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Research on ʻĀina, War, Nations and Native Identities:
In Hawaiʻi our ʻāina was bartered as practicing grounds to test weapons and to train for combat. From Pōhakuloa to Kahoʻolawe and every other part of our ʻāina that fell victim. Promises were not kept like how America did not come through with their promise to restore supplies that VietNam had lost. America promised to barter with them for every supply that was lost they would supply a new one to replace. This is not pono leadership because it puts our environment in jeopardy and causes unnecessary drama between allies resulting in America being untrustworthy.
Environmental impact with the world wars were bad. WW1 was bad because of the trenches it caused erosion. WW2 was bad because of the chemical effect from bombing, chemical weapons, and leakage. It started to pollute the water and soil again and caused damage to our ecosystems. Lastly, the Cold War impacted the environment because it was said that seepage of chemicals and radioactive contamination, the water systems and containers of it were dumped at sea. So you see none of these environmental impacts were good at the time, I believe with all war it does damage to the environment, it kills people, and breaks away at our ecosystems.
For Native Americans of world war 2, racism even after war was common. It was said that work for them was scarce as well as many opportunities. Not only for the Native Americans were the war hard on but also Americans in general back then had to ration food, gasoline, and many basic items were also in short supply. I see the kahiau project helping to resolve these challenges by raising awareness to these simple and hardship topics to that of the real world. Alot of that is incorporated with Malama ʻāina which people far and near should continue to think about and practice in their everyday lives.
Due to the cold war the environment still undergoes high-level radiation from the decades spent during the cold war of atomic bombs and nuclear weapons being used. This helps to raise awareness of the past to help us in the future. For me, I see it as an opportunity for people to learn from the past mistakes to make sure we donʻt make them in the future. Some solutions in regards to the covid19 is to always follow social-distancing cleanliness and always remember that such a thing can happen again. You want to stay healthy and keep a positive outlook on life which also helps to get through such a pandemic.
Environmental impact with the world wars were bad. WW1 was bad because of the trenches it caused erosion. WW2 was bad because of the chemical effect from bombing, chemical weapons, and leakage. It started to pollute the water and soil again and caused damage to our ecosystems. Lastly, the Cold War impacted the environment because it was said that seepage of chemicals and radioactive contamination, the water systems and containers of it were dumped at sea. So you see none of these environmental impacts were good at the time, I believe with all war it does damage to the environment, it kills people, and breaks away at our ecosystems.
For Native Americans of world war 2, racism even after war was common. It was said that work for them was scarce as well as many opportunities. Not only for the Native Americans were the war hard on but also Americans in general back then had to ration food, gasoline, and many basic items were also in short supply. I see the kahiau project helping to resolve these challenges by raising awareness to these simple and hardship topics to that of the real world. Alot of that is incorporated with Malama ʻāina which people far and near should continue to think about and practice in their everyday lives.
Due to the cold war the environment still undergoes high-level radiation from the decades spent during the cold war of atomic bombs and nuclear weapons being used. This helps to raise awareness of the past to help us in the future. For me, I see it as an opportunity for people to learn from the past mistakes to make sure we donʻt make them in the future. Some solutions in regards to the covid19 is to always follow social-distancing cleanliness and always remember that such a thing can happen again. You want to stay healthy and keep a positive outlook on life which also helps to get through such a pandemic.
Agricultural Revolution sets us up for the Scientific & Industrial Revolution by setting up the whole system and getting the system started. The agricultural revolution controls the food supply, creates a food surplus, and can be practiced around the world; which helped set up the Scientific Revolution by marking the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology (including human anatomy) and chemistry transformed views of society about nature. This creates our challenge in our ancient empire Venice because it challenges the people of venice to adapt to new technology and learn more about astronomy, biology, physics, as well as mathematics. In our time we see the massive amounts of pollution and harmful non-biodegradable products, not to mention oils spill and everything else suffocating our world.
All of this pollution is man’s contribution. When it rains, where does all of that go? It goes down the drain into artificial waterways. These artificial waterways are diverting mass amounts of water through neighborhoods and cities creating a vulnerable environment for our water. The water is now subjected to trash from our neighborhoods and cities. This impact and idea of water diversion is important to Hawaiʻi because we face the same concept here with local loʻiʻs, fishponds, streams, and rivers. In Hawaiʻi water is an important resource that is used to nurture and provide for the kanaka of Hawaiʻi. We want to start by helping with this problem in the environment. To achieve this goal, we want to work with local nonprofits to help encourage people that this is important. Without water, no one can survive and our ancestors were so reliable on the resource of water. Citations: “Restore Stream Flow.” Earthjustice, 21 Sept. 2018, earthjustice.org/features/restore-stream-flow. |
Essential QuestionsIn reflecting on the French Revolution, what are the criteria that sets up Revolution to begin?
