Week 13- Laughter is the Best Medicine

What a great note to end on..yes, laughter could be the best medicine ever. I believe hormone and cortisol levels do change with laughter..I know that even when I change my facial expressions, I begin to feel better..Happy Holidays, Larry!!

Week 13- Stem Cell Therapy

I have always been pro-stem cell therapy. I feel it is better to grow these stem cells so your body is able to generate whatever it needs to heal:)

Week 13- Wolf Hunt

This situation doesn't seem too balanced..people are killing entire wolf packs for sport..I don't see how this is fair. We are the ones intruding on their territory. Farms have dogs to protect their animals...what is the problem?

Week 12- Child Cancer in Rich Rural Families

I'm not convinced scientists can make a correlation with cancer and rural families. I feel it is important to be exposed to certain things and not live in a bubble, but scientists are not exactly sure what causes cancer, so I do not see how they could make this link. If stress is the link and poor families with a simpler lifestyle seem to have less stress, then maybe that is a link..there is just not enough evidence and information...

Week 12- American Bison

Reintroduction of the American Bison for American Indians seems amazing. With over 42 tribes involved, it seems it would help their spirit and communities. This is in response to the the white man's destruction of over 60 million buffalo. I didn't know we killed their buffalo as well the their people, but that would only make sense. They were able to live without the influence of the white man with all the things....meat, hide, bones..provided by the bison. I hope bringing the bison back will bring back some of their traditions as well as other benefits.

Week 11- End Goals of Social Ecology

end goals of social ecology...gender is created in certain countries by social norms...that is totally true! I never really thought about a social ecology, but it totally makes sense. One decision made by a country affects all other countries. I have seen videos of China killing whales and dolphins..many at once...I know this affects our oceans...Our recent oil spill in the bay...all these things are connected..

Week 11- Ecosystems Strong and Fragile

From what I read, ecosystems are very intricately connected, "like a spider web". Everything is so connected, that losing sand upstream may affect something downstream. One plant or animal going extinct in any ecosystem will affect the lives of other plants and animals in the ecosystem. Everything depends on every other little thing, down to the smallest bug, in any ecosystem.