Saving Places - I Thought I Saw

This week's task in English was to discuss and give your opinions about a poem called "Saving Places - I Thought I Saw". I will try to give my view of what the author is trying to say and what the message in the poem is. The poem is written by Hannah Tobin (10).

I think the poem is about how humanity will destroy the nature and wildlife if we do not change the way we live.  I think the author tries to say that we have to do something about the pollution problem and take more care of the wildlife. She tries to say that we can not continue destroying the nature if we want the earth to be like it is now.

The poem is written from the future looking back on how humanity destroyed the nature and wildlife. In the poem the "I - person" describes how she thought she saw different things, like animals and a fertile plain. The  bird in the picture is a kingfisher who is one of the animals the girl thought she saw. This makes the reader thinking about why she do not see these things. The last sentence in the poem is: They all died out because of me. This tells the reader that the things died out or got destroyed because of "me". I think the "me" is the humanity or the generation the "I" is a part of, and the author tries to say that in the future we will realise and regret what we did to the nature. The things she thought she saw is things the author think we have to take care of and treat good.

It is really impressive that this poem is written by a ten year old girl, and I think it is good that kids and teenagers are doing things to make people think about how they treat the nature and wildlife.

Syver

Arne Ness's deep ecology

This text is about how Arne Ness’s deep ecology relates to pollution and wildlife. We have worked with Arne Ness(picture), and read texts about pollution and wildlife at school.

Arne Ness mean that everything that is alive has the same right to unfold and to be in the world, and that we have to treat animals and the nature in a good way. In the texts about wildlife and pollution, there were some examples that show how many people do not treat the nature and living creatures the way Arne Ness thinks we should. One of them is that the African elephant have almost disappeared, because people kill them to get their tusks. This is against Arne Ness’s deep ecology, because he thinks that people should not kill animals if they do not really need to. Arne Ness thinks that we should ask ourselves: Is this really necessary? Is it essential for me? If it is not so important, and it can destroy the nature or the habitats for other living creature, we should not do it. Another example is all the deforestation in the rainforest. It is bad for the climate and animals that live there. If people were better at recycling, there could have been less deforestation than it is today.

I think that there are many similarities between Arne Ness’s deep ecology and “the golden rule” witch is important in many religions. The specialty of Arne Ness’s deep ecology is that it counts for all other living creatures. People should listen more to Arne Ness’s thoughts, and think over what they do, and how important it is for them. If we do not, the climate can change in a bad way for many people.

Great words of wisdom from Horisoner 10:

I cannot do anything alone, says hundreds of thousands!

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