I think that the Malthusian Flux theory contributeʻs to the conflict we are facing in the current black lives matter movement because the government only focused on other problems and was unaware or not willing to fix the problem of ongoing racism. When the Black Lives Matter Movement had started it had shocked the government and was a wake-up call for them. The Black Lives Matter movement was also like a way to show the government that there is still an ongoing issue of racism in the U.S. and the world. Because there has been oppression and racism towards people of color for so long, this was bound to happen eventually, which supports the Malthusian Flux theory. I think that the Malthusian Flux theory doesnʻt play a big part in just my group's issue but in everyone's Kahiau project issue. This is because the government has been turning a blind eye with many of these issues. Over time the disregard of these issuesʻ makes the situation worse. Right now the government is focused on COVID-19 and other world problems, that they take no notice of smaller but important issuesʻ. The Malthusian Flux theory connects to my group's issue, which is clean water & sanitation. This is due to there being a rising population in China at over 1.3 billion. Because of the high population resources are needed to feed these people and then farms come into play. To maintain these huge farms, farmers in china use pesticides. These pesticides can be harmful to humans and can travel into nearby water for agriculture and more. The water then becomes polluted and this decreases the sanitation of the water. Additionally, the government needs to look at other issues as well, because they arenʻt paying notice to them. An issue that should be looked over is the Mauna Kea protest and movement. The government approved the construction of the TMT on Mauna Kea, but they didnʻt think of or didnʻt know of the sacred connection the natives had with the Mauna. The intention was to build to increase their knowledge of astronomy, but they had not thought about the sacred land they were building on. APA Citations: Lai, Wangyang. “Pesticide Use and Health Outcomes: Evidence from Agricultural Water Pollution in China.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Academic Press, 26 May 2017, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0095069617303169. Thirty Meter Telescope. (2020). Retrieved July 01, 2020, from https://www.tmt.org/ Meng, Y. (2020, May 14). The damaging truth about Chinese fertiliser and pesticide use. Retrieved July 01, 2020, from https://chinadialogue.net/en/pollution/5153-the-damaging-truth-about-chinese-fertiliser-and-pesticide-use/ Media Statement: Enough! Black Lives Matter. (2020, June 04). Retrieved July 01, 2020, from https://www.nelsonmandela.org/news/entry/media-statement-enough-black-lives-matter
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Gandhiʻs example as a leader and how he handled the onslaught of colonization and imperialism relates to the Black Lives Matter movement. This is because Gandhi realized that it was unfair that the Indian people had to carry around passes and that they were not treated equally to other races. Gandhi wanted equality and today people are still striving for equality as well. When the Indian Independence movement had started Gandhi burned the passes of his fellow Indians. He did this to prove a point that the Indian people wanted equality, but while doing this he was assaulted by a British policeman. Earlier this year an African American man named George Floyd was wrongfully murdered by a racist policeman, based on the color of his skin. This relates to the Black Lives Matter movement because people back then were being judged based on the color of their skin, just as they still are today. This also applies to the Black Lives Matter movement because the people who are being most violent during these protests are the police. Most or if not all protestersʻ are peaceful. These people protesting are standing up for what they believe in and are peacefully doing it. Overall, both Gandhi and believers and protestors of the Black Lives Matter movement want equality. I think that Gandhiʻs approach is one model of decolonization in modern society across the globe, but also here in Hawaiʻi. Gandhiʻs approach to situations was very respectful and peaceful. During the Indian Independence movement, Gandhi was only ever peaceful and he said if you ever fight back you are no better than the people attacking you. I can see this peaceful take in todayʻs society with things like the Mauna Kea protests. These protestors didnʻt want a thirty-meter telescope to be constructed on their sacred Mountain, so they set up camp there and protested. The protestors are always peaceful. If the protestors were to get arrested, no one would resist. Right now these protests are postponed due to virus concerns, but they will all come back again to peacefully protest. APA Citations:
Blm Images. www.shutterstock.com/search/blm. Flaherty, Colleen. U Of Hawaii Pursues Controversial Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea and Is Leading Indigenous Institution, 25 July 2019, www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/07/25/u-hawaii-pursues-controversial-thirty-meter-telescope-mauna-kea-and-leading. Editors, History.com. “Gandhi's First Act of Civil Disobedience.