Environmental Science 1301- Cali Copper

Six-Point Critical Analysis Worksheet 1. Exploratory Lee Sqweeney the son of Winnemucca Buckaroo Hall of Famer Paul Sweeney begins by telling us about his childhood and how he would fish for troughs with his dad and how there used to be cattle running through eating all the green, but now the restoration brought back the green native grass. Next Jesse Brattz the ranch manager of the Sweeney Farm talks about how it is good to see the water tables rising because that means they are holding water longer, bigger flude planes meaning more plants growing, Jesse describes it as a big sponge holding water then letting it go. Then the video goes onto Jon Griggs the ranch manager at Maggie Creek Ranch in the North East corner of Nevada where the fish are called lahontan cutthroat trout, which they are very proud of because they created more stock water that brings more grass that helps them increase their herd number. Jon said “good trout habitat makes good cow habitat and good wildlife habitat...

In the United States throughout history, the environmental thought has shifted from viewing nature as a resource to be conquered and consumed to slowly realizing nature is something we need to respect and preserve. Theis & Tomkin (2018) and Russell & Fairfax (2014), help explain the evolution of environmental regulation and activism. When America first came to be, the settlers were focused on survival and Westward expansion, so nature was often seen as an obstacle. back then, nature seemed limitless. This era was shaped by the idea of “manifest destiny” which encourage expansion for economic gains (Thesis and Tonkin, 2018) By the late 19th century, the effects of unchecked industrialization became hard to ignore as pollution increased alongside water, contamination and deforestation. Muir advocated for preserving nature for its intrinsic value. (Russel and Fairfax 2014) he helped lay the groundwork for the US forest service and national Park service. A key cultural turning po...

For this paper I selected two articles both pertaining to reducing your exposure to micro plastics. The first article was about how plastic is very prevalent in our everyday lives. Micro plastics are all around us, in the air, in our food and in our water. The article claimed that we consume roughly 5 grams of plastic per week, which can be detrimental to our heart health and hormone distribution. Nevertheless, plastic production companies are producing plastic at an all time high, and the rates keep increasing. These companies claim that the plastic they use is safe, but experts worry that there are long term effects from these chemicals that can be harmful. The article touches on regulations that scientists are pushing for including better transparency and stricter policies to promote safer and more sustainable alternatives to single use plastic, and prevent exposing humans as much as possible. (Loria, 2020) The second article that was more recently written explains how micro plasti...