Enbridge Northern Gateway Project

In British Columbia, one of the most controversial and current issues we are dealing with is the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines Consider the following sources of information and write about your views on the topic. Please remember to look at the kinds of comments I am expecting on the Information on the Blog page, and alse re-examine the blog rubric. The point of this exercise is to get you talking about current events, and also to get you talking to each other. That is an important part of the mark. Don’t be scared to have an opinion, and don’t be scared to change your mind later! The point is to grapple with serious issues.

We learn when we write!

Here are some links. I am going to post this today, but I am not done adding information. My internet at home is pretty sketchy, so I’ll be heading in to work another day this week. In the meantime, dig in and start thinking and writing. You also have other topics to work on. I would be happy to have you share other links if you find some you think are helpful.

Some information in favour of the project:

Enbridge’s Website for the Pipeline

The Route of the Pipeline, via Enbridge

Some information against the project

Tipping Barrels-Journey into The Great Bear

Enbridge’s pipeline of destruction - Vancouver Sun Op/Ed piece

Jumbo Glacier Project

 

Recently, a recreational facility was approved in BC. There are always different users and uses of the natural environment, and because these groups and ideas often are in conflict, decisions like this are controversial. What do you think about this one? Educate yourself, and write about any interesting aspect of this.

Here are some links to further your understanding of the issues.

Leyne: Ski resort’s approval a long time in the making , The Province

BC approves Jumbo Glacier Mountain Ski Resort, CBC

Big Local Opposition Given Puny Weight - The Tyee – from 2004

BC Jumbo Glacier Resort’s approval revives its opponents-Globe and Mail

If you want to, when you have an idea of what you think about this project, vote here:

Do you support the Jumbo Glacier Alpine Resort, CBC

The Great Geography 12 Reduce Your Garbage Week

So after looking at the information on the garbage in the Pacific, I thought it would be great to try to reduce garbage at our homes for one week.

Trash photo by D’Arcy Norman , some rights reserved.

Week one: Take a look at how much garbage your household produces in one week – how many bags of what size are straight garbage? What are you already doing to reduce the amount of garbage going into the land fill? What steps is your municipality/community taking to reduce, reuse and recyle? On the blog, write a  paragraph or two about these topics.

Week two: Find some information online about how to reduce the amount of garbage you produce. Provide a link to the other people in the class. Try it out. Then write about what the experience was like. How did your household do?

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The topic I would like you to approach first of all is the massive gyre of garbage that is floating in the Pacific Ocean. Since this is our first post for the course this semester, all I want you to do is to introduce yourself to the class, comment on what you learned, and make a few comments about what you were thinking as you viewed the links.

I would also like you to ‘follow’ the blog, so you know when new items are posted.

View this graphic: Transparency: the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Greenpeace: The Trash Vortex

Welcome to Geography 12, 2012!

 

Watch this video – why do you want to study Geography?