Madison Blackburn
Geography 101
This weeks essay that was known as Survival, Alaska Style was written by Susan Kollin. This reading talked about nature and how people viewed it and survived in it. Years ago, the appreciation and the activities in nature looked much different. People appreciated nature more and were always very respectful and careful with it. Now in the modern age, people aren't as appreciative of it and take nature for granted sometimes. Rather than using it for what they need, they don't treat it in the manners they should. In the modern age people are trying to survive solely off of nature. This can be hard, but can be done. They use little to no resources that aren't straight from nature and that is what this essay talks a lot about. Unlike these people, there are also people who never like to enjoy nature at all and just get too consumed in technology and their other daily lives.
Hi Madison,
ReplyDeleteGreat post! I definitely agree with what you said about how people nowadays are taking nature for granted. I feel like this essay is sort of like Schivelbusch's essay about people now using trains to get to places. Both those aspects really play a part in how we go about nature now and makes us not appreciate like we did before.