I enjoyed reading A Tale of Two Farms by Jared Diamond because of his approach on presenting information about the evolution of cities. Diamond explains several reasons why a city, like the Gardar farm, can collapse and deteriorate while a neighbor farm land prospers and grows, like the Huls Farm. The five point frame work explains why certain cities dissolve and they are: environmental damage, climate change, hostile neighbors, friendly trade partners, and the society's responses to its environment. I liked how Diamond openly admitted to leaning about how much more there is to the destruction of a city other than environmental causes. Reading about each one of the five points was enlightening and although it is a tragedy to think that it is possible that any city can be destroyed, he seems to present his opinion from an optimistic point of view.
The most interesting part of the reading was on page 32 when Diamond presents both sides of an environmental opinion. There are the "environmentalists" who urge the importance of the environment and insist that the government takes action to achieve a sustainable lifestyle. According to the "environmentalist" economic and population growth cannot be achieved sustainability without a prosperous environment. The opposite of the "environmentalists" are the "non-environmentalists" who think the importance of the environment is over exaggerated and that a nation can grow without the help of the environment. After reading this section, I started to think where I stood on the political environmental spectrum. Before college I really could care less about the environment and what happened to all the animals. Now, I look back and think how ignorant I was to think that humans can do things all by themselves. Nature plays a large role in everyone's life regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, age, or color. I'm glad that I chose FGCU as my college and even though sometimes I think one person isn't going to make a difference, I'm constantly reminded of our ecological footprint and what we leave behind.
The most interesting part of the reading was on page 32 when Diamond presents both sides of an environmental opinion. There are the "environmentalists" who urge the importance of the environment and insist that the government takes action to achieve a sustainable lifestyle. According to the "environmentalist" economic and population growth cannot be achieved sustainability without a prosperous environment. The opposite of the "environmentalists" are the "non-environmentalists" who think the importance of the environment is over exaggerated and that a nation can grow without the help of the environment. After reading this section, I started to think where I stood on the political environmental spectrum. Before college I really could care less about the environment and what happened to all the animals. Now, I look back and think how ignorant I was to think that humans can do things all by themselves. Nature plays a large role in everyone's life regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, age, or color. I'm glad that I chose FGCU as my college and even though sometimes I think one person isn't going to make a difference, I'm constantly reminded of our ecological footprint and what we leave behind.
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