Hey everyone! Long time, no talk. I've been busy with my senior project and tomorrow I present. While on my break from practicing, I found this informative video about climate change.
On October 24, 2015, I held my gallery for the Yosemite Conservancy. It was such an honor to raise money for them. It was also an honor to help get the word out about the impacts we do to nature in their benefit. I enjoyed working with my community mentor and she was really helpful throughout the whole process. Since I am quite new to hosting a gallery and advertising for it, she helped me through that process.
During the actual gallery, I raised $320 for the community. I have an online website if you would like to check it out if you missed the gallery. When talking with my dad's friend, I mentioned about the community and how it is very important to me that they have the funds to help out my favorite National Park. His wife and himself donated $200 in my name to the Yosemite Conservancy. Altogether, I raised $520 for them. I am really proud in what I have accomplished in these past few months. I hope to be in contact with the community in the future and when I finally have a job with an income, I hope to donate every chance I get. Thank you for everything, Yosemite Conservancy. On September 5th, I traveled all the way from Sacramento to Yosemite. It's not that long of a ride, but when you only had four hours of sleep, it gets to you. I woke up at midnight and immediately left. By the time we got to Yosemite, it was about 5AM and I was dead. The car ride was really cold because my dad needed to keep awake to drive and I couldn't sleep well in my annoying car chair. Though the ride was painful, the view and silence was so peaceful. We stopped at Tunnel View and the sunrise was amazing. The sun landed right in the middle and it was breathtaking in person. I think the most disappointing things I saw during the trip was how dried up Mirror Lake was (California drought is obviously the cause and just shows how much we need to get out of this mess we are in) and some pollution in the air. I wouldn't expect to see pollution in a national park and it was just surprising to me. It just shows that we need to reduce car driving in the park and maybe start taking the hybrid buses Yosemite offers to tourists (FOR FREE) or walk/hike everywhere. It would be better for your health and the environment around you. |
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Just a quick post on the renaming of Mt. McKinley. President Obama is in Alaska to announce the renaming of Mt. McKinley to Denali, the native name of the mountain. Besides being their for the renaming, the President will be talking to some of the native population on how the government can help them prepare for the climate change that is occurring.
Humans have a tendency to make mistakes. It's in our nature and that's okay- we are all human after all. It just becomes a problem when we keep making the same mistake over and over again.
Habitat destruction hurts the environment, the creatures that live there, and us. Humans keep clearing out places like forests, lakes, swamps, and more to make room for us. Clearing the natural habitat makes way for residential homes, roads, pipelines, and more. We keep doing the same mistake over and over again because we think it will better our country and our communities, but in reality it doesn't. Stuff like tearing down trees actually make it worse for us because the trees make oxygen for us. With a lack of trees, there will be less oxygen and I'm pretty sure I like to breath. We harvest too much as well. The same idea of the trees applies to this because we tear them down to create timber, wood, and paper.
Though the public generates more attention towards habitat destruction on land, there is plenty of destruction going on in the waters. We drill the bottom of the oceans for oil (offshore drilling). Drilling in the waters can cause some serious damage to the creatures in the waters, creatures like fish which is what we eat. Probably one of the most famous and biggest oil spills we had was the BP Oil Spill (Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill) in 2010. The spill happened after the oil rig exploded and sank in the ocean. Beaches were covered in thick oil and animals were either dead or barley holding on because of all the oil they caught. The health impact on volunteers and workers who helped contain the oil and helped cleaned up was also bad. Some of workers were exposed to chemicals toxic to our bodies and had to go to the hospital.
All in all, habitat destruction is bad. It causes way too many problems for something we use in the short run. We don't need to destroy so much to get so little. As Americans, we should find a different and more innovated way of achieving a goal.
Habitat destruction hurts the environment, the creatures that live there, and us. Humans keep clearing out places like forests, lakes, swamps, and more to make room for us. Clearing the natural habitat makes way for residential homes, roads, pipelines, and more. We keep doing the same mistake over and over again because we think it will better our country and our communities, but in reality it doesn't. Stuff like tearing down trees actually make it worse for us because the trees make oxygen for us. With a lack of trees, there will be less oxygen and I'm pretty sure I like to breath. We harvest too much as well. The same idea of the trees applies to this because we tear them down to create timber, wood, and paper.
