Book Club Synthesis Padlet by Owen Davis https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8 Le epic book club en-us 2022-03-21 15:42:27 UTC 2025-11-30 15:29:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4d6.png Evidence & Commentary odavis23 https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105621697 Americans are being told to reduce, reuse and recycle, but it seems like its rather futile. Many people try to recycle things that aren't actually recyclable, and a large quantity of these items in a load of actual recyclables causes the entire batch to be contaminated. Some people don't even care about recycling and throw away all possibly recyclable items in the solid waste bin.

On top of that, some recycling processing companies in 2018 were forced to send recyclables to landfills because they had nowhere else to go after China restricted the imports of recyclable items into the country.

Albeck, Livia. “Your Recycling Gets Recycled, Right? Maybe, or Maybe Not (Published 2018).” The New York Times, 29 May 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/climate/recycling-landfills-plastic-papers.html. Accessed 16 March 2022.

]]> 2022-03-21 15:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105621697 Dialogue From Other Sources odavis23 https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105623061 The book would agree in that many humans are ignoring preventative measures.

Source 2 neither agrees nor disagrees.
Source 3 would agree with the concept of ignorance.
Source 4 would agree with the concept of ignorance.]]> 2022-03-21 15:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105623061 In Alan Wiseman's work of intelligence, "The World Without Us", he depicts a bleak future of society as a whole by illustrating in stark detail the plague that is the human race. Human's have made drastic changes which have not gone unnoticed. The human race is doomed to completely annihilate and destroy itself without the possibility of resolution for the mess of nature that we have stirred; it is a global conundrum that has been caused by the negligence of global warming, ignorance of preservation measures, and the overall infrastructure we have introduced to an environment that once thrived untouched. jboaz23 https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105691478 2022-03-21 16:15:24 UTC https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105691478 Evidence and Commentary jboaz23 https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105693414 This brief video shows what one of Europe's last primeval forests looks like in a small stretch of protected national park area near Poland. It provides an intriguing introspective into what Earth may look like after a few centuries if humans disappeared one day.

It's likely that most of Europe would look like this, completely untouched, after humans disappeared, except for a few buildings, plastics, polymers, a few pots and pans and some metals.]]> 2022-03-21 16:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105693414 Dialogue From Other Sources jboaz23 https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105693690 The book would absolutely agree with the idea that Earth would return to a sort of primeval state if humans disappeared one day.

Source 1 would note that many recyclables would be left behind in these forests.
Source 3 would disagree in that Earth would not fully return to its primeval state due to the presence of carbon in the atmosphere.
Source 4 would also disagree for the same reason.]]> 2022-03-21 16:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105693690 Evidence and Commentary jboaz23 https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105694221 Through this interactive game, this source provided visual facts of the reality of our changing world and the effect that humans are creating. Through one game you can see the progress and loss of melting ice and discover and predict our future based on our past and increase of the melting rate. The game states that "approximately 400 billion tons of glaciers are lost per year since 1994", which only furthers immature disbelief and denial that so many people face which blocks action from being taken to help save not only our home but ourselves. Although we are full of greed, the only thing that will make us not act out of fear of losing ourselves is something that takes work and time; only proving further that not only is our world doomed, but humanity itself. In addition to the loss of ice and habitat for many animals that come from this area, this source informs its audience that "carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is causing temperatures to warm, sea levels to rise, oceans to grow more acidic, and rainstorms, droughts, floods, and fires to become more severe." Not only does this information reinforce the reality that is becoming of our disintegrating world, but it shows the lack of care or attention that is being directed to an issue that will one day destroy the world that we call home. This article proves further the block that humans have put against their own created problems of our raising temperatures and melting ice for it would be inconvenient to act against it. Humans are the only thing killing our species faster than the reactions from our unthoughtful decisions. ]]> 2022-03-21 16:16:50 UTC https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105694221 Dialogue From Other Sources jboaz23 https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105694345 Source 1 would agree with the negligence that is being displayed by the facts of increasing destruction and decrease of effort to stop such threats to humans. 

Source 2 would respect the information awareness that is being presented but they would not agree with the larger message of humans impact for this video expresses a very clear opinion that for nature to thrive, they must thrive without the touch of man. 

Source 4 would agree strongly with the claims made and the inspiration that gives its audience to attempt to make a difference for a better and healthier world. 

The book would agree with the facts at hand and that these prove that there should be no hope left for we have already lost the war to save our home from our own stupidity. ]]> 2022-03-21 16:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105694345 Evidence and Commentary jboaz23 https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105694696 This interactive game, although entertaining to play, also provided valuable information that goes into great detail of the inevitable human destruction that society has put upon themselves. This fun game provides insight on the reality of our raising temperatures and melting ice by stating that "global air temperatures near Earth's surface have gone up about 2 degrees Fahrenheit in the last century. In fact, the past five years have been the warmest five years in centuries", yet lacked to include ideas or ways to help improve the global warming state that continues to rapidly increase with no attempt to stop this human side effect that is slowly destroying our home. Although educated is the first step to success, there has is no trace of action or effort of a plan which only enforces the neglect or carelessness that humans show towards this pressing issue that have written our fate for death and a world without us. ]]> 2022-03-21 16:17:05 UTC https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105694696 Dialogue From Other Sources jboaz23 https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105694790 Source 1 would agree with the facts of global warming and that we are not only the pressing cause of the issue but we are the possibility of resolution, but this article would not believe in the lack of action that this takes. 

Source 2 would have a more biased view of this standpoint for this video because they believe in leaving the world alone to thrive as it did before we humans invaded and destroyed. They would disagree with the poor choices we are making but would also not believe in the possibility that we could fix what we have broken for so long. 

Source 3 would agree completely with the information in this video for it seems there is a lack of hope for improvement and an acceptance of the poor state that we are declining into. 

The book would see the information given and agree that there is no use for including information to help the issue at hand for they see a future that is being predicted by this article by the ignorance and negligence that is being shown in the article.]]> 2022-03-21 16:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105694790 Evidence and Commentary jboaz23 https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105695311 The book uses 20 chapters to describe the sheer impact of humans on the world itself and how those impacts would fade away only after humans disappeared. But that's the thing: after humans disappear.

Weisman uses his novel to convey the idea that because of the massive impact on the environment caused by humans and because of the drastic changes we have made to various different ecosystems, we are the cause of global warming issues. And since we are still causing those issues right now, the only way to solve those issues and allow Earth to return to its original primeval state, all humans on planet Earth would need to be annihilated immediately.

We are like a plague on Earth. We are harming the planet, and Earth is starting to get a high fever. When humans get sick with a virus, you can't fight it off with antibiotics or medicine. Nothing is particularly helpful. The only way that the person feels better is when the immune system responds to the virus and the virus itself is wiped off the face of the human body, leaving nothing behind.]]> 2022-03-21 16:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105695311 Dialogue From Other Sources jboaz23 https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105695423 Source 1 would neither agree nor disagree.
Source 2 would provide insight into the state Earth would return to if humans were gone.
Source 3 would agree that the human impact on Earth is insane.
Source 4 agrees the same.]]> 2022-03-21 16:17:26 UTC https://padlet.com/odavis23/oe9saz5qt4ykbpx8/wish/2105695423