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Do Now U is a biweekly activity for students and the public to engage and respond to current issues using social media. Do Now U aims to build civic engagement and digital literacy for learners of all ages. This post was written by the following students from Dr. Thomas Wood’s “Mysteries of Migration” course at George Mason University: Caroline Kittle, Elizabeth Rovira, Maria Larios, Clara Ben Ayed, Lauren Murray and Surraya Abbasi.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/475631270/475631271\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Featured Media Resource\u003cbr>\nAUDIO: NPR\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/04/25/475631270/national-park-service-celebrates-100th-anniversary\">National Park Service Celebrates 100th Anniversary\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nHear about some challenges facing our national parks 100 years after the creation of the National Park Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do Now U\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Is ecotourism helping or hurting our national parks? \u003cstrong>#DoNowUParks\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How to Do Now\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To respond to the Do Now U, you can comment below or post your response on Twitter. \u003cstrong>Just be sure to include \u003cem>#DoNowUParks\u003c/em> and \u003cem>@KQEDedspace\u003c/em> in your posts.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Learn More About Ecotourism and Our National Parks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our national parks have been described as \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/americasbestidea/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">America’s Best Idea\u003c/a>. They belong to all of us and provide tremendous opportunities, but require us to be responsible stewards as well. In 2015, America’s national parks saw their highest visitation rate yet, topping\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npca.org/articles/1138-visits-to-national-parks-in-2015-top-300-million-for-the-first-time\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">300 million\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for the first time ever, just in time for the centennial of the National Park Service (NPS). Last year, the NPS used the celebration of their hundred years of service as an opportunity to promote their \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/centennial/findyourpark.htm\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Find Your Park\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> campaign, their latest effort to get more people outside to learn about and enjoy nature, as well as visit museums, local parks and historic places. In addition, the NPS launched the \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://everykidinapark.org/about/\">Every Kid in A Park\u003c/a> \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">program, which provides every fourth grader and their family free entry to national parks for one year. Some wonder how increased visitation in recent and upcoming years may negatively and positively affect our wild lands, and how we might curb the negative impacts. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ecotourism is an industry that promotes responsible travel to natural areas. It can provide income and promote conservation–rather than exploitation–of natural resources. Sometimes, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ecotourism.org/what-is-ecotourism\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">ecotourism\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is looked at as a solution to a lack of political will or general apathy toward conservation issues. The idea of ecotourism is to enhance the conservation of wild spaces and species in an ecosystem through the promotion of natural resources as a tourist attraction. As an industry, it also has the potential to lead to some unintended consequences associated with bringing too many people to our wild places. Federal government agencies, including the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service, use a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.fs.fed.us/cdt/carrying_capacity/verphandbook_1997.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Visitor Experience Resource Protection (VERP)\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> framework to help ensure an appropriate balance of visitation and protection, which can be difficult.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ecotourism has many benefits. It boosts local economic growth, provides jobs and improves conservation awareness as it stimulates the desire to protect our parks. NPS activities provide \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/localbenefits13.htm\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">more than 200,000 jobs\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and have $30 billion impact on the economy of the U.S. through visitor spending. Getting outside is also good for people’s physical and mental health, helping with everything from reducing stress to improving memory. Companies are recognizing these benefits for employees, and students’ performance can improve after spending time outside. In addition, our national parks provide a unique American experience, bringing people together to learn about our national heritage. Due to all of these benefits, many people support \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.debate.org/opinions/does-ecotourism-inspire-more-people-to-vacation-in-areas-that-they-otherwise-would-not-visit\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">sustainable tourism\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_293863\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/Yellowstone-North-Entrance.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-293863\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/Yellowstone-North-Entrance-400x247.jpg\" alt=\"Vehicles lined up at North Entrance\" width=\"400\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/Yellowstone-North-Entrance-400x247.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/Yellowstone-North-Entrance-800x494.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/Yellowstone-North-Entrance-768x474.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/Yellowstone-North-Entrance-1440x889.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/Yellowstone-North-Entrance-1920x1186.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/Yellowstone-North-Entrance-1180x729.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/Yellowstone-North-Entrance-960x593.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/Yellowstone-North-Entrance.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vehicles lined up at North Entrance \u003ccite>(Yellowstone National Park)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But let’s not fail to consider the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.gdrc.org/uem/eco-tour/envi/one.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">drawbacks\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as well. To make an area accessible to visitors, infrastructure has to be built and transportation has to be arranged. The revenue generated for local economies is often seasonal. Areas may start to cater to more tourists, over time changing the landscape that we are trying so hard to protect. There is also the issue of keeping wildlife “wild.” Sometimes increased human interaction with wildlife can be degrading or disruptive to the balance of a natural area’s systems. Wildlife can become \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/05/11/477693489/wildlife-biologists-manage-bear-interactions-in-americas-national-parks\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">habituated to people\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, or change their behavior to avoid people, decreasing their use of habitat around trails as more people come along. There is also the potential of impacting wildlife directly on roads or in remote areas. Recently, a bear with cubs \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.whsv.com/content/news/Shenandoah-National-Park-closes-trail-after-bear-attack-389206592.