Today's class focused on two water controversies:
- Middle East - Aquifer in the West Bank
- China - Yangtze River/Three Gorges megadam
Your homework is to finish the world map assignment. Here is the link to the World Map as well as some additional reading that you might find useful.
HOMEWORK: Map is due next day, blog posting is due Thursday of next week.
INTERESTING: SUSTAINABLE CITIES RACE
I found an interesting blog that is currently running a series on Sustainable Cities.. focusing only on the States, however it is pretty interesting to take a look at some of the positive and optimistic ideas that are coming out of our dire environmental situation.
I read #1 India's water woes.
ReplyDeleteThe Sadar Mega-dam project is a huge controversy in India. On one side, the dam will bring a water supply that is desperately needed to almost half of the nation. It will also provide electricity and jobs during the production. But on the other side, it will destroy many thousands of homes, it may harm animals in the process and maybe even some culturally treasured structures.
I think that the Sadar Mega-dam project is a great idea. I personally feel that the pro's outweigh the con's in this situation. Even though there will be damage to a lot of houses, and people will have to move, and some fish may die in the process, and maybe some artefacts will be ruined i feel the benefits are far greater. With the new dam, India will be able to get the clean drinking water that more than half of the country needs. They will have tons of electricity that they didn't have before. They will also be able to use this water for irrigation which will create for them an abundance of wheat and rice which will allow there economy to grow tremendously. Also, the amount of houses that will be destroyed during this process is nothing compared to the amount of years that this dam will be able to provide all these things for the Indian people. I think it’s hard for people whose homes are going to be ruined in this process to see the benefits that this project will bring, but will see when it is finished that it was well worth it, if not for them but for the bettering of their entire country.