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I found the podcast “Mapping” to be interesting to listen to because I’ve known about “This American Life” for a couple months through episodes on Netflix. I thought the episodes were very enlightening because they shed light on the unique lifestyles of American people that you might not ever hear about otherwise. This particular podcast relates to the overall theme of the show – to examine the unknown lifestyles of people in this country. In this case, people are replaced with the five senses.
I really liked the part where the narrator explained that the podcast intended to demonstrate how people have become desensitized to society, that we live throughout the day in a catatonic state and miss all the glorious details that are present in virtually everything. This reminded me of a topic I wrote about in a previous class that had to do with our increasing reliability on technology to communicate. We rely so heavily on texting, Facebook or blogging to express ourselves (ironically stated through a blog for class…hehe), and many people are choosing to hide behind a virtual alias instead of having an organic, face-to-face conversation with someone. This podcast is similar in that we are decreasing our interaction our surroundings; we’re not having as many face-to-face conversations with nature as we used to, so to speak. We’re missing out on little details that have the same level of importance as the big picture.
I loved the part about the electronic nose, as weird as it was to listen to. I think mapping the world based on smells would be a really cool way to teach about the diversity of world cultures, or to even explain history. The development of our country could be explained through smells that had to do with major events, like the smell of gunpowder from the American Revolution or explosives for mining in the nineteenth century.
I agree with the podcast’s message that people need to learn to pay better attention to their surroundings. It’s so easy to miss a beautiful moment by simply keeping your eyes forward. Stop and look around once in a while, and you may even find something new and wonderful about a familiar place.
Oyster reef restoration in Mobile Alabama, Dog river mouth.
20110121@15:41, High tide.
30.57562, -88.07847
Mapping for Grassroots Mapping & LA Bucket Brigade.
Photos of Cesar Harada, Prof. Leo Dento and Prof. Dawn McKinney
www.100-1000.org/map/helen-wood-park
100-1000.mobilebaykeeper.org/prepping-helen-wood-park
Volunteers will be deploying approximately 23,000 bags of oyster shells to create new reefs and habitat at the mouth of Dog River.
Left at 10:45 - return 20:30
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$35 of unlead
OSHA and Hazard Mapping classes facilitated by Jack Angel, Nathan Maynard and Warren Rasmussen, mid-July 2014 in Carlsband, N.M.
OSHA and Hazard Mapping classes facilitated by Jack Angel, Nathan Maynard and Warren Rasmussen, mid-July 2014 in Carlsband, N.M.
The street was so hot that I could neither ride the bike nor walk on it anymore, walking on the gras shoulder was very slow and no shade... After about 4 km I run out of water and was at my limits. GPS told another 10 km to the next town. I was considering to call to get a lift. The ones who know me well would understand that I would not do that easily. I must have looked very exhausted, standing at the side of the street In the shade of that little tree. Many cars passed by of course I would not attempt to stop any. Funnily, a harley davidson biker looked at me and decided to stop. My first thoughts were, what I would tell him when he asked me whether I am fine. Surely I would have answered, i am alright just need a little rest. Actually, that was not his question but he was saying: "the street is not good" and we immediately where discussing and he could tell me for how long the street will be like that and when there will be downhill and shade. This helped me so much that I could continue and made it half an hour later into the town. That chat was all the help i needed. I would have refused likely any other help ( my wife know best) and i belief he knew.