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">killed a hiker’s dog\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Shenandoah National Park when she encountered the bear near a hiking trail.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cbsnews.com/news/as-national-parks-mark-milestone-visitor-misbehavior-abounds/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Visitors’ poor behavior\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has been a growing problem, too. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">especially in national parks.\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> In the past couple of years, the national parks have made headlines several times because of human misbehavior. In 2015, a family interfered with a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160517-yellowstone-bison-calf-euthanized-danger-in-parks/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">bison\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> calf\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Yellowstone National Park, which they had presumed was in danger because it was alone in the snow. Bison are physiologically equipped to handle the harsh winters in the midwest. In the end, the family’s misjudgment cost the bison its life after attempts to reunite it with its herd failed. In another, more subtle case, Big Meadows, in Shenandoah National Park, faces a particular chronic human-wildlife conflict that affects meadow ecology with visitors frequently going off trail. This misstep causes a disruption of the plants in \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.trailrunproject.com/gem/317\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the meadow\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which is an especially big problem because \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.guidetosnp.com/web/Extras/BigMeadows.aspx\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Big Meadows\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a unique type of wetland and host to the highest concentration of rare plants in Shenandoah National Park. Recently, a woman was sentenced for \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1563/nocket-sentenced-for-vandalism.htm\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">vandalizing sites in parks\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> around the country, something that unfortunately has impacted many parks over the years. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ecotourism provides benefits to visitors, local economies and our national identity. But it also has drawbacks, impacting wildlife, ecosystems and the historic heritage parks are designed to protect. What do you think? Is ecotourism helping or hurting our national parks?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>More Resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Audio: NPR\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/05/11/477693489/wildlife-biologists-manage-bear-interactions-in-americas-national-parks\">Keeping Bears Wild — Or Trying — At National Parks\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nWith about 1,600 black bears in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and about 10.7 million people visiting every year, wildlife biologists have to balance educating people and protecting the bears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Website: National Park Service\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/leavenotrace.htm\">Leave No Trace\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nWatch a video and read the seven principles of “Leave No Trace”–how to minimize human impacts on the environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Website: National Park Service and National Park Foundation\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://findyourpark.com/\">Find Your Park\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFind a national park to visit!\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Find\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/about-do-now/\"> best practices \u003c/a>for using Do Now, using \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/how-to-use-twitter-in-your-teaching-practice/\">Twitter for teaching\u003c/a>, and using other \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/category/tools/\">digital tools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED Do Now U is a biweekly activity in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"http://sencer.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SENCER\u003c/a>. SENCER is a community of transformation that consists of educators and administrators in the higher and informal education sectors. SENCER aims to create an intelligent, educated, and empowered citizenry through advancing knowledge in the STEM fields and beyond. SENCER courses show students the direct connections between subject content and the real world issues they care about, and invite students to use these connections to solve today’s most pressing problems.\u003c/p>\n\n","stats":{"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"hasAudio":false,"hasPolis":false,"wordCount":1176,"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"paragraphCount":18},"modified":1704761582,"excerpt":"Join the conversation: With the national park visitation rate at an all-time high, is this increase in ecotourism a benefit for our parks? 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Do Now U is a biweekly activity for students and the public to engage and respond to current issues using social media. Do Now U aims to build civic engagement and digital literacy for learners of all ages. This post was written by the following students from Dr. Thomas Wood’s “Mysteries of Migration” course at George Mason University: Caroline Kittle, Elizabeth Rovira, Maria Larios, Clara Ben Ayed, Lauren Murray and Surraya Abbasi.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/475631270/475631271\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Featured Media Resource\u003cbr>\nAUDIO: NPR\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/04/25/475631270/national-park-service-celebrates-100th-anniversary\">National Park Service Celebrates 100th Anniversary\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nHear about some challenges facing our national parks 100 years after the creation of the National Park Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do Now U\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Is ecotourism helping or hurting our national parks? \u003cstrong>#DoNowUParks\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How to Do Now\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To respond to the Do Now U, you can comment below or post your response on Twitter. \u003cstrong>Just be sure to include \u003cem>#DoNowUParks\u003c/em> and \u003cem>@KQEDedspace\u003c/em> in your posts.