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J.J. De Simone, Lindsay Crupper, Denzyl Janneker , Bobby Grace and Adam Bowman

Human interaction with the natural world The importance of conserving what remains and how to manage it. J.J. De Simone, Lindsay Crupper, Denzyl Janneker , Bobby Grace and Adam Bowman. Introduction. Communicate through responsiveness to nature

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J.J. De Simone, Lindsay Crupper, Denzyl Janneker , Bobby Grace and Adam Bowman

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  1. Human interaction with the natural worldThe importance of conserving what remains and how to manage it J.J. De Simone, Lindsay Crupper, DenzylJanneker, Bobby Grace and Adam Bowman

  2. Introduction • Communicate through responsiveness to nature • Exploring loss of eco and bio-diversity one way to begin the discussion Unless otherwise noted, all photos courtesy of Adam Bowman

  3. Presentation contents • Part I – Blog • Man’s environmental interaction • Topic overview • Interview with Dr. Roger Boyd (Baker University) • Conclusions • Part II – Blog • Man’s interaction with animals • Interview with Liz Harmon (Kansas City Zoo curator) • Importance of preserving animal life

  4. Presentation contents continued • Part III: Podcast • Man’s interaction with flora • Echinacea • Part IV: Blog • Ethics of man’s interaction with the environment • Ethical decisions • Wolves’ reintroduction

  5. Presentation contents continued • Parts V and VI: Webisodes • Man’s interaction with Grizzly Bears • Interview with Dr. Karl Brooks • Presentation conclusions • Six-part series • Communication implications • Projected submission locations

  6. Man’s environmental interaction: An overview • Human self-interest; lack of environmental understanding • Easy to ignore human involvement • Frightening ramifications • Plants feed herbivores, herbivores feed predators • Plants eliminated from equation, what happens?

  7. Interview with Dr. Roger Boyd • Eco-diversity: Number of diverse ecosystems in world • Biodiversity: Number of species in ecosystem • Loss of eco and bio diversity • Less food • Loss of potential medicinal cures (cancer, AIDS cures) • Lose natural resources – impacts industry, textiles and technology

  8. Conclusions • Scientists: Humans changing world too quickly while not understanding ramifications • Dr. Boyd: We have scientific prowess to slow eco and biodiversity loss • Government continues to decrease species protection acts • Inform senators and congressmen about situation • Problem not completely unavoidable, it’s our job to lessen our impact of our environment

  9. Man’s involvement with fauna • Causes for animal endangerment • Loss of habitats • Over-hunting • Pollution • Changes in the environment

  10. Interview with Liz Harmon • Kansas City Zoo curator • Over 20 species of endangered animals at the KC Zoo • Countless unidentified animals becoming extinct regularly

  11. Importance of preserving animal life • Ecological • Commercial • Recreational

  12. Man’s interaction with flora • Interview with Kelly Kindscher, KU Professor and Kansas bio-survey researcher • Author of Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie • Ethno-botany

  13. Echinacea • Used as a general panacea (cure-all) • 1990s: Herbal medicinal boom • Europe main importer • Successfully maintaining Echinacea important – several components • Resilience of the plant Photo courtesy of creekhillnursery.com

  14. Ethics of man’s interaction with the environment • Man’s ethical impact on the environment, particularly on the animal kingdom • Quest for land: Appetite for killing animals for hides and horns has led to many beings placed on endangered list • Hasn’t man interfered enough, that he ought not to attempt any form of redress?

  15. Ethical decisions • We have no choice but to get involved, but only where species are threatened with extinction • Must learn from failed reintroductions like the wild dog and be inspired by successes like the American bison and the wolf

  16. Wolves’ reintroduction • Wolf reintroduction: Model of how the food chain is upset • Remove it and its prey, the elk overpopulate • Elk’s diet of willow, in turn, is overeaten • Cycle continues • Past failures should be lesson for the future

  17. Man’s interaction with Grizzly Bears • Historical background • Grizzly Bear population: 136 in 1975 in Yellowstone National Park • People continue to expand; at same time try to conserve open spaces • As conservation succeeds, how humans work to manage thriving ecosystems becomes increasingly pertinent

  18. Interview with Dr. Karl Brooks • Expert on Rocky Mountain Ecosystems and politics surrounding their management • How we interact with complex large predators; complicated with no simple answer • Debate is open to scientific and emotional interpretations; no point of view is invalid

  19. Presentation conclusions • Six-part series from diverse perspectives, media • Point of project not to offer answers; discussion starters • Industries, technologies, textiles contingent on eco and biodiversity • If natural resources disappear, how humans are affected could be extreme • In addition to class Blog, six-part series will be submitted to planetsave.com

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