Professor Brenda Thomas
Journal Entry: Grumwald
Exerpt from The Swamp:The Everglades, Florida, and Politics of Paradise
Endgame
Michael Grunwald
Overall I found the reading to be very informative
about the restoration of the Everglades. I never knew how much of a process it
was to get certain plans in order to help restore this area. In the open of the
reading the author speaks about the slogan behind the campaign for Everglades’ restoration
“A Time to Act”. I think that the slogan is interesting to see the relation to
the campaign because it offers a call to action to all who read it.
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Key officials had absolute authority and control
over the restoration of the Everglades. With other individuals it is noted that
we need to focus on the needs of the land and do what is best for it. “Action
taken to restore the Everglades in the next year will set the course for the
next several decades”. There are a lot of people who would love to see the area
grow with loving authority and I believe the hard work of the people draws me
in to this project and its success. “After
months of cheerleading for CERP, the Everglades Coalition once again had to
decide what to do about an Everglades restoration plan with questionable
benefits for the Everglades”.
It is amazing how we hold so much responsibility
over the environment and creatures that inhabit Earth. The usually
mild-mannered Senator Mack once yelled at him to mind his own business, nut
Voinovich believed that if the Everglades was really “America’s Everglades, “as
the Florida senators kept calling it, then a threat to the Everglades was
America’s business”. As I continued to read the text I wondered if the efforts
that were taken were effective and if the slogan could be used national to
promote more concern towards the restoration of this region.
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