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Learn More About Ecotourism and Our National Parks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our national parks have been described as \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/americasbestidea/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">America’s Best Idea\u003c/a>. They belong to all of us and provide tremendous opportunities, but require us to be responsible stewards as well. In 2015, America’s national parks saw their highest visitation rate yet, topping\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npca.org/articles/1138-visits-to-national-parks-in-2015-top-300-million-for-the-first-time\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">300 million\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for the first time ever, just in time for the centennial of the National Park Service (NPS). Last year, the NPS used the celebration of their hundred years of service as an opportunity to promote their \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/centennial/findyourpark.htm\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Find Your Park\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> campaign, their latest effort to get more people outside to learn about and enjoy nature, as well as visit museums, local parks and historic places. In addition, the NPS launched the \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://everykidinapark.org/about/\">Every Kid in A Park\u003c/a> \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">program, which provides every fourth grader and their family free entry to national parks for one year. Some wonder how increased visitation in recent and upcoming years may negatively and positively affect our wild lands, and how we might curb the negative impacts. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ecotourism is an industry that promotes responsible travel to natural areas. It can provide income and promote conservation–rather than exploitation–of natural resources. Sometimes, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ecotourism.org/what-is-ecotourism\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">ecotourism\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is looked at as a solution to a lack of political will or general apathy toward conservation issues. The idea of ecotourism is to enhance the conservation of wild spaces and species in an ecosystem through the promotion of natural resources as a tourist attraction. As an industry, it also has the potential to lead to some unintended consequences associated with bringing too many people to our wild places. Federal government agencies, including the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service, use a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.fs.fed.us/cdt/carrying_capacity/verphandbook_1997.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Visitor Experience Resource Protection (VERP)\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> framework to help ensure an appropriate balance of visitation and protection, which can be difficult.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ecotourism has many benefits. It boosts local economic growth, provides jobs and improves conservation awareness as it stimulates the desire to protect our parks. NPS activities provide \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/localbenefits13.htm\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">more than 200,000 jobs\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and have $30 billion impact on the economy of the U.S. through visitor spending. Getting outside is also good for people’s physical and mental health, helping with everything from reducing stress to improving memory. Companies are recognizing these benefits for employees, and students’ performance can improve after spending time outside. In addition, our national parks provide a unique American experience, bringing people together to learn about our national heritage. Due to all of these benefits, many people support \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.debate.org/opinions/does-ecotourism-inspire-more-people-to-vacation-in-areas-that-they-otherwise-would-not-visit\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">sustainable tourism\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_293863\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/Yellowstone-North-Entrance.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-293863\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/Yellowstone-North-Entrance-400x247.jpg\" alt=\"Vehicles lined up at North Entrance\" width=\"400\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/Yellowstone-North-Entrance-400x247.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/Yellowstone-North-Entrance-800x494.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/Yellowstone-North-Entrance-768x474.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/Yellowstone-North-Entrance-1440x889.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/Yellowstone-North-Entrance-1920x1186.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/Yellowstone-North-Entrance-1180x729.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/Yellowstone-North-Entrance-960x593.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/Yellowstone-North-Entrance.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vehicles lined up at North Entrance \u003ccite>(Yellowstone National Park)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But let’s not fail to consider the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.gdrc.org/uem/eco-tour/envi/one.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">drawbacks\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as well. To make an area accessible to visitors, infrastructure has to be built and transportation has to be arranged. The revenue generated for local economies is often seasonal. Areas may start to cater to more tourists, over time changing the landscape that we are trying so hard to protect. There is also the issue of keeping wildlife “wild.” Sometimes increased human interaction with wildlife can be degrading or disruptive to the balance of a natural area’s systems. Wildlife can become \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/05/11/477693489/wildlife-biologists-manage-bear-interactions-in-americas-national-parks\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">habituated to people\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, or change their behavior to avoid people, decreasing their use of habitat around trails as more people come along. There is also the potential of impacting wildlife directly on roads or in remote areas. Recently, a bear with cubs \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.whsv.com/content/news/Shenandoah-National-Park-closes-trail-after-bear-attack-389206592.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">killed a hiker’s dog\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Shenandoah National Park when she encountered the bear near a hiking trail.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cbsnews.com/news/as-national-parks-mark-milestone-visitor-misbehavior-abounds/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Visitors’ poor behavior\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has been a growing problem, too. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">especially in national parks.