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by Liz Entler
My project is a building model of Armstrong Hall on the MNSU Campus with more non-human animal friendly features. Earlier in the year I was inspired to make a 3D model of a project we had done. I want there to be a real connection to how beautiful it can make our campus if we were to implement these features into all the buildings, new and old. If we were to implement these changes, we would be making minor changes but could result in major ones. The lives of non-human animals and human animals alive would be improved and in result would be helping the Earth also. Our architecture makes us completely forget that we share this Earth with other beings. We are forced to see the world in a value-hierarchical way, as C.L. Glasser explains in her chapter of Animals and the Environment. As human animals we have forced our way into land that doesn’t belong to us giving us a hierarchical stance against the non-human animals that own this land. Beatley and Bekoff explain in City Planning and Animals that if we were to include features into our buildings, we would be bringing attention to the ones we share this land with. If we were more aware of the non-human animal life that we were destroying, we would incorporate these features much faster. But, because we believe in building a faster economy, we don’t think about the lives were destroying and homes were taking away. And in result make us human animals care more about the non-human animals more. Which would result in less pollution and the better treatment of non-human animals. We can change the world in a night, but small changes over a long period of time would eventually make a big change. by Naomi Pigeon
This is a simple informational pamphlet on how switching to a vegan lifestyle can help many Native American people respect Mother Earth’s creations more and live a more traditional lifestyle. Not only would it help the animals that walk besides us on this Earth, but it would help to repair the human animals health too. Repair the health that has been broken by a westernized diet of white four, white sugar, fast food, and so on. Throughout the pamphlet there will even be some cases where it would cause people to revert into even more traditional ways, such as being able to eat a more truly traditional diet of food that would be natural to area we live in. Being able to eat a truly traditional diet, which would mean no dairy and little to no meat has shown to reduce complications due to diabetes and even prevent it. I wanted this pamphlet to be short and easy to read. I also wanted this to be something that would cause more people to research and self reflect on their lifestyle choices. This pamphlet is geared more towards Native Americans but, I wanted it to be something that anyone, Native American and non, would be able to apply to themselves. by Danielle Morgan What: Heated stuffed animal for orphaned animals & how-to guide Purpose: Direct care/impact on animals; Education Issue: Non-human animals in need of comfort; Speciesism Tragedies happen to non-human animals every day such as being displaced from their families, losing parents, being abused by humans and more. These tragedies leave these non-human animals alone and scared. This can be seen by the dogs Hal Herzog speaks of in his book, “Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It’s So Hard to Think Straight About Animals.” These dogs were a part of Michael Vick’s fighting kennels and as Frank McMillan says, they don’t show aggression, but fear of people because of the mistreatment they faced. Other animals lose their mothers and must be taken care of by humans because they cannot care for themselves yet. These tragedies inspired me to make a comfort object for these non-human animals. This object consists of a stuffed animal with a heating cell inside to make it warm. With this object the frightened dogs or other animals can have a soft, warm friend that does not need to be a human or another animal and orphaned animals can have the feeling of a “mother” to console them. Reviewed by Emma Krom Directed by Richard Linklater, a Jeremy Thomas Production, released in 2006, running time 1:56:00 Fast Food Nationis a movie adaptation of Eric Schlosser’s riveting novel, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, concerned with exploiting the fast food industry and the dark secrets they hold. The film is produced by Jeremy Thomas and is directed by Richard Linklater. Fast Food Nationfollows Don Anderson, a fast food chain marketing representative for a fictional restaurant entitled Mickey’s, who discovers that the meat being sold to the public from his company is contaminated. There are also side-stories involving Amber, a teenager working for Mickey’s, and Sylvia, an immigrant working in the meat-packing factory. These three perspectives brilliantly showcase the struggles humans face with morality of putting the dollar before public health. As the movie proudly proclaims, “You can’t just sit back and hope, you actually have to do something.” Reviewed by Nicolas Woosley Directed and written by Michael Ozias, released in 2016, 1hr 29min Of Dogs and Men is a film that details the stories of several individuals who had their dogs’ lives taken at the hands of police. It presents a strong, intense message and is powerful and heartbreaking right from the first seconds. This is not a film for someone who wants to hear nice stories about one of the most beloved animals in the United States. However, someone who wants to understand the truths of American society, the issues with animals that are often ignored with each passing day and finish with a silver lining and a ray of hope will find that this film fits just that narrative. This film can be found and watched on Kanopy.com and can also be found on the website ofdogsandmen.net. Reviewed By Nicole Michealson Netflix in association with Diamond Docs/True Blue Films, 94 minutes Directed and Produced by Fisher Stevens and Robert Nixon The film Mission Blue is a documentary focusing on the oceanographer Sylvia Earle and her many decades exploring life in the water. It then leads to her alarming discovery of the negative impact human life has had on the ocean in the span of her lifetime. We are taken back into Earle’s past as an oceanographer from her Tektite I and Tektite II missions, to breaking the record as the first female to go below 1,250 feet in the JIM suit, becoming chief scientist of NOAA, leading the Sustainable Seas Expedition, and finally promoting her idea of Mission Blue. As we go from past to present through her life, we see many shocking changes that the ocean has faced as humans continued evolving new technologies and materials. Mission Blue is a new project that spreads awareness of the damages that have wiped out 50% of the coral reefs and killed all by 5% of sharks in a span of 60 years, but what simple things we can do to stop the damage from continuing. |
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