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 21 July 2010, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gandhis-first-act-of-civil-disobedience. The topic of Guns, Germs, & Steel doesnʻt really relate or have an effect on my group's issue/goal. My groupʻs UN Development goal is Clean Water and Sanitation. Although this topic overall didnʻt have an impact on our issue, the germs factor may have affected clean water & sanitation. For example, during the high period of Guns, Germs, & Steel, settlers or foreigners brought diseases to Papua New Guinea. These diseases got natives sick, and eventually killed many natives. Additionally, in Papua New Guinea there were diseases like Malaria that mosquitoes carried by the water. This could have also caused the water to have carried diseases in it. But also, when the Papua New Guineans died from the diseases, their bodies could have been thrown into the water causing water pollution. This water could have been used in agriculture for farming, which would have caused more harm to people in the end. This issue connects to current events like the coronavirus. This is because today we are also being affected by diseases like the coronavirus. Just like diseases had spread all over the world back then, today the coronavirus has spread all over the world as well. Today to minimize the spread of disease people are taking proper measures like wearing masks and social distancing. These would have probably been a good solution to minimize the spread of disease back then, and it probably would have minimized water pollution as well. Today people all over the world and in Hawaiʻi are trying to find a vaccine for the coronavirus. Vaccines would have been effective back then & would have caused less spread of disease and there would have been a lower death toll. APA Citations: Guns Germs & Steel: Educators . Episode Three. 2005, www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/educators/lesson3.html. “Guns Germs & Steel: Variables. Malaria.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 2005, www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/variables/malaria.html. “What Are Germs? (with Pictures) -.” HealthScope, 18 June 2020, www.healthscopemag.com/health-scope/germs/. Kaul, Greta, et al. The Daily Coronavirus Update: 8 More Deaths, All among Long-Term Care Residents. 21 June 2020, www.minnpost.com/health/2020/06/the-daily-coronavirus-update-8-more-deaths-all-among-long-term-care-residents/. Throughout the Agricultural, Scientific, and Enlightenment revolutions, I donʻt think they had a really big impact on our issue. Our group UN Development Goal/Issue is clean water & sanitation and I think that agriculture had the biggest effect out of these revolutions on our issue. This is because with the use of farms, water was used to grow crops and raise livestock. In China, the Agricultural Revolution made an impact on the production of crops like rice. This made China successful so they used water as an advantage. Even though it didn't have a huge impact on the quality of water, agriculture was the cause of one factor of water pollution. Today we have pesticides, thes pesticides were made to control insect infestation and weed growth. Although it benefits the crops, they are harmful to water & humans. There is potential for water contamination and acute or chronic effects in humans. The use of pesticides arenʻt only impacting China, but also different places in the world as well. When people are farming, they use pesticides, but these pesticides can harm people, like themselves & also affect water sanitation. A study was done in China that shows evidence that pesticides adversely affect health outcomes via drinking water exposure. Also there was a 10% increase in rice pesticide used unfavorably which altered the key medical disability index by 1% for rural residents 65 and older, which is equivalent to 2.13 and 0.64 million dollars in medical and family care costs. This shows that pesticides have had an impact on people , but also clean water and sanitation. Overall, there are a few things being done & organizations helping to minimize use of pesticides and people are now starting to use non-toxic chemicals while farming. APA Citations: Lai, Wangyang. “Pesticide Use and Health Outcomes: Evidence from Agricultural Water Pollution in China.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Academic Press, 26 May 2017, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0095069617303169. Liya, Fan. China Founds Pesticide Office to Combat Pollution Overuse. 16 Oct. 2017, www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/10148-China-founds-pesticide-office-to-combat-pollution-overuse. Impacts of the Human Species and Factors of the Agricultural Revolution & Agrarian Empires6/16/2020 The UN Development Goal that my group chose was Clean Water & Sanitation, relating this to economic problems in China. This is related to poverty because in certain parts of China and the world people donʻt have enough money and are unable to afford food, water, necessities, or a home. Additionally, many of the people in China don't have access to clean water and some have to drink from rivers and bodies of water. These bodies of water arenʻt clean all the time and some are very polluted due to waste and bacteria. Not having access to clean water is an ongoing economic problem in china, but also throughout the world. In Hawaiʻi we have local aquifers and water companies and we have drinkable water. But, we also have a problem with the pollution of bodies of water and the ocean. This is because of people leaving waste on beaches and littering waste around the island. This waste goes into sewage that leads to the ocean and/or goes there by other causes and causes pollution in the ocean. Runoff from the mountains also causes great water pollution here as well. In China the water sanitation problem is a lot worse than it is here. Runoff from factories go into the water and so does human and natural waste everyday. The color of the water also changes constantly due to pollution, but China is making an effort to improve farming to help increase the condition of the water. Additionally, China only contains 7% of the world's fresh water. 73% of the watershedʻs that provide water to Chinaʻs cities have a medium to high pollution rate. Shemie, D., & Vigerstol, K. (n.d.). China has a water crisis - how can it be solved? Retrieved from https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/04/china-has-a-water-crisis-how-can-it-be-solved/ |