\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> In the past couple of years, the national parks have made headlines several times because of human misbehavior. In 2015, a family interfered with a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160517-yellowstone-bison-calf-euthanized-danger-in-parks/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">bison\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> calf\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Yellowstone National Park, which they had presumed was in danger because it was alone in the snow. Bison are physiologically equipped to handle the harsh winters in the midwest. In the end, the family’s misjudgment cost the bison its life after attempts to reunite it with its herd failed. In another, more subtle case, Big Meadows, in Shenandoah National Park, faces a particular chronic human-wildlife conflict that affects meadow ecology with visitors frequently going off trail. This misstep causes a disruption of the plants in \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.trailrunproject.com/gem/317\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the meadow\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which is an especially big problem because \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.guidetosnp.com/web/Extras/BigMeadows.aspx\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Big Meadows\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a unique type of wetland and host to the highest concentration of rare plants in Shenandoah National Park. Recently, a woman was sentenced for \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1563/nocket-sentenced-for-vandalism.htm\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">vandalizing sites in parks\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> around the country, something that unfortunately has impacted many parks over the years. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ecotourism provides benefits to visitors, local economies and our national identity. But it also has drawbacks, impacting wildlife, ecosystems and the historic heritage parks are designed to protect. What do you think? Is ecotourism helping or hurting our national parks?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>More Resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Audio: NPR\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/05/11/477693489/wildlife-biologists-manage-bear-interactions-in-americas-national-parks\">Keeping Bears Wild — Or Trying — At National Parks\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nWith about 1,600 black bears in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and about 10.7 million people visiting every year, wildlife biologists have to balance educating people and protecting the bears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Website: National Park Service\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/leavenotrace.htm\">Leave No Trace\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nWatch a video and read the seven principles of “Leave No Trace”–how to minimize human impacts on the environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Website: National Park Service and National Park Foundation\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://findyourpark.com/\">Find Your Park\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFind a national park to visit!\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Find\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/about-do-now/\"> best practices \u003c/a>for using Do Now, using \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/how-to-use-twitter-in-your-teaching-practice/\">Twitter for teaching\u003c/a>, and using other \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/category/tools/\">digital tools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED Do Now U is a biweekly activity in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"http://sencer.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SENCER\u003c/a>. SENCER is a community of transformation that consists of educators and administrators in the higher and informal education sectors. SENCER aims to create an intelligent, educated, and empowered citizenry through advancing knowledge in the STEM fields and beyond. SENCER courses show students the direct connections between subject content and the real world issues they care about, and invite students to use these connections to solve today’s most pressing problems.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/education/518367/is-ecotourism-helping-or-hurting-our-national-parks-3","authors":["9628"],"series":["education_2821"],"categories":["education_49"],"tags":["education_2516"],"collections":["education_2403"],"featImg":"education_293824","label":"source_education_518367"},"education_499450":{"type":"posts","id":"education_499450","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"education","id":"499450","score":null,"sort":[1495627223000]},"parent":0,"labelTerm":{},"blocks":[],"publishDate":1495627223,"format":"standard","title":"Do No-Kill Shelters Really Benefit Animals?","headTitle":"Do No-Kill Shelters Really Benefit Animals? | KQED","content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>This post is part of KQED’s \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/tag/do-now-u/\">Do Now U\u003c/a> project. Do Now U is a biweekly activity for students and the public to engage and respond to current issues using social media. Do Now U aims to build civic engagement and digital literacy for learners of all ages. This post was written by Sarah Downey, Hana Harrell, Megan Hoglund and Jelyn Javier, students at St. Mary’s College of California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/374218425/374242843\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Featured Media Resource\u003cbr>\nAUDIO: NPR\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/12/31/374218425/no-kill-shelters-save-millions-of-unwanted-pets-but-not-all-of-them\">No-Kill Shelters Save Millions Of Unwanted Pets — But Not All Of Them\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nHear about the growing movement of no-kill shelters and what that actually means for stray and abandoned animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do Now U\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Do no-kill shelters really benefit animals? Are traditional or no-kill shelters best for humanely managing stray and abandoned animal populations?\u003cstrong> #DoNowUShelters\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How to Do Now\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To respond to the Do Now U, you can comment below or post your response on Twitter. \u003cstrong>Just be sure to include \u003cem>#DoNowUShelters\u003c/em> and \u003cem>@KQEDedspace\u003c/em> in your posts.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Learn More About No-Kill and Traditional Shelters\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every year, about 6.5 million dogs and cats enter U.S. shelters. Of those 6.5 million, 1.5 million are euthanized. About \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.aspca.org/animal-homelessness/shelter-intake-and-surrender/pet-statistics\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">710,000\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of the dogs and cats are brought in as strays and 47% of those are surrendered due to their behavioral problems. There are two major types of shelters: traditional and no-kill. Traditional shelters will euthanize animals depending on the circumstances and the no-kill shelters attempt to keep all animals alive. There has been a debate over the last couple of years as to which type of shelter is most beneficial to animals.