Today is a busy Saturday morning, to say the least. Work is being done on a case studies assignment for the Pitcairn Islands. The case is a tragic story of how island nations relied heavily on imported goods to live and sustain their population, so that when the external source failed, so did the islanders, mysteriously disappearing, possibly dying out from extinction. The lesson is pretty true and powerful: not living on sustainability and/or self-reliance can be dangerous. Especially for the future prospects.
However, aside from the subject of this project, I am looking forward to a decent Stake Conference tonight, with a broadcast from the new First Presidency.
Chiau,
Benjamin Kemer
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Another year older...
Well, I guess it's time to say good bye to being twenty-one. I recently turned twenty-two last Saturday. Aside from just the birthday paraphenalia, the real question comes when balancing time is concerned. It has been some time since I last posted another article here. My web design has progressed somewhat since the last post, and a few good meetings have occurred with some of my old friends.
Otherwise, the news stands with a number of studies that I am currently undertaking. One of them being the work on the book, "Collapse" by Jared Diamond. The discussion from both is literally how entire civilizations have collapsed from excessive use of the environment, and factually saw decreasing populations and collapse during times of supposed luxury and prosperity, and Diamond also addresses the fact that there have been numerous cases of civilizations that weren't neccessarily all that big in history, yet they have, and are the ones that have managed to sustain themselves across great periods of time, even until the present day. He offers his final argument that the problems present in the past can threaten us now, on the condition that we, as people are not responsible "stewards" of our environment. Two great books that I would recommend in being read.
In addition to collapse, did you ever know that aside from the theory of evolution, Charles Darwin actually did devote quite a bit of his life to understanding the science of soil, observing and experimenting with his own farmland? Or that soil has a slow process of replenishing itself? That's part of the introduction to another book that I am reading, known as "Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations" Which I should have more information on soon.
The Environmental Science Major has been great, and hopefully, it should be a great future for the workl which I am doing.
Otherwise, the news stands with a number of studies that I am currently undertaking. One of them being the work on the book, "Collapse" by Jared Diamond. The discussion from both is literally how entire civilizations have collapsed from excessive use of the environment, and factually saw decreasing populations and collapse during times of supposed luxury and prosperity, and Diamond also addresses the fact that there have been numerous cases of civilizations that weren't neccessarily all that big in history, yet they have, and are the ones that have managed to sustain themselves across great periods of time, even until the present day. He offers his final argument that the problems present in the past can threaten us now, on the condition that we, as people are not responsible "stewards" of our environment. Two great books that I would recommend in being read.
In addition to collapse, did you ever know that aside from the theory of evolution, Charles Darwin actually did devote quite a bit of his life to understanding the science of soil, observing and experimenting with his own farmland? Or that soil has a slow process of replenishing itself? That's part of the introduction to another book that I am reading, known as "Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations" Which I should have more information on soon.
The Environmental Science Major has been great, and hopefully, it should be a great future for the workl which I am doing.
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