Hey again,
forgot an update that needed to be done! So here it is. We had to list some natural disasters, and then choose one that we wanted to research and find resources that we could use for reference.
So I found some really early natural disasters, and I'm just going to mention some and then post the link so if you want anymore then you can look them up.
- Earthquake in Egypt and Syria, in 1201 where approx. 1.1 million people were killed.
- The Black Death (disease) in Europe from 1347 to 1350, where about 25 million were killed.
- Earthquake in Chine, Shaanzi, in 1556, where about 830.000 people were killed.
- Typhoon in India 1737 killed about 300.000 people.
- Famine in India (again) in 1796, killed about 10 million people.
- Volcanic eruption in Iceland, in 1783 killed 25.000+ people in Iceland and caused 25% of the population to starve because of poisoning.
- In US, 1871, there was a forest fire in Wisconsin that destroyed 9 towns and killed 1.500 people.
- Drought in China, 1876 - 1879 killed 9 million people died, due to no water so many things died.
- In Italy, 1908, an earthquake started a tidal wave, that destroyed cities and land, and killed about 123.000 people.
- There was an earthquake resulted in serious landslides in Peru, in 1970, that killed about 66.000 people.
- In West Africa, 1996, meningites broke out and killed about 25.000 people.
Source: http://across.co.nz/WorldsWorstDisasters.html
So these are some of them, and I have decided to do some research on The Forest Fire in Wisconsin, 1871. There is another name for this fire, which is The Great Peshtigo Fire.
5 links that I have for this are:
- http://www.peshtigofire.info/
- http://www.boisestate.edu/history/ncasner/hy210/peshtigo.htm
- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wioconto/Fire.htm
- http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=10463&term_type_id=3&term_type_text=things&letter=F
-http://www.essortment.com/all/peshtigofire_rixl.htm
p.s. It's a little late, but my internet wasn't working so I had to wait for it to work again.
Byeee!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Heyy you guys!
It's been a while I guess, but just a update on our classwork, which hasn't been a lot due to fieldtrips on the ONLY day we have technology or the power just isn't letting us learn. Poor us... Anyways! we have started to look on architecture for humanity and I think it's interesting to see some of the projects that the architect that we're specifically looking on is doing. His name is Cameron Sinclair and we got to see a video of some of the things he did for different causes.
First of all, actually, I think a humanitarian architect is someone who builds for the sake of humanity to benefit and help humans who are poor, in bad conditions or generally needs help. I think a humanitarian architect helps anyone, however prioritizes those in need. At least, that would make sense, to me, that even though they have many people who ask for their help, they would prioritize those who really need the help! Humanitarian architects are really important to the world, because when people who have been in a disaster or needs protection, it is really important that a new facility is safe and most of all resistant to most disasters. A good idea would be to make sure that there was a safety room and that it would be resistent to water and wind, which is why hiring a humanitarian architect, who would most likely focus on these factors, is a great idea!
To go back to Mr. Cameron Sinclair, we were told to take a look around his website and find a project that we were inspired by. I would say one project, that I remember seeing in a youtube video we saw, really caught my attention, and that would be the school, where the drain led down to a water tank, where the water would be cleaned and ready to use again. I thought it was caring, nature friendly and very necessary. I can't really create a link to it, but I can display the link on where I found the video on his own webpage. It will be labelled (1) further down.
That would be it for now! Keep checking for more stuff.
Byeeee!
(1) http://www.cameronsinclair.com/index.php?q=TED - It is the third movie down where it includes the project I was referring to.
It's been a while I guess, but just a update on our classwork, which hasn't been a lot due to fieldtrips on the ONLY day we have technology or the power just isn't letting us learn. Poor us... Anyways! we have started to look on architecture for humanity and I think it's interesting to see some of the projects that the architect that we're specifically looking on is doing. His name is Cameron Sinclair and we got to see a video of some of the things he did for different causes.
First of all, actually, I think a humanitarian architect is someone who builds for the sake of humanity to benefit and help humans who are poor, in bad conditions or generally needs help. I think a humanitarian architect helps anyone, however prioritizes those in need. At least, that would make sense, to me, that even though they have many people who ask for their help, they would prioritize those who really need the help! Humanitarian architects are really important to the world, because when people who have been in a disaster or needs protection, it is really important that a new facility is safe and most of all resistant to most disasters. A good idea would be to make sure that there was a safety room and that it would be resistent to water and wind, which is why hiring a humanitarian architect, who would most likely focus on these factors, is a great idea!
To go back to Mr. Cameron Sinclair, we were told to take a look around his website and find a project that we were inspired by. I would say one project, that I remember seeing in a youtube video we saw, really caught my attention, and that would be the school, where the drain led down to a water tank, where the water would be cleaned and ready to use again. I thought it was caring, nature friendly and very necessary. I can't really create a link to it, but I can display the link on where I found the video on his own webpage. It will be labelled (1) further down.
That would be it for now! Keep checking for more stuff.
Byeeee!
(1) http://www.cameronsinclair.com/index.php?q=TED - It is the third movie down where it includes the project I was referring to.
Monday, January 11, 2010
HAPPY NEWYEAR!
Hi guys,
Sorry for not updating for a while. School have been so busy and the vacation came just in time! Well, our PSA's are finished!They took a long time, but I am satisfied with my final product, even though I had to take out a part of it that i really wanted in it. I will try and make a second one, and upload that too if it doesn't take too long, so have patience! Until now though, this is what it looks like, and I encourage everybody to watch it and take the survey afterwards to help me improve! Thank you so much, and happy new year!
Penny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjiw44O8WnM - Link to the video on youtube, as well as the link to the survey.
p.s. I will try to upload the movie unto here, but I'm having some difficulties at the moment with youtube.
Sorry for not updating for a while. School have been so busy and the vacation came just in time! Well, our PSA's are finished!They took a long time, but I am satisfied with my final product, even though I had to take out a part of it that i really wanted in it. I will try and make a second one, and upload that too if it doesn't take too long, so have patience! Until now though, this is what it looks like, and I encourage everybody to watch it and take the survey afterwards to help me improve! Thank you so much, and happy new year!
Penny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjiw44O8WnM - Link to the video on youtube, as well as the link to the survey.
p.s. I will try to upload the movie unto here, but I'm having some difficulties at the moment with youtube.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
