Sep 07 2009

Hunting & Avoiding “tragedy”

Published by under Mr. W,On My Mind,Tragedy of the Commons,Unit 1-Intro Topics

I hope you all had a wonderful Labor Day Holiday.  Except for a little head cold, I did.  As usual, I took a trip to Laurinburg, NC (my hometown) for the opening day of dove hunting season.  It got me thinking about our discussion of the Tragedy of the Commons during the first unit. Mourning [...]

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Sep 02 2009

Garrett Hardin?

Published by under Aditi,Reflection,Unit 1-Intro Topics

Hey, I was looking through the study guide and the reading, and I was wondering if someone could clear up or add some information regarding the following people’ s contributions to society: Garrett Hardin: “Tragedy of the Commons” (which says that when an area is exploited the same way by every individual, then the area [...]

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Aug 30 2009

Scribe Post

Published by under Aditi,Scribe Post,Tragedy of the Commons,Unit 1-Intro Topics

“WE’RE GOING FISHING!” At the start of class on Friday, the mint jar was empty–we all knew someone would be responsible for refilling it.  Mr. Willard told us the day before that we’d be playing a game, so all hope for a fun Friday wasn’t lost.  Mr Willard told us about the game:  we were [...]

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