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HIS 100 Module Five Activity Template: Historical Interpretations Replace the bracketed text below with your responses. Identify the topic you chose to explore: The Creation of Earth Day - How did the environmental activism of the 20th century, as demonstrated by the creation of Earth Day, contribute to shaping public awareness, policy changes, and the global environmental movement? Describe how exploring your research question improved your understanding of the historical roots of your current event. Studying the environmental activism of the 20th century, particularly the establishment of Earth Day in 1970, can offer valuable insights into the origin and evolution of modern environmental awareness and advocacy. It allows us to explore events that led to the creation of Earth Day and individuals that laid the groundwork for contemporary environmental concerns. Understanding the historical context of Earth Day can help us recognize the urgent environmental issues of that time such as air and water pollution, deforestation, and the impacts of industrialization. Studying the 20th-century environmental activism provides insight into the transformative impact these efforts had on policy changes. Earth Day played a pivotal role in prompting legislative actions, which included the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the United States and allowed for the passing of environmental protection laws like the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. Explain how biased perspectives influence what is known about both your historical and current events. Biased perspectives can significantly impact how historical and current events that are related to climate change are understood and portrayed. Bias can manifest in various forms, including political, cultural, economic, and personal biases. Propose how the narrative about your historical event might change if it were told from a missing perspective. A missing narrative that comes to mind when contemplating this could possibly be an activist during the creation of Earth Day that may have been overlooked. This perspective could shed light on voices and contributions that might have been overshadowed in the mainstream retelling of Earth Day's origin. This missing perspective could focus on the efforts and contributions of activists who played a significant role, but were marginalized or omitted in the traditional narrative. This might include individuals from marginalized communities, indigenous groups, or
grassroots organizations whose environmental advocacy was pivotal but underrepresented. It would be interesting to explore the diverse motivations behind Earth Day. I would want to go beyond the dominant narrative and portray all the different efforts fueled by the need for environmental justice, anti-pollution campaigns, and the impacts of industrialization on marginalized communities. The narrative about the creation of Earth Day could become richer, more inclusive, and reflect of the diversity of the different voices and efforts that have contributed to this environmental movement. This approach would emphasize that the fight for a sustainable planet involves a collective and ongoing effort from many the community, as well as the individual. Propose how the narrative about your current event might change if it were told from a missing perspective. The proposed treaty aims to establish a legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in these high sea areas. Key issues under discussion include the establishment of marine protected areas, the sharing of benefits from marine genetic resources, and possible capacity building for developing countries. The narrative about "the high seas treaty" could be told from a different perspective by focusing on the concerns and opinions of different stakeholders involved like fishing communities, developing nations, or environmental activists. Developing nations may not have the resources to comply with the proposed regulations required by the High Seas Treaty. The communities would possibly have to adapt to new rules, which could potentially lead to challenges with international cooperation. This would absolutely change the perspective that one may have in regard to the high seas treaty, when the treaty was formed the creators were more than likely not taking into account the indigenous nations that could potentially be affected.
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