https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14LplQmaAt5Cs1n-n24GhyFIMwJxqmzbGBX6LYauh-58/edit#slide=id.p
Impacts of Religion, Culture, Enlightenment,
& Exchanges through Expansion
Were other parts of the world experiencing their own "Dark Ages" as well? What made Europeʻs Dark Ages so dark?
How do the opposite ideas of religion vs culture as controlled by the church, contribute to this shift in mindset from Dark Ages to Enlightenment?
A lot of conflict went on with religion in this age. The Christian Church split many ways causing a lot of conflict. Not only that but there was a lot of land being fought for in order to spread their religion. On the other hand, many cultures shared idea among other cultures which prompted a lot of exploration with these ideas. With these new ideas came a lot of growth, slowly pulling them out of the dark Ages and into Enlightenment. I believe thereʻs a lot we can learn from this such as learning from each other in order to solve problems. Sharing ideas on what we can do to solve this problem would definitely help us with our current situation which is ocean pollution.
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How do the events of Exploration and Exchanges that occur during the period of the Silk Roads impact your Kahiau Issue globally? How does it impact the local version of this issue?
The events of the Exploration and Exchanges that occur during the period of the Silk Roads impact my groups Kahiau issue globally by showing that with all of this trading and traveling, something else that spread and is continuing to spread is pollution. Our oceans have been infected with oil spills, trash, and many things that are harming the ocean and the things that live in it. The Silk Road was the start of major trading and traveling, and also the beginning of what is happening today. Modern society and ancient civilizations are so similar in that our economic stance still relies so heavily on trading or sale and how important agriculture is for that, but this all comes at a price of our oceans. This era also impacts Hawaiʻi as well because Hawaiʻi relies so heavily on imported foods and that has an impact on the oceans because of all the shipments and rubbish this leads to. Overall the Silk Road was the beginning of what is happening with the pollution in today's modern world.
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Does understanding history have value or contribute in finding solutions to our modern-day challenges?
It is very important to understand the history of the past, cause it is very valuable information for us to learn, and to thrive off of. It can also help us with Understanding history does have value as the past teaches about the present. It contributes to finding solutions with analysis of past problems. Although we do sometimes mimic what history has done in the past, we can see mistakes. A lot of the time we think about doing things differently or in a more sophisticated/efficient way. When we are able to understand events that took place we can find better solutions now to better people in the future Although sometimes the way history is portrayed isnʻt always accurate with how things really went. For example, the saying of “History is written by victors” Which basically means history is written by people who won the war or event. So they would write it in a way that makes them look good and others bad. If we are able to get over the historical mistakes, I think it would make it easier to understand and analyze for future generations.
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From Evolution to Revolution
What We Already Know
Native traditions such as fishing, hunting, and scavenging were ways that people in ancient days got food. Technology wasnʻt as advanced as it was now. With that said some pros of ancient traditions were that people took enough for themselves and never wasted, a lot of the prey/hunt was completely used not only for food but for clothes and tools. Although ecosystems were able to thrive because of the lack of automated tools there were some cons which were scavenging. When ancient people would scavenge, they would try their best and go to endless lengths to find food and still not have it guaranteed to them. With that said people would die from starvation or exhaustion with the constant movement with no sustenance. Although this would all soon come to an end with the transition to agriculture or more efficient practices. Agricultural societies use farms and agriculture as its primary source of sustenance and means of support. This way of living is more independent than native traditions because they could create everything that they needed and had more time to develop the technologies we have today. The down side of this is how sustainable this is; by staying in one place, they create more waste because of how the resources are easier to obtain. The transition between native traditions to agricultural societies has both pros and cons as explained above.
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Connecting the Dots to Hawaiʻi's Past and Present
It is important for us to understand this because we need to see how this shift affected us as a society. There was a lot of good that came from goods being imported here but there were also a lot of bad things that happened. One of the biggest negatives being our heavy dependency on imported goods. 85-90% of our goods are imported which puts us at a very vulnerable position because without imported goods we wouldnʻt be able to live after a long period of time. This is why living a sustainable and self sufficient life is important for us to learn. Because weʻre so vulnerable we have to practice sustainable living in case something goes wrong with the goods we import here. And not only will this save us now but it will also save us in the long run with future generations. Some ways to stay sustainable would be donating items or supporting local businesses. This helps to lessen the dependency we have on other places for goods. If we educate ourselves on this topic, we would be able to do something about it which would definitely help us in the end.
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Connecting the Dots to Our Kahiau Project for the Future
Life under Water, I would say is a very interesting topic to talk about, with foraging and gathering, because if things were to stop the world from functioning, we would have to rely on the land and the ocean, to help with feeding our families. For modern Agriculture societies, with our food being delivered to us, and for it to shut down, is not a good sign for us, because we are dependent on the food coming from the mainland. For us not being able to know how to hunt, like the people back then, can be a big problem for us, if things were to get worse. It would make the generations below us struggle for food and shelter, if things were to shut down.
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The Strategic Importance of Soil, Water and Food in the Early to Mid-21st Century. (2016, December 15). Future Directions International. https://www.futuredirections.org.au/publication/strategic-importance-soil-water-food-early-mid-21st-century/
Union of Concerned Scientists. (2017, April 10). What is sustainable agriculture? Union of Concerned Scientists.