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“No-kill” tends to have different meanings to different shelters. The no-kill movement was founded by the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/12/31/374218425/no-kill-shelters-save-millions-of-unwanted-pets-but-not-all-of-them\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (SPCA). Some shelters save all animals while others euthanize up to 10 percent. Both are considered “no-kill” because the general consensus of no-kill shelters is that \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/12/31/374218425/no-kill-shelters-save-millions-of-unwanted-pets-but-not-all-of-them\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">90 percent of animals\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will be adopted. An advantage of these shelters is that they strive to keep animals alive and provide them a home. Those in favor of no-kill support these types of shelters because they do not euthanize old or unadopted animals. They also do not euthanize animals when the shelter is full. Euthanization is reserved for those that are deemed dangerous and/or terminally ill. The animals in no-kill shelters are often healthier and more energetic because they are usually young when they are dropped off, giving more incentive for people to adopt. In 2015, the San Francisco SPCA had a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfspca.org/who-we-are/results-stats\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">live release rate of 93 percent\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, meaning that 93 percent of animals in their program were adopted, transferred to another no-kill shelter, or returned to their owners after being lost.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">No-kill shelters have limited space, however, and have to turn away animals. No-kill shelters only accept animals on a conditional basis, based on the animal’s health or temperament, or the availability of space at the shelter. Animals that are turned away may not have a home to go to, which can lead to them being abandoned on the street. Of the animals that are accepted, many remain caged for long periods of time and sometimes are never adopted, resulting in the animals living the rest of their lives in a shelter. Another disadvantage is that many of the no-kill shelters typically do not provide the necessary services of spaying/neutering, shots and other medical procedures. In addition, the goal of adopting out 90 percent of animals may not be safe for new pet owners. Shelters may be \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/12/31/374218425/no-kill-shelters-save-millions-of-unwanted-pets-but-not-all-of-them\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">pressured\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to let people adopt animals with serious health or temperament problems in order to achieve their goal.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Traditional shelters are alternatives to no-kill shelters. A traditional shelter is an agency that must accept any and all companion animals regardless of health and temperament, depending on space availability. Because of this, they often partner with foster programs and pet stores in an attempt to increase adoptions for their animals. Also, animals do not spend months and years in cages waiting to be adopted. If they are not adopted in a given amount of time, they are euthanized. Depending on the layout of the shelter, the longer an animal stays isolated in a cage the more it harms its mental health. A traditional shelter is considered humane because they euthanize animals that have been in their shelter for a long time and that are likely to be in poor mental states. Using data from a 1997 survey of traditional shelters by the \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, American Humane estimated that \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.americanhumane.org/fact-sheet/animal-shelter-euthanasia-2/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">56 percent of dogs and 71 percent of cats\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> were euthanized after entering shelters. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">To decrease the mortality rate, some traditional shelters turn away animals brought in. As these animals are rejected from the shelters they are likely to reproduce, resulting in more homeless animals. In addition, accepting all animals leads to overcrowding and poor living conditions. The control of infectious diseases is another conflict in these shelters because new animals welcomed to the shelter may carry multiple forms of \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.animalsheltering.org/magazine/articles/importance-isolation\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">pathogens\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The more crowded the shelters, the more vulnerable the rest of the animals are.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is no definite solution for animal shelters, but many animal rescue groups have come up with different programs to help and protect these furry creatures. Oregon’s \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lanecounty.org/cms/one.aspx?pageId=4244645\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lane County Animal Services\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (LCAS) is a program that helps animals find a home. Although they do not work directly with animal shelters, they have contract with the local humane society to place animals in available shelters. They also provide spaying and neutering services. Although these kinds of programs do not solve all the problems surrounding both no-kill and traditional shelters, they do help many animals that are put onto the streets.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What do you think? Which kind of shelter is the best for humanely managing the pet population? Or is there a better solution?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>More Resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Website: The Humane Society of the United States\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/pets-numbers\">Pets by the Numbers\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nView data on U.S. households with pets and where people acquire their pets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Article: NPR\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/03/30/521882094/groups-unite-toward-no-kill-goal-for-shelter-cats-and-dogs-by-2025\">Could ‘No Kill’ For Shelter Cats And Dogs Be Policy By 2025?\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRead commentary about no-kill shelters’ goals of saving 90 percent of animals, and if lessening the quantity of animals euthanized also means raising the quality of their lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Find\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/about-do-now/\"> best practices \u003c/a>for using Do Now, using \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/how-to-use-twitter-in-your-teaching-practice/\">Twitter for teaching\u003c/a>, and using other \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/category/tools/\">digital tools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED Do Now U is a biweekly activity in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"http://sencer.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SENCER\u003c/a>. 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Do Now U is a biweekly activity for students and the public to engage and respond to current issues using social media. Do Now U aims to build civic engagement and digital literacy for learners of all ages. This post was written by Sarah Downey, Hana Harrell, Megan Hoglund and Jelyn Javier, students at St. Mary’s College of California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/374218425/374242843\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Featured Media Resource\u003cbr>\nAUDIO: NPR\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/12/31/374218425/no-kill-shelters-save-millions-of-unwanted-pets-but-not-all-of-them\">No-Kill Shelters Save Millions Of Unwanted Pets — But Not All Of Them\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nHear about the growing movement of no-kill shelters and what that actually means for stray and abandoned animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do Now U\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Do no-kill shelters really benefit animals? Are traditional or no-kill shelters best for humanely managing stray and abandoned animal populations?