In 180 South, the environmentally conscious surfer, Jeff Johnson, learns the importance about the use of land and natural resources from the Easter Island Girl at his stop on Easter Island. In addition to that, after his attempt to climb Patagonia, his stay at Chile has taught him that human creations like dams are destroying cultural and environmental resources. The coastal factories are pollution the sea, air, and land. Johnson learns that many people in Chile depend on the river for their lifestyle and Johnson joins a movement that is trying to cease the building of 5 dams.
This extends to our lives today because every year our pollution is increasing and the ozone layer is slowly being deteriorated. This is also proven because our government is constantly trying to create innovative ways to improve energy usage and is always advertising about "Going Green." Right now it may seem okay but because our natural resources are limited as years go on it will be harmful. Dams we have created to improve energy has dried up rivers, windmills have destroyed many natural habitats, and etc. If we are not careful about destroying habitats we could possibly be destroying something even greater than that.
Josh! your reflection on 180 south was pretty in-depth and if I was a reader who had never seen the movie, would had provided me with much insight into who Jeff was and what his views were. It is true that what he saw happening to the land there extends to out lives today in such aggressive ways, a main example being the ozone layer and global warming, good job joshyyyy
ReplyDeleteI agree with your thoughts about how pollution is rapidly affecting us. We do have a limited amount of natural resources but just because the problem isn't happening now, people are not paying much attention. Also, without thinking, we built houses and buildings in the habitat of wild animals. Yet, we just blame the animals for getting in our way when it is us that has affected their life. We need to pay attention to our actions because we will pay for it soon or later.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Josh's reflection as well. Through Jeffs journey his ignorance became knowledge and he constructed his life toward helping the earth. The quest transformed who he was for the better.
ReplyDeleteI agree completely with your response. I think we need to be incredibly careful with the environment because all of the recourses that we use in excess aren't reusable. The dams have completely destroyed entire habitats, and doing damage we won't be able to take back.
ReplyDeleteI like how you bring it back to things that we can relate to here (ozone, pollution, habitat disruption)to show the future of Chile if man continues to abuse the Earth's natural resources.
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