Though the public generates more attention towards habitat destruction on land, there is plenty of destruction going on in the waters. We drill the bottom of the oceans for oil (offshore drilling). Drilling in the waters can cause some serious damage to the creatures in the waters, creatures like fish which is what we eat. Probably one of the most famous and biggest oil spills we had was the BP Oil Spill (Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill) in 2010. The spill happened after the oil rig exploded and sank in the ocean. Beaches were covered in thick oil and animals were either dead or barley holding on because of all the oil they caught. The health impact on volunteers and workers who helped contain the oil and helped cleaned up was also bad. Some of workers were exposed to chemicals toxic to our bodies and had to go to the hospital.
All in all, habitat destruction is bad. It causes way too many problems for something we use in the short run. We don't need to destroy so much to get so little. As Americans, we should find a different and more innovated way of achieving a goal.
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I have been lucky enough to have the Yosemite Conservancy become my senior project agency contact. They are a really good organization that helps out Yosemite National Park with restorations, clean up, new supplies, and more. The Yosemite Conservancy hopes to inspire a generation to protect Yosemite. The park holds a very special place in my heart because it is my favorite National Park. I grew up going to the park every year and every time I go visit, I fall in love even more. It is a beautiful park and I understand why so many fall in love with it. With so many tourists coming to and from the park, the park becomes damaged because some people ruin it. Trash is left by some tourists or they don't stay on the trails. The lack of respect is disheartening and I am very happy that the Yosemite Conservancy helps restore and clean up the mess left behind. I love how they also help restore places for the enjoyment of park goers (like Tenaya Lake, Mariposa Grove, trail to Lower Yosemite Falls, and more). It is a real honor to be working alongside them and I hope to do them proud.
"Going to the mountains is going home"
-John Muir, Our National Parks (1901)
"Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space"
-Ansel Adams
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I love California and I love it with all my heart, but we are in a long, ongoing drought that will not be fixed unless we get some water here. We have been getting dryer and dryer in the past four years and this year was possibly our worst year. This has all been brought down upon because of global warming. If you don't know, one of the major causes and problems California is advocate of is environmental causes. California is probably known to take on environmental causes and it's probably one of our biggest things we are worried about. California is a beautiful place and I want people to help save the earth and to save/preserve whatever we have right now (for example, water!!!). It is important that our children, grandchildren, and future generations don't live a dry and barren land.
NASA has also said that our sea levels are rising. It is important to acknowledge the climate change that is happening to our world and to become aware of it. If you are aware of it, please do something to help and to also bring awareness to other people as well. Please help and save the earth because it is the only place we call home.
NASA has also said that our sea levels are rising. It is important to acknowledge the climate change that is happening to our world and to become aware of it. If you are aware of it, please do something to help and to also bring awareness to other people as well. Please help and save the earth because it is the only place we call home.
“Part of what’s unique about climate change, though, is the nature of some of the opposition to action. It’s pretty rare that you’ll encounter somebody who says the problem you’re trying to solve simply doesn’t exist. When President Kennedy set us on a course for the moon, there were a number of people who made a serious case that it wouldn’t be worth it; it was going to be too expensive, it was going to be too hard, it would take too long. But nobody ignored the science. I don’t remember anybody saying that the moon wasn’t there or that it was made of cheese.”
-President Barack Obama, UC Irvine Commencement Address (June 14, 2014)
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During the summer, my family and I went on a long two week trip starting at home base in California, Utah, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, back to Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and then back home.
Some major points we hit were the Bonneville Salt Flats, Shoshone Falls, Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Little Bighorn, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, Arches National Park, and the Four Corners.
It was a long and tiring trip, but it was fun to learn the history of everything and to see the nature in its purest form.
Some major points we hit were the Bonneville Salt Flats, Shoshone Falls, Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Little Bighorn, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, Arches National Park, and the Four Corners.
It was a long and tiring trip, but it was fun to learn the history of everything and to see the nature in its purest form.
Hi! If you don't know me, I'm Therese. You can check out my "About" section to learn more about me if you want to. I just wanted to let you guys know that I will be post my little travels/adventures here. I am an aspiring photographer and soon I will be starting my senior project. My senior project will involve me selling my photography, with all proceeds going to a non-profit environmental organization (Yosemite Conservancy). So as soon as I get my store up and running on here, I hope that you guys will buy some prints because the money will be going to a good cause.
After my senior project is over, I might continue my little adventures here on this blog- especially with college coming soon (an adventure in itself!). Hope you guys enjoy the blog!
Thanks,
Therese
After my senior project is over, I might continue my little adventures here on this blog- especially with college coming soon (an adventure in itself!). Hope you guys enjoy the blog!
Thanks,
Therese
Who Am I?
I am the Dancing Queen, the Trivia Wiz Kid, the Woman in the Dunes, and future co-President of the United States.
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