Comb-Overs and Collapses

How can a generation recover from the deep and grave mistakes made by its forbearers  In this Ted Talk video the speaker Jared Diamond elaborates on the five factors that contribute to the collapse of societies. For each factor, he gives an example from the Greenland Norse, a Viking society whose negligence led to their inevitable demise.  The five factors consisted of: human impacts on the environment, climate change, friendly neighbors leaving, hostile neighbors coming, and dysfunctional political and cultural practices.  Although most of the seminar was very boring, I did agree with his idea that we have to focus on more than just one issue. Societal collapse occurs because of a culmination of events, so we cannot afford to ignore the various other environmental issues that are currently tormenting our world. Mr. Diamond believes that if these issues aren’t resolved soon, then in the next few decades we will be faced not by a pleasant end, but by an end riddled with disease, war, and famine. I completely agree with Mr. Diamond’s description of our environment on non-sustainable course. If we continue to neglect our environment and fall prey to the same errors and mistakes made by our predecessors then we will essentially be making a “checklist” out of the five factors that foster collapse among societies. We need to maintain our society by focusing on the issues as a whole and not just one whole issue.

Part  2

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    1. If a tree farm is planted and not thinned, then there will not be enough growth room for other plants. Overcrowded trees are under stress from other neighboring trees. Thinning may be done to increase the resistance toward droughts, insect infestation or extreme temperature. Thinning is also a common practice in forestry that is utilized to improve the growth rate or the health of the remaining trees.

    2.The Fernbank Forest reserve in Decatur is an example of an old-growth forest in Atlanta. Toilet paper is an example of a product we use from old-growth forest

       Part 3

    1.The dead organic assortment burned the best because the dry material served as a catalyst for the fire and fueled the flames.

    2.Yes, these assortments do occur naturally. The dead assortment exist on the forest floor, the assortment of green foliage occurs on the trees, and the damp dead assortment exist on the forest floor near a body of water or after rain.

    3. Forest Rangers have to periodically use controlled burns to clear dead material, so that in case of a fire it will not become uncontrollable.