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Modern Technology, Drones to modify Indian Agriculture Industry | Bharat Book Bureau. (n.d.). Www.bharatbook.com. https://www.bharatbook.com/blog/modern-technology-drones-to-modify-indian-agriculture-industry/
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How WW1 affected us
Learning about WW1, and how it was supposed to end all wars, it actually created more wars. It took a break for 20 years and then came back from being on a break. This article says that the starts from WW2 include the impact of the Treaty of Versailles following WWI, the worldwide economic depression, failure of appeasement, the rise of militarism in Germany and Japan, and the failure of the League of Nations. Not only did it start more wars, it started more problems, more problems that we need to deal with today. WW1 was not the war to end all wars, it was the war that started all conflicts.
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Mankind has evolved through the Agricultural/Scientific/Industrial Revolutions and then become Enlightened during the era of Enlightenment. This led to people using these new skills and discoveries to compete for resources in the World War. Although some of these skills and discoveries were ground-breaking to society and very much impactful, it led to these events of destruction and sabotage that showed that because we evolved more and had the ability to win by hurting others, we as humans chose to win by the loss of others. It overall turned into a competition of who can be the most powerful and intimidating rather than who can help the most. Humans chose to eliminate our own kind for a selfish gain that continues to impact us today. One way that this occurs now is through pollution and carnage to our oceans. My group chose the Kahiau issue: life below water and the new skills and discoveries that almost made humans begin to eliminate each other are the same as what is hurting our oceans. There are over eight tons of plastic ending up in our oceans every year, and the development of plastic shows how new skills and discoveries have an impact on the world on a global scale.
I think the biggest takeaway from these wars is that war takes more than it gives back. Many lives are lost through wars and the resources people may get from these just arenʻt really worth it. Not only that but war takes a great amount of resources just to carry through it including food, materials for weapons, and a whole lot of other things. Another lesson we should take away from these wars is to see if you can come to a peaceful resolution before using any type of force. The force used specifically in WWII was devastating as we could see from the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which could have been avoided had we pushed for a discussion than through fighting. I believe this could be related back to Hawaiiʻs issues with conflict although, I think weʻve done pretty well with coming to a problem peacefully rather than fighting right away such as our protests on Mauna Kea, which is a great example of fighting peacefully. These lessons should teach us as a community to remain calm so we can find a better solution to future conflicts.
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Final Group Reflection
My role that I learned at Kamehameha is to take care of my community and the people in it. Knowing my community that I live in, not a lot of people take care of where we live, and don’t care what happens to the place, which really makes me feel like I’m not doing something more than just telling people to take care of our island. Learning about advocacy from this class, I realize my role is to advocate for change in my community, to make a difference in what there is. The opportunities that I was given as a student are not just for school, but to be taken everywhere that I go. The best way to utilize the opportunities to advocate is to just use what I have learned, and teach it to others, to help advocate for change. Another thing for me to use it is to make an organization for groups to help with UN sustainability goals.
The biggest thing iʻve learned about my role is that itʻs a great privilege to have. I have the opportunity to educate others about the things we learn in this school which to me is very important for my community. As we know history could always be applied to our present. Weʻve talked about many bad things that have happened to our indigenous communities. By talking about the bad things of the past, we are able to educate people about what should be done in the future. All UN Sustainability Goals have been created because of things that have happened in the past and things that are currently happening at this very moment. We were given the opportunity to learn about each goal and ways to achieve it. With this knowledge we are able to speak up about this situations in order to bring awareness towards it. Since many people werenʻt given the opportunity to be educated on these topics, we are able to educate others on these topics. And since many of these goals affect out community directly, it should be brought into light so the whole community can see it.
The role that I believe I play in my community as Pua a Pauahi, a future graduate of Kamehameha is that I need to take care of the ʻāina. I have gone to Kamehameha schools since elementary school, from the very first year attending this institution I began to learn about what the ʻāina means to Hawaiian people, in turn me. Mālama ʻāina is an idea that I can use to spread the gift of education that I had the opportunity to receive as a student on the Kamehameha campus. To contribute to and advocate for such ideals as the UN Sustainability Goals within and for the communities that I come from, I can share the lifestyle mālama ʻāina to spread the concept of sustainability and that if you take care of the ʻāina, the ʻāina will take care of you. If we take care of the environment and the planet, they will provide what we need, and take care of us.
What I have learned about my role is that it is much more significant than I think it is. I never really thought of myself as a leader until my freshman year of highschool, my Hawaiian language teacher Kumu Makaniʻolu talked to us (his students) about what a leader is to us, if we consider ourselves leaders, what privileges we have as a student at Kamehameha, and if donʻt remember anything it's to remember where you come from. A lot of the time when you think about leadership you would think of people high in power or people who have a lot of attention surrounding themselves. I think just by being a student and being educated in the way that I am really changes the way that everything is done. I think with the opportunities I have I am able to educate other people about my culture and why it's important to me and why it matters. I think that doing this type of education can contribute and advocate for ideas because it's that personal connection and the empathy that people hold that helps them. If I am able to educate someone and tell them all kind of information it shows that my role as a student and as a indigeous person has been fulfilled. For me the sustainability goals are important because I have personal ties to the ocean and the world around me. Being in a community that is dependent on its land and oceans puts a perspective on the world that makes you care for the little things. I want to advocate for those little things because if a lot of people listen a little thing can turn into a big thing. I want to share the passion and knowledge that I have gained over the years as it is so much in such a little time frame. Waiwai means value, worth, goods, anything of value, to be rich. My heart and my brain are waiwai. They have value, they are rich, they are bountiful in empathy, understanding, and education. What does waiwai mean to you?