Humans in the Environment

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Deforestation Awareness Poster By Shanay Tan

Introduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cXntJFWv5U

Moral of the story

UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.

- Dr. Seuss

Research Focus

Focus: How people are perceived in the environment

Shallow Culture Visual arts

Deep Culture Concept of beauty Relationship to animals Concept of cleanliness Concept of past and future

Research Questions

How does our concept of beauty in the environment change as human society developments progress through the environment?

How has human involvement changed the environment’s condition from the past, and if this continues, where will it be in the future?

Research thesis

We view the environment as art. But when people come into the environment and use its recourses for their benefit, it is viewed as destruction.

Research Results

“The world’s rain forests could completely vanish in a hundred years at the current rate of deforestation.” (Modern-Day Plague)

“Forests are cut down for many reasons, but most of them are related to money or to people’s need to provide for their families.” (Modern-Day Plague)

More Results

“In the past 150 years, various activities have pumped enough carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to raise its levels higher than they have been for hundreds of thousands of years.” (Air Pollution)

“Many fossil fuel power plants, boilers, and cement plants treat our skies like sewers.” (Bailey)

More Results

“Containing contaminants ranging from birth control pills and sunscreen to pesticides and petroleum, our planet's lakes, rivers, and streams are often a chemical cocktail.” (What's In The Water)

“70 percent of industrial wastes are dumped untreated into waters, polluting the usable water supply.” (What's In The Water)

Art piece

This piece of art shows several aspects of how the aftermath of production in society is viewed.

Deforestation Awareness Poster By Shanay Tan

Art Analysis

City giving off smog

Chopped down trees

Yellow sky

Dead animal

Sad women in the middle

Lots of reds and browns

Save the earth

Conclusion

People’s attempt to progress and innovate society for their own personal benefit change our view of natural recourses from beautiful works of art, to symbols of destruction.

Work Cited

"Modern-Day Plague." Deforestation. National Geographic, n.d. Web. 6 Apr 2014. <http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation-overview/

"Air Pollution." Environment. National Geographic, n.d. Web. 6 Apr 2014. <http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/pollution-overview/

Bailey, Diane. "Gasping for Air." Environmental Issues. Natural Resources Defense Council, 20 7 2011. Web. 6 Apr 2014. <http://www.nrdc.org/health/airpollutionhealthimpacts.asp>.

"Find Out What's In The Water." Water Pollution. National Geographic, n.d. Web. 6 Apr 2014. <http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/pollution/