The first activity was to say whether you think people who over fish shouldn't or should pay a fine of $100,000. I think it is fair because fishes are a living creature and their lives have the same value as ours. Fish play a big part in taking care of the ocean, like cleaning corals and helping other bigger fish to stay clean. If we kill all of the fish we wont have anything to eat either. So people who over fish will be getting lots of food for themselves but in the future the people who want to have fish for dinner will have to go to the trouble of finding a new fishing spot.
The second task was to list down two polluted rivers and then write down the name of the rivers the location of the rivers and what is being done to help these rivers if anything.The two rivers I chose are:
Waikirikiri (Selwyn) River and the Karamu Stream.
Waikirikiri river flows through the Selwyn district of Canterbury in the south island of New Zealand. A fish and game led project is restoring the lake spawning habitat of the snake creek.
The Karamu stream is located in Napier. More than 20,000 trees have been planted across Karamu river.
The third and final activity of the week is to list down three ways to make money to preserve the great barrier reef of Australia. My first way to fund raise is start a give a little page and then make an advertisement on my blog. My second way to raise money would be to start a show or a musical or a play so that we can raise money by the tickets that have been bought to see the show. And my last way would be to start up some kind of charity box and a committee and every week they have to put in whatever amount of money into the charity box they want to and then after every year we donate the money to Australia.
Hi Bethan,
ReplyDeleteDo you really believe a fish has the same value as a humnan? Is that what you meant? Fish are absolutely a very important part of the environment and how sad would you be if there were none left? Would we (humans still be around?)
It is really cool to read that planting trees can help the river in your blog.
Mumma Jay
Daddy says : Fish have faces too!
ReplyDeleteKia ora Bethan,
Activity 1: Off the Menu - Thanks for sharing you point of views with us about this very polemic issue. I agree with you as I think is only fair that people get this huge fine because sometimes this is the only way that we can make people understand and respect the damage that over fishing is causing to our environment and ultimately to our next generations survival.
Activity 2: The Black Drain - It make me sad to think that New Zealand does not live up to its reputation of being a clean and green country. These stats about our waterways are so gloomy right?! two- thirds of all rivers being polluted is more than half! :o( Thanks for completing this activity!
Activity 3: Faded Glory - Nice ideas for raising money! I specially like your idea about creating a committee because we need young people like you guys to come out with some clever and innovative ways to reverse the damage we are doing to our planet.
Overall and as a constructive feedback, I would like you to think about organising your answers on separate sections so your readers don't feel overwhelmed by having to read everything together and they can easily that you are answering 3 different activities. For example, for my comments above I made sure to put the tittle of every activity and a wee space in between them so you can easily see the comment for each activity separately. Furthermore, consider the options to add images to your posts to make it more eye-catching and creative.
This is another solid post from you! Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us!
Kia kaha,
Patricia