I attended the Design Matters Lecture with Juliane Wolf on November 1st. Wolf explained many environmental issues that have occurred in Chicago dealing with dumping in rivers along with pollution. As she lectured, she mentioned many projects that she has done. The Nature Board Walk at Lincoln zoo park and the Boathouse at Clark park really stood out to me. The reason why both of these projects stood out to me was mainly because of the environmental desire that went with it along with the similarities in reasoning. The Nature Board walk was made to inspire the people of Chicago to get more in touch with nature and wildlife, not to just forget about it. Making the importance of the environment grow into full contribution of the area. The Boathouse uses the Chicago river as a recreational area. During the lecture, Wolf showed a video of how the …show more content…
The pavilion built in the board walk is very popular especially for events listed lastly as Wolf stated. With the pavilion being built and being very noticeable, I think that it was to bring more attention to the board walk. The pavilion is rain proof but allows the sun to shine in, as in the book, Understanding Architecture states “The exterior is designed to keep out the heat, cold, wind and rain” (154, Conway). The exterior of the pavilion works onto establishing this area of safeness, but enables the light to shine through. The boardwalk also has the path that runs all across the pond extending, more in other places than others, as Wolf stated to help view the nature from closer areas to get a different feel. The Nature Board walk gives an entire new feeling to Chicago, allowing people to view the city from nature, while feeling clean and natural in the environment. Being in a place of relaxing nature just makes people want to come across a similar area of nature, especially in a super urbanized
At the dawn of the Twentieth century, cities, like Dayton, had factories being erected almost every day. The Industrialism period brought many people to cities looking for jobs. As cities became crowded and people overworked, a movement began to spend more time outside enjoying nature and all it has to offer. This created an opportunity that Charles W. Shaeffer saw, and jumped on (Dalton 11). He gave way for the idea of a club for those to spend time together, outdoors, to be involved with one another and to bring the community together as one. In the age of industrialism, in this city of 1000 factories, Dayton Canoe Club helped spark a new found love of outdoors for those in the city, and continues to do so today, 100 years later.
One of the neighborhood is Lincoln Park. Lincoln Park is located north of Chicago. Lincoln Park is known for its natural and historic churches. The North Side neighborhood’s park is 1,208 acres of green space with a free zoo open year-round, a nature museum and conservatory. When the weather is just right you can also head over to the lakefront trail and beaches. The beaches sand and surf are
I was raised in Jacksonville, Florida; “the river city” as most natives call it. As stated by the St. Johns River Water Management Disctrict the city has this nickname because it is home to the largest river in Florida, the St. Johns. The St. Johns is also one of the two rivers in the United States that flows north (2013). Since I was surrounded by it my whole life, activities involving water were very common. One of my family’s favorite things to do is have a fishing tournament for Easter on my grandparents’ dock on the St. Johns River.
The Chicago River today is home to a vast network of trade, tourism, and other commercial enterprises, linked in one direction to the Mississippi River through the Des Plaines River and linked in the other direction to Lake Michigan and the rest of the Great Lakes. At intervals, a fountain sprays over the river, creating a picturesque scene for tourists. At Navy Pier and areas on the river’s banks, boat tours are offered of the river and history lessons given by some of the boat operators. On particular tours, you are taken out on Lake Michigan and given a chance to enjoy the view of the city. It is a sight like no other and the tours continue to be popular with locals and tourists. It however has not always been this way.
Have you at any point delighted in climbing or strolling in normal urban ?. Have you at any point imagined that could be advantageous for your brain or your body ?. The article named "How nature can make you kinder, more joyful and more imaginative" which is composed by Jill Suttie discussed how being in nature has a great deal of mental advantages and can enhance individuals inventiveness. Her article was distributed by GreaterGood at the second of walk of the year 2016. The creator is attempting to influence individuals to trust that characteristic scenes is useful for everybody life.
I chose to watch the Frontline episode on “Poisoned Waters”. This documentary showed the environmental issues involving case studies on the Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound. By examining how these rising pollutants along with industrial contaminants like PCB, lead, mercury and agricultural pollution. America has kept from making many of the nation’s waterways fishable and swim able again. This was a goal set by Congress nearly four decades ago.
