need to be addressed. People that attend earth day leave with better understanding on how they can help save the environment even if they are already aware of these issues. I know that from here on out I will contribute to earth day wherever I might be and further the knowledge of conservation onto others.

ANWR- Joe Maderios

I never realized how much we rely on numerous parts of the world. Alaska was one of the last places I expected to be a source for oil. With the combination of temperature and the solid glacier forms would not be the right formula for obtaining oil. I think it is phenomenal that so many habitats exist north of Alaska. I hope one day that I am able to experience the “Sarhingetti” of the wildlife reserve. It is so nice and a relief to here that there is a place on earth that can never be disturbed by construction for developing community and human population. The saddest truth about the ANWR is that one day in the somewhat near future some species will not be there from the continuous warming of the atmosphere. I didn’t know that so many species survive in such an environment. I expected less then a hundred species, including migratory animals, to survive. Hopefully we will be able to come up with an alternative for ice roads that don’t conclude in extinction all kinds of fish in the artic but it will take time. Joe Medeiros is very knowledgeable and always enjoy his lectures.

Perspective Change?

My perspective about issues regarding the environment and the human impact has changed 180 degrees. I have always cared about nature, but I never really knew how important so many issues are that relate to the environment. No one knows how the little careless actions they do impact the environment in the way that it does and continue to do so without a second thought. Most of the people that I have asked about their opinion on the environment have all responded in similar ways. “We’re not going to have a global natural disaster in our lifetime, so why worry about it.” Honestly, before this class I had a similar perspective, but also I was unaware that our planet had as many direct issues that need to addressed. Now I am fully aware of what I can do and do not let a day go by without contributing to an uphill battle on saving the environment. In my opinion, if more people took this class, we would see a more collaborative effort by a greater number of people starting to fix what is in great danger of being destroy