A revolution is a sudden change in political power and political organization which happens when the population revolts against the government. Usually due to oppression, whether it be political, social, or economic incompetence. Some Criteria our group thinks that in order for a revolution to begin you need to acquire characteristics of the willingness to change. Some examples include strong belief and courage, a need for change, and motivation to want to push your cause forward. Revolution usually starts when there's a shift in the way things and ideas are put. Do we see these signs of revolution now in modern America and Modern Hawaii? Give Examples The United States is displaying all of the characteristics. The country is experiencing economic inequality that is at an all time low. More and more protests are happening to prevent these things like women's rights, gun laws, and so much more. In Hawaiʻi some protests that you see are things like Mauna Kea and the conflict of TMT being built there. Or even in Waimānalo, Sherwoods Beach Park controversy on construction being built onto those lands. How can we be prepared to handle your selected "challenge"/Project topic should a revolution occur and a Hawaiian Nation replace the current government in Hawaii? This is an ongoing question that the people of Hawaiʻi face nowadays. We can assume that much is needed to change in order to make Hawaiʻi a better place. There are uprising in violence and death onto the Hawaiian Islands. As a group we will handle our project by encouraging others to help make Hawaiʻi a cleaner and healthier place by doing a small act of Aloha ʻĀina hoping to welcome positive change. What are some solutions to have in place? Some solutions that can be put into place for our project is things like fighting for water rights. Plenty of people take for granted the water we use to shower, drink, etc. We see that in Hawaii there are water diversion happening which is bad. In order for people on the islands to get the nutrition for their food and crops, we need to allow the water to flow back into them. |
Community Service Evidence (Day 1: PK)
The plan for the Community Service was stream restoration, so basically cleaning up the streams and restoring them to clean natural streams. What we ended up doing at our community service over winter break was cleaning up the loʻi patches and checking out the stream that flowed and fed all the kalo we were working with. We also had cut and prepared the kalo that we had harvested earlier that day.
Pretty much everything that we did at the project went well. We had a great and fun time cleaning up the loʻi patches and learning things about papahana kuaola and how it came to be. Well one thing that could have gone better was that we could have been able to clean up the streams.
Our understanding of poverty and the other UN issues of humanity is that we can feel for them and how they feel and what they need to do to keep themselves alive. Like an example is like we grow our own food like kalo and the other people from other places might have to do the same thing so they can feed themselves and make a profit as well. Yes as a group we were able to get our hands dirty and really understand the impact to the place we went which was with the non-profit, Papahana Kuaola. Because of this opportunity we see that just a little community service, a change can be made, and that anyone can do so much help by doing only just a little.
Pretty much everything that we did at the project went well. We had a great and fun time cleaning up the loʻi patches and learning things about papahana kuaola and how it came to be. Well one thing that could have gone better was that we could have been able to clean up the streams.
Our understanding of poverty and the other UN issues of humanity is that we can feel for them and how they feel and what they need to do to keep themselves alive. Like an example is like we grow our own food like kalo and the other people from other places might have to do the same thing so they can feed themselves and make a profit as well. Yes as a group we were able to get our hands dirty and really understand the impact to the place we went which was with the non-profit, Papahana Kuaola. Because of this opportunity we see that just a little community service, a change can be made, and that anyone can do so much help by doing only just a little.
Applying Expansion Concepts
I think that exchanging was what the gateway to the globalization of our topic. Venice is made up of ports. It’s built off of trading. So with all these waterways for all these ships to doc, Venice is definitely known for exchanging. What continues to impact our Kahiau Project the most today is the flooding in the City of Venice. The cityʻs lagoon surrounding the building is three-quarters underwater. Some examples of exchanges within modern America and Hawaii are things like food. In Hawaii we have food shipped from America to Hawaii, whether it be fast food, junk food, vegetables, and fruits, etc. These exchanges have good impacts like providing food for the people of Hawaii but also had bad impacts like influencing food being shipped from America rather than the food being grown in Hawaii. Well for our nation there's not much we can do from us getting flooded and sunk underwater is by keeping our streams and waterways clean and making sure nothing is obstructing its water flow. Our government doesn't have anything in place due to the fact that we don't really have much ties and connection to the city of Venice.
UN Sustainability Goals
Climate Action Goal #13: Climate change is a global challenge that affects everyone, everywhere.
Life Below Water Goal #14: Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future.
Life On Land Goal #15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss.
Life Below Water Goal #14: Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future.
Life On Land Goal #15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss.
Triangulating Enlightenment, Industrialization, Colonization & Imperialism
The two philosophers that relate to our kahiau project are Francis Bacon and Buffon. Francis Bacon was an English philosopher and scientist. He was from York house, Strand. His quote is “We cannot command nature except by obeying her.” He believed that we should respect nature. Buffon was a French naturalist. He was from Montbard, Kingdom of France. He studied nature and he brought the study of nature more than Georges.
The two biggest industrial revolution results that most greatly impact our Kahiau project is when they started to make waterways it benefited the missionaries and others. This had influenced others to start and come and make more and more waterways that hurt our economy and land. The other thing that also impacted our kahiau project was that many of our natural waterways were cut off and no longer in use due to construction and houses and like things that just block the waters from running naturally. This is a bad way of controlling our waters and how we keep it clean and restored. Two propelling factors in the era of colonization were cash crops and tourism. After America came to Hawaiʻi and settled down, long after the overthrow, it became what we know as the plantation age. When the missionaries wrongfully took the land, they wanted to commission cash crops. These cash crops became the beacon of Hawaiʻi. Ranging mainly from sugarcane and pineapple. Then came tourism, buildings, and more and more light pollution along our central shores. So how does this affect our issue? Well all these crops and people needed water. So business owners introduced artificial waterways and dams. This practice was soon normalized and used throughout the island chain. The Era of Imperialization to Hawaii was when the Amerricans overthrew Hawaii and brought over and caused all that they did. As a result of these things like water diversion and land destruction. These factors and more were all caused by and came from people that “colonized” Hawaii and our culture. Our kahiau project is focused on redirected waterways and allowing people to become informed of all the damage people cause because of this. Citations: Klein, J. (2012, December 7). Francis Bacon. Retrieved from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/francis-bacon/ |