There is no better feeling in this world than to be outdoors with nature, especially when there are numerous activities to dabble in. Often times people take for granted the sentimental value that they can experience by simply walking through a park. God created the Earth to be beautiful and peaceful, and people need to keep it that way. I have always shared a love of the outdoors with my dad and my brother. We have gone on numerous camping, hiking, fishing, and star-gazing trips ever since I can remember. It was no surprise to me when my dad decided to buy a lake house on Hyco Lake, right outside of Roxboro. We got a really good deal on the house, so my dad decided that Hyco Lake was the perfect spot.
Buckeye Lake is a very important place to a lot of people in central Ohio. After the Ohio Canal was shut down in 1894 the lake became a state park, with the lake itself covering 4000 acres and having thirty miles of shoreline (Buckeye Lake, para. 12). The lake became a vacation spot for families across central Ohio, looking for a day or weekend of leisure, earning it the nickname “Playground of Ohio”, a place close to home where they could swim and play in the water. It became even more popular when cottages, hotels, businesses, and even an amusement park starting popping up along the banks of the
At my school, I am an active member of a program called S.E.E.D., which stands for Students Ending Environmental Destruction. As a group, spread awareness about recycling, water conservation and remediation, climate change, and other environmental problems the world faces today. We make sure that every classroom has a recycling bin and informative posters above them. We have hosted movie nights where we provide healthy, GMO-free refreshments and show an educational film that relates to a current issues to spread awareness. We have also convinced our school to install stations that are specifically meant to refill water bottles as it encourages students to stop buying plastic bottles and wasting plastic. Taking care of the environment and educating our youth, the congressmen, women, and voters of tomorrow who will be the deciding factors of the earth’s health, and consequently the people’s health, is crucial to me.
On one side of the conflict, Americans have a passionate relationship with nature. Nature acts as a muse for artists of every medium. While studying nature, Jo...
Boggs, Grace Lee, and Scott Kurashige. The next American revolution: Sustainable activism for the twenty-first century. University of California Pr, 2012. Print.
One of my personal goals for the project was to learn as much as I could about the sustainability issue facing us. I did this by participating in all of the projects that were done throughout the semester. The main project that occurred during the semester was the personal sustainability goals that we each set for ourselves. While doing the actions that we pledged to do, we learned different things about sustainability that we never knew before. One of the things that I learned was that, at Clemson, it is hard for students who want to recycle to be able to recycle. There are not the necessary facilities nearby our student housing to place our recyclables. I also learned that some actions that should be done to be sustainable are hard to do in the society that we live in. One of these activities that we do is the needless driving that Americans do in general. Since we live in a moving society, it is sometimes hard to do. An easy thing that everyone can do is to recycle some of his or her wastes. This can be done for most people at little or no extra effort than just throwing your trash away.
Outdoor recreation has been around for more than 80 centuries. Throughout the years, outdoor recreation has evolved in many different aspects. Outdoor recreation began as a tool for survival strategies, such as hunting and fishing. As the years have passed, people went on to hunt and fish as a form of recreation. As a population, we can concur that outdoor recreation has many positive attributes such as personal satisfaction and enjoyment, as well as negative aspects that could amount to the costly engagement in outdoor recreation activity.
I am about to describe to you a walk in the park. That being said a few details are required for you to fully picture the likes of what I am about to describe. The time of day is a little past noon and the wind is howling. The sky is a pastel blue, almost as if a wash of blue light was covering a white canvas. The sun is vibrant and concentrated. You can sense the gentle warmth of the sun on your skin and see the lively colors of the world all around you. Alert to the dancing light that surrounds you, your journey begins. Searching for your starting point you choose to begin walking down a gravel pathway that has a clearing of trees a few hundred feet away. The day has a familiar, inviting glow and all around the gentle colors of green, yellow and red surround the pathway. The sun a luminous
To me, outdoor places means forgetting about everything else and feeling that nothing else matters, realizing the beauty that is around us. In Grimwood’s (2016) paper, he stated that moms found that their kids started to get “physically healthier, mentally healthier, calmer, happier, grounded…and moving through challenges a little bit more,” (p.11). Even though this is moms talking about their children, I can relate, being in a certain place outside can make me happier, feel healthier after some time and forget about issues for a time being while helping me get through them. Outdoor recreation and outdoor places help shape my understanding of self and my relationships with others by calming me down and remembering there is more to life. Grimwood (2016) said that moms saw their kids being calmer, and that it changed their mental and physical state of health, knowing this just encourages me to do so too. While walking in the forest by my house, I would feel calmer and get that feeling of escaping from school. Participating in the experience simulations has helped my mental health to get that break and reconnect to