\u003cstrong> #DoNowUShelters\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How to Do Now\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To respond to the Do Now U, you can comment below or post your response on Twitter. \u003cstrong>Just be sure to include \u003cem>#DoNowUShelters\u003c/em> and \u003cem>@KQEDedspace\u003c/em> in your posts.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Learn More About No-Kill and Traditional Shelters\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every year, about 6.5 million dogs and cats enter U.S. shelters. Of those 6.5 million, 1.5 million are euthanized. About \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.aspca.org/animal-homelessness/shelter-intake-and-surrender/pet-statistics\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">710,000\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of the dogs and cats are brought in as strays and 47% of those are surrendered due to their behavioral problems. There are two major types of shelters: traditional and no-kill. Traditional shelters will euthanize animals depending on the circumstances and the no-kill shelters attempt to keep all animals alive. There has been a debate over the last couple of years as to which type of shelter is most beneficial to animals.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“No-kill” tends to have different meanings to different shelters. The no-kill movement was founded by the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/12/31/374218425/no-kill-shelters-save-millions-of-unwanted-pets-but-not-all-of-them\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (SPCA). Some shelters save all animals while others euthanize up to 10 percent. Both are considered “no-kill” because the general consensus of no-kill shelters is that \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/12/31/374218425/no-kill-shelters-save-millions-of-unwanted-pets-but-not-all-of-them\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">90 percent of animals\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will be adopted. An advantage of these shelters is that they strive to keep animals alive and provide them a home. Those in favor of no-kill support these types of shelters because they do not euthanize old or unadopted animals. They also do not euthanize animals when the shelter is full. Euthanization is reserved for those that are deemed dangerous and/or terminally ill. The animals in no-kill shelters are often healthier and more energetic because they are usually young when they are dropped off, giving more incentive for people to adopt. In 2015, the San Francisco SPCA had a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfspca.org/who-we-are/results-stats\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">live release rate of 93 percent\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, meaning that 93 percent of animals in their program were adopted, transferred to another no-kill shelter, or returned to their owners after being lost.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">No-kill shelters have limited space, however, and have to turn away animals. No-kill shelters only accept animals on a conditional basis, based on the animal’s health or temperament, or the availability of space at the shelter. Animals that are turned away may not have a home to go to, which can lead to them being abandoned on the street. Of the animals that are accepted, many remain caged for long periods of time and sometimes are never adopted, resulting in the animals living the rest of their lives in a shelter. Another disadvantage is that many of the no-kill shelters typically do not provide the necessary services of spaying/neutering, shots and other medical procedures. In addition, the goal of adopting out 90 percent of animals may not be safe for new pet owners. Shelters may be \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/12/31/374218425/no-kill-shelters-save-millions-of-unwanted-pets-but-not-all-of-them\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">pressured\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to let people adopt animals with serious health or temperament problems in order to achieve their goal.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Traditional shelters are alternatives to no-kill shelters. A traditional shelter is an agency that must accept any and all companion animals regardless of health and temperament, depending on space availability. Because of this, they often partner with foster programs and pet stores in an attempt to increase adoptions for their animals. Also, animals do not spend months and years in cages waiting to be adopted. If they are not adopted in a given amount of time, they are euthanized. Depending on the layout of the shelter, the longer an animal stays isolated in a cage the more it harms its mental health. A traditional shelter is considered humane because they euthanize animals that have been in their shelter for a long time and that are likely to be in poor mental states. Using data from a 1997 survey of traditional shelters by the \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, American Humane estimated that \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.americanhumane.org/fact-sheet/animal-shelter-euthanasia-2/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">56 percent of dogs and 71 percent of cats\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> were euthanized after entering shelters. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">To decrease the mortality rate, some traditional shelters turn away animals brought in. As these animals are rejected from the shelters they are likely to reproduce, resulting in more homeless animals. In addition, accepting all animals leads to overcrowding and poor living conditions. The control of infectious diseases is another conflict in these shelters because new animals welcomed to the shelter may carry multiple forms of \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.animalsheltering.org/magazine/articles/importance-isolation\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">pathogens\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The more crowded the shelters, the more vulnerable the rest of the animals are.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is no definite solution for animal shelters, but many animal rescue groups have come up with different programs to help and protect these furry creatures. Oregon’s \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lanecounty.org/cms/one.aspx?pageId=4244645\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lane County Animal Services\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (LCAS) is a program that helps animals find a home. Although they do not work directly with animal shelters, they have contract with the local humane society to place animals in available shelters. They also provide spaying and neutering services. Although these kinds of programs do not solve all the problems surrounding both no-kill and traditional shelters, they do help many animals that are put onto the streets.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What do you think? Which kind of shelter is the best for humanely managing the pet population? Or is there a better solution?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>More Resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Website: The Humane Society of the United States\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/pets-numbers\">Pets by the Numbers\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nView data on U.S. households with pets and where people acquire their pets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Article: NPR\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/03/30/521882094/groups-unite-toward-no-kill-goal-for-shelter-cats-and-dogs-by-2025\">Could ‘No Kill’ For Shelter Cats And Dogs Be Policy By 2025?\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRead commentary about no-kill shelters’ goals of saving 90 percent of animals, and if lessening the quantity of animals euthanized also means raising the quality of their lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Find\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/about-do-now/\"> best practices \u003c/a>for using Do Now, using \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/how-to-use-twitter-in-your-teaching-practice/\">Twitter for teaching\u003c/a>, and using other \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/category/tools/\">digital tools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED Do Now U is a biweekly activity in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"http://sencer.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SENCER\u003c/a>. SENCER is a community of transformation that consists of educators and administrators in the higher and informal education sectors. SENCER aims to create an intelligent, educated, and empowered citizenry through advancing knowledge in the STEM fields and beyond. SENCER courses show students the direct connections between subject content and the real world issues they care about, and invite students to use these connections to solve today’s most pressing problems.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/education/499450/do-no-kill-shelters-really-benefit-animals","authors":["9628"],"series":["education_2821"],"categories":["education_49"],"tags":["education_2516"],"collections":["education_2403"],"featImg":"education_499493","label":"source_education_499450"},"education_486307":{"type":"posts","id":"education_486307","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"education","id":"486307","score":null,"sort":[1494428402000]},"parent":0,"labelTerm":{},"blocks":[],"publishDate":1494428402,"format":"standard","title":"Would You Support a Ban on Disposable Chopsticks?","headTitle":"Would You Support a Ban on Disposable Chopsticks? | KQED","content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>This post is part of KQED’s \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/tag/do-now-u/\">Do Now U\u003c/a> project. Do Now U is a biweekly activity for students and the public to engage and respond to current issues using social media. Do Now U aims to build civic engagement and digital literacy for learners of all ages. This post was written by Mai Hagihara, Anh Nguyen, Liza Simon, Manami Tokumoto and Yo Inoue, students at University of Hawaii at Manoa.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/22946542\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Featured Media Resource\u003cbr>\nVIDEO: JMC – Kent State\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/22946542\">International Storytelling – Chopsticks\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nThis video, produced by a \u003ca href=\"http://internationalstorytelling.org/china/about-the-project/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">student at Kent State\u003c/a>, describes why disposable chopsticks became popular in China and how they affect the environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do Now U\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Would you support a ban on disposable chopsticks? Why or why not?\u003cstrong> #DoNowUChopsticks\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How to Do Now\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To respond to the Do Now U, you can comment below or post your response on Twitter. \u003cstrong>Just be sure to include \u003cem>#DoNowUChopsticks\u003c/em> and \u003cem>@KQEDedspace\u003c/em> in your posts.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Learn More About the Debate on Disposable Chopsticks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ecopedia.com/environment/how-wooden-chopsticks-are-killing-nature/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eighty billion pairs\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of disposable chopsticks are used (and thrown away) annually worldwide. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why have disposable chopsticks become so popular across the globe? They are cheap, lightweight and easy to use, even for those who did not grow up with chopsticks at the family dinner table. The popularity of disposable wooden chopsticks fuels a huge demand not just for the items but for raw materials that go into their making. In China and Japan, major manufacturers annually harvest more than 20 million trees to collect the raw materials for making disposable chopsticks. If this trend continues, it will accelerate deforestation, which will have environmental consequences across the globe. Therefore, many people with environmental concerns would like to ban the use of disposable chopsticks in favor of reusable chopsticks. Others say that disposable chopsticks are more sanitary and can be manufactured from wood that would otherwise be wasted. As consumer demand for disposable chopsticks continues to grow, so will the debate about their use. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Why Ban Disposable Chopsticks?\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supporters of a ban on disposable wooden chopsticks say it makes good environmental sense to switch to reusable chopsticks. They say that as \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recently as 2009, Chinese officials estimated that their country alone was producing about \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/24/disposable-chopsticks-strip-asian-forests/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">57 billion pairs\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of disposable chopsticks annually, equal to about 3.8 million trees. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supporters of the ban say that this loss of forest has dire consequences for the entire planet—not just for China and Japan, where most disposable chopsticks are made and used. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://sciencing.com/four-consequences-deforestation-7622.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deforestation\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> leads to a worldwide loss of biodiversity, loss of wood as a major resource, erosion of fertile soil, alterations in climate, and an increased potential for massive landslides and severe flooding. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, proponents of the ban are quick to point out that the entire ecosystem depends on the vitality of forests everywhere. They argue that it is a travesty when forests are being felled to make disposable chopsticks and other items that are discarded after a single use. Disposable chopsticks are certainly a convenience, but this convenience comes at a cost. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The growing demand for chopsticks overseas—and a freeze by China on cutting their own forests—spurred chopstick manufacturing plants in the United States, and the harvesting of domestic forests for raw materials. In late 2010, a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://money.cnn.com/2011/12/02/smallbusiness/georgia_chopsticks/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chopstick manufacturing company\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> opened in central Georgia. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The desire for disposable chopsticks worldwide\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was so high that they had difficulty keeping up with the demand. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though the company \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has since \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.walb.com/story/19550417/georgia-chopsticks-goes-bankrupt\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shut down\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it cleared forests of poplar and sweet gum trees from the region to make the chopsticks.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proponents of a ban say this is a cautionary tale of what could happen on many continents, if there is not concerted action to switch to reusable chopsticks. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_487202\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-487202\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks-1020x621.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks-1020x621.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks-160x97.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks-800x487.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks-768x467.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks-960x584.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks-240x146.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks-375x228.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks-520x316.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Due to deforestation, many people support using reusable chopsticks \u003ccite>(Clare Black/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proponents of the ban also argue that China, the world’s biggest supplier of disposable wooden chopsticks, is now acknowledging that the business profits are not worth the devastation of our forests. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ecopedia.com/environment/how-wooden-chopsticks-are-killing-nature/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bo Guangxin\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of China’s Jilin Forestry Industry Group, only 4,000 chopsticks can be created from a 20-year-old tree. At this rate, around 400 million trees would be destroyed in the next 20 years in order to produce disposable chopsticks. Those who argue for the ban say that is imperative to understand that this loss of trees also\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/deforestation-and-global-warming/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> contributes to global warming\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another issue raised by people who are calling for a ban on disposable wooden chopsticks involves \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1958401-5-reasons-not-to-use-disposable-chinese-made-chopsticks/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">claims\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the utensils may be unsanitary depending how and where they are made. Critics say that the standards of production in China are too lax to ensure that wooden chopsticks aren’t harmful to human health. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Why Do Some Oppose a Ban?\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opponents of a ban on disposable wooden chopsticks say that these utensils are more hygienic and that their reusable counterparts pose a risk to human health. They point to the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10374889\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">increased use\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of disposable chopsticks during the 2003 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Asian countries, when people were worried about the disease spreading due to improper cleaning of reusable chopsticks. While the SARS threat was brought under control by cooperation of international public health authorities, many consumers who experienced the threat of SARS still argue that it is best to err on the side of caution when human health is concerned. They feel that the best way to ensure that diseases doesn’t spread via previously used chopsticks is to stick with the disposable variety. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some opponents of the ban also contend that the restaurant industry would unfairly be burdened with economic setbacks that would eventually work against environmental interests. They say that the reusable chopsticks are cost-prohibitive for restaurants and that the restaurants would then pass on that higher cost to consumers. Disposable chopsticks have also become the convenient and affordable choice for consumers. So, opponents to a ban say that prohibiting their use in the commercial sector would not necessarily affect the market for chopsticks in private homes where regulation would be difficult to enforce. And, even though disposable chopsticks are responsible for deforestation, the utensils are but one small contributor to this problem—agriculture, ranching, commercial logging and mining industries have much \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Deforestation/deforestation_update3.php\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more impact\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, opponents of a chopsticks ban say that disposable wooden chopsticks can even be eco-friendly. For example, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/10/11/national/homegrown-chopsticks-pitched-in-project-to-boost-forest-thinning/#.WREIWVXytyw\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japan’s Eco Media Foundation\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> says that many of the nation’s forests are overgrown, and making disposable chopsticks out of trees that need to be cut down saves forests and leads to a healthier ecosystem. Another argument is simply that people should be free to choose whatever type of chopsticks they prefer. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, what do you think? Should the world continue to use disposable chopsticks or would it be better to shift to reusable ones? Why or why not?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>More Resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Video: CBS\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/RDoMUcHPaQs?t=30s\">Chinese Chopsticks Made in America\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nIn this video from 2011, hear how Georgia Chopsticks created local jobs by by manufacturing and selling wooden chopsticks to China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Article: The Washington Post\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/03/14/chinas-disposable-chopstick-addiction-is-destroying-its-forests/\">China’s Disposable Chopstick Addiction Is Destroying Its Forests\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRead about the impact of disposable wooden chopsticks on China’s forests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Video: Aloha Nature\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/UeT5qP8hHms\">Disposable Vs. Reusable Chopsticks\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nView a PSA produced by the authors of this Do Now U post about why people should use reusable chopsticks.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Find\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/about-do-now/\"> best practices \u003c/a>for using Do Now, using \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/how-to-use-twitter-in-your-teaching-practice/\">Twitter for teaching\u003c/a>, and using other \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/category/tools/\">digital tools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED Do Now U is a biweekly activity in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"http://sencer.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SENCER\u003c/a>. SENCER is a community of transformation that consