tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post6511314834699861819..comments2024-03-19T01:19:55.789-05:00Comments on Cultural Front: Haley Reading Group: "Tragedy of the Common"H. Rambsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16862209871277442972noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-10599222453911408132020-02-26T08:52:10.423-06:002020-02-26T08:52:10.423-06:00After reading this text, the quote that stood out ...After reading this text, the quote that stood out the most to me states, "That species of such incredible abundance can decline as quickly as the white-rumped vulture did point to a counterintuitive idea in conservation: that common species need protection just as much as rare ones do" (Mackinnon 115). The fact that humans play a major role in the survivability of a species is no surprise to me. I hadn't thought about the idea this quote brings up until now. I no think that protecting the common animals has importance similarly to protecting the rarest animals as well.Donovan Washingtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-87174714860887370422020-02-18T14:10:08.689-06:002020-02-18T14:10:08.689-06:00Daeja Daniels
After reading this text it made me...Daeja Daniels <br /><br />After reading this text it made me think about how many drugs are out and around and how dangerous they are to the human body. It also allowed for me to see and better understand how everything plays a role in our environment. We not only effect ourselves but plants and animals too. In the article it says,that industrial agriculture carries much of the blame for Europe's disappearing birds by taking out hedgerows, trees, and making fields bigger (116). This is humans thinking about only themselves. <br />Daeja Danielsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-57957122372408027302020-02-17T21:10:51.133-06:002020-02-17T21:10:51.133-06:00This reading actually connects to what I have been...This reading actually connects to what I have been learning in the past couple of weeks in my geography class. Reading this excerpt, it annunciates that "the Tragedy of the Commons" occurs as we selfishly seek to pursue our own interests instead of thinking of the overall harm that we as individuals can cause to the land around us. This is how the vultures became extinct. It is necessary to understand that our actions can have negative impacts upon earth!gabbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07087991653320848888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-43718191604210383172020-02-17T11:35:01.012-06:002020-02-17T11:35:01.012-06:00Reading " Tragedy of the Common" has fur...Reading " Tragedy of the Common" has further supported my idea that humans are greedy and selfish when it comes to the environment. Humans continuously damage the earth and the animals that inhabit it. We tend to forget that our actions have negative affects on the earth. As a someone who is 100% vegetarian and limits animal by-products, passages like this one really interest me.<br /><br />-Jada BakerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-68614112258822687712020-02-17T11:30:22.135-06:002020-02-17T11:30:22.135-06:00This reading did not alter my beliefs, because I a...This reading did not alter my beliefs, because I am already aware of the destruction that humans cause other species on earth. Usually when we take action, it is too late or for selfish reasons. What needs to be realized is that Vultures are apart of the food web, so the loss of vultures could cause a cascade of events that would be too late to stop. I think it is important for humans to respect other animals as co-inhabitants of the same home.<br />Fatima BashirAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-75930755887498726582020-02-17T10:31:05.056-06:002020-02-17T10:31:05.056-06:00Reading about the vultures did not change my views...Reading about the vultures did not change my views or surprise me because human beings conflate capital and profits with the value of life. The passage notes that industrial agriculture carries much of the blame for Europe's disappearing birds by taking out hedgerows, trees, and making fields bigger (116). The detrimental effects of greed and profit-seeking harm human lives as well as animal lives. For example, the United States and various defense contractors make billions of dollars from producing and selling weapons that are used to kill civilians, including multitudes of innocent children, in the Middle East. Justin Jubertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-47014354495649895672020-02-16T22:48:53.969-06:002020-02-16T22:48:53.969-06:00After reading J. B. Mackinnon’s “Tragedy of the Co...After reading J. B. Mackinnon’s “Tragedy of the Common”, I did not feel like my view of humans was altered all that much. Even with the legal change in the availability of the drug people still continued to use it for their benefit. People are selfish in the fact that if they can not see the damages they are causing, they will not stop the behavior. Even if they see the damages, if it does not directly affect them they will still most likely not stop the behavior. Not only is it a tragedy the vulture population fell at such an alarming rate, there were other negative outcomes that arose when the population began to dwindle as well. People do not tend to think about the consequences their actions can have on the environment and species around them. <br />-Jasmyn KlosterJasmyn Klosternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-23754294405223313292020-02-16T22:15:22.175-06:002020-02-16T22:15:22.175-06:00In reading "Tragedy of the Common" from ...In reading "Tragedy of the Common" from Pacific standard I realize that everything needs protection. I related the scarcity of once common birds back to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. After the physiological needs are met, people need safety more than anything. For years ecologists have been fighting to provide safety for the rarest species of animals, but according to Kevin Gaston we've missed protecting the common populations until they become rare. Learning that Europe's bird population "has dropped by 421 million" in 34 years confirms that it is our responsibility as humans who have dominion over all the animals, to protect them. All of them.Miles Wadlingtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-5040241002367616352020-02-16T21:03:45.211-06:002020-02-16T21:03:45.211-06:00Everything, no matter how big or small, has its co...Everything, no matter how big or small, has its contributions to the circle of life. The vultures may have seemed like intimidatingly-abundant pests but they play a role in the food chain, just as things of smaller numbers. This just shows us that we need to allocate time and resources for all things and not just the "rare finds".<br /><br />-Ronald Allenunknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07329114422557614481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-65280303610305732252020-02-16T19:17:56.003-06:002020-02-16T19:17:56.003-06:00When I began reading, I was honestly confused on h...When I began reading, I was honestly confused on how cultures were a topic in this book. Vultures are the last thing on my mind when thinking of animals involved in the food chain. This passage made me appreciate vultures more. There digestive system and genetic make up helps them eat dad animals with out harm. This stops animal disease from spreading to other animals. When they start poisoning vultures, without intention, they died off. Surprisingly, vultures decrease is one of the reasons the bubonic plague was caused because vultures weren't around to eat the cattle dying from heatwave. Instead rats were there to clean up carrying the disease. This passage shows you how a small change in the food chain can cause pandemics.Phoenix Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08510750177450814049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-4203445076337631172020-02-16T13:22:53.931-06:002020-02-16T13:22:53.931-06:00Reading this article altered my thinking by having...Reading this article altered my thinking by having me realize how important wildlife is and the contributions they give. The quote, “the inevitable place you end up,” said Gaston,”is that everything is rare” (116). When trying to protect the wildlife we only think about the endangered, which is good, but in doing so you also forget the common wildlife in the process. It is important to recognize and appreciate all wildlife and the importance they have.Jayla Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10256711206174697388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-20570864345488951012020-02-16T13:10:36.548-06:002020-02-16T13:10:36.548-06:00The article supported my idea because I have alway...The article supported my idea because I have always thought that we have failed and are still failing those species who have became extinct and those that are on the verge of becoming extinct. The article says, "That species of such incredible abundance can decline as quickly as the white-rumped vulture did points to a counterintuitive idea in conservation: that common species may need protection just as much as rare ones do," (115). This validates exactly what I thought before reading the article. Any species can become extinct if we are not protecting them properly, whether they be common or not. <br /><br />Crystal R.Crystal R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13889142282898042071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-86120646370443176272020-02-16T13:10:29.855-06:002020-02-16T13:10:29.855-06:00The article supported my idea because I have alway...The article supported my idea because I have always thought that we have failed and are still failing those species who have became extinct and those that are on the verge of becoming extinct. The article says, "That species of such incredible abundance can decline as quickly as the white-rumped vulture did points to a counterintuitive idea in conservation: that common species may need protection just as much as rare ones do," (115). This validates exactly what I thought before reading the article. Any species can become extinct if we are not protecting them properly, whether they be common or not. <br /><br />Crystal R.Crystal R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13889142282898042071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-1373598684328598582020-02-15T08:26:30.747-06:002020-02-15T08:26:30.747-06:00One section of the reading that really stood out t...One section of the reading that really stood out to me was on page 114 paragraph 5 which stated, “”I saw the dead vultures almost everywhere," he said… Local villagers, who relied on vultures to keep rotting livestock carcasses from spreading disease and sold the cleaned bones to be ground into fertilizer, confirmed that there were far fewer of the birds around. … (Prakash learned their was) a 90 percent decrease in vultures nationwide.” When you think out how many animals humans kill or interfere with for an entire population to become extinct or endangered, its sad because thats such a large number! We have to be more environmentally cautious so we aren’t endangering so many populations, especially those that help us.Adejoke Adanrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06924319622247742020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-18716133657422349472020-02-15T00:48:04.588-06:002020-02-15T00:48:04.588-06:00This article was very interesting to me, because i...This article was very interesting to me, because it goes to show how one change, that can be caused by humans, can impact an entire ecosystem, or at least, the survival of a species. By introducing different types of chemicals to help a population, it could also damage another. Many argue humans play too far of a role in causing changes in nature.<br /><br />-Devin Ellis-MartinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-88917788432641427082020-02-14T23:31:25.609-06:002020-02-14T23:31:25.609-06:00We seem to rarely think about other species when i...We seem to rarely think about other species when it comes to what may harm them. What we refuse to test on humans we test on animals. We assume that because they cannot speak the same language as us we are more intelligent. That is not always the case.<br />Breann w.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-86780968802274090882020-02-14T23:28:06.843-06:002020-02-14T23:28:06.843-06:00The reading impacted my way of thinking in the way...The reading impacted my way of thinking in the way that I wonder what is happening in the world that I don't have to pay attention to? And how does this trickle down into my life? Mackinnon wrote, "The white-rumped vulture die off has now reached 99.9 percent"(115). I know now that agriculturists depend on vultures to eat carcasses and prevent the spread of disease. Now that they're gone, they can't do that anymore. This makes me wonder about how consumers consume meat. It also reminds me of the swine flu and how widespread it had become. Cheniya A.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-22827219834076876362020-02-14T22:27:51.136-06:002020-02-14T22:27:51.136-06:00Too often we squander the majestic nature of the c...Too often we squander the majestic nature of the creatures whose land we have inhibited and caused drastic change to their livelihood. This article reminded me to not take for granted the species which we consider ordinary or common. Mackinnon addresses the lack of research done on species considered common, “commonness was not a well-studied phenomenon, and that ‘many common species are as poorly studied as many rare ones’” (Mackinnon 16). Without doing empirical research on the existence of all species we do not have a realistic image of how our daily interactions may be negatively affecting and further harming not just endangered species but also those common specimens. This is a potentially harmful fact because if we only focus on endangered species we may continue acting in ways that lead to those common species downturn and eventually several common species will become endangered. The importance of the existence of common species is that their commonness has been established by their importance in their ecosystems; these common species “influence and engineer their surroundings” (122). The decreased population of these common species will only lead to other species within those ecosystems becoming harmed as species they depend upon for food or other things begin to slowly disappear. This reading helped support my understanding of the importance of each species that exists; regardless of our knowledge of animals they are serve a necessary role in their individual ecosystems. We must do our job to protect these animals since we are the main cause regarding the danger they face. <br />-Zaria W.Zaria Whitlockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06420265900505940930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-53553258421670496902020-02-14T21:05:15.082-06:002020-02-14T21:05:15.082-06:00For me, this article brought to light the apathy o...For me, this article brought to light the apathy of humans. When Mackinnon mentioned the collective shrug of humanity, and how we assume that we will adapt, it got me thinking. For as many people are willing to help, there are more who assume that others will take care of the big problems, or that these problems will not effect them. I personally am guilty of having this mindset, but thinking like this can cause our world to suffer.<br /><br />Isaiah JIsaiah Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-47884095467049056382020-02-14T21:02:27.856-06:002020-02-14T21:02:27.856-06:00This just reintroduces the fact that humanity is y...This just reintroduces the fact that humanity is yet again the destroyer of nature. These vultures were following their natural instinct and maintaining a symbiotic relationship with the humans. To give humans the benefit of the doubt, we did not know that this chemical would end up killing the birds (which is more than likely why it was banned), but it's just unfortunate how things turned out. Hopefully the birds will go back to their original numbers and flourish. Only time will tell.<br /><br />Brandon NBrandon Nicholsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-88195387140850748462020-02-14T20:33:47.187-06:002020-02-14T20:33:47.187-06:00The article," Tragedy of the Common ", h...The article," Tragedy of the Common ", has confirmed my way of thinking about the ecosystem and the ways the world "tries" to fix it. Some of the ways that the United States tries to help endangered species is with the Endangered Species Act and eliminating drugs like diclofenac that are harmful for animals. The thing is though is these solutions are not working and as a result, species are dying because people are doing whatever they want to do and policies are not enforced. Overall, it has negatively affect on our ecosystem. Dasmin W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-10852432194713862912020-02-14T20:30:09.606-06:002020-02-14T20:30:09.606-06:00The reading got me think about how human can be ve...The reading got me think about how human can be veil and selfish when it comes to nature. McKinnon said when you lose the commonness of a common species, the consequences are immediate and undeniable (122). When we think about cutting trees and exterminating some species from the planet, we barely ask ourselves why they are important. When I was a younger, I use to kill insects because I did not know why they really existed. After a whole year of learning botanic, I understood how insects are important to the development of certain plants. The ecosystem is a whole beautiful world that needs to be cared about and respected.<br /><br />Geonel M.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-50009024596958464142020-02-14T20:12:18.433-06:002020-02-14T20:12:18.433-06:00After reading "Tragedy of the Common", i...After reading "Tragedy of the Common", it made me think more about how so many drugs that are dangerous are being approved and why are the guidelines more strict or why these drugs aren't tested as thorough as they should be. I also thought about how humans can live in their own world without thinking of the animals that support their world and help make it what it is.<br /><br />-Brandy CollierBrandy Colliernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-88268574369427803412020-02-14T19:30:04.594-06:002020-02-14T19:30:04.594-06:00Reading about the vultures altered my thinking by ...Reading about the vultures altered my thinking by making me realize that every living thing plays some kind of role in our environment. Before reading the article, I had no idea that vultures were so essential in preventing the spread of diseases. I also now understand the importance of conserving even the most common species, since the majority of endangered species are initially very common. <br /><br />Zuriah H. Zuriah Harkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326463715496154749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-35450781686848422642020-02-14T18:30:53.355-06:002020-02-14T18:30:53.355-06:00This altered my way of thinking in a way that I wa...This altered my way of thinking in a way that I was not prepared for. Of course we learn about these things and we have to take it in and maybe take tests and quizzes over it, however one may not actually think about the implications of it. To keep it short, on page 123, they talk about how one can just look the other way and assume we will get over it. And sure, all species adapt to all sorts of things, but the extinction of such an important animal has caused such hardships in many parts of the world. Sure we adapted, but we should not have had to because of selfish wants. KaelynBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06584165416615138353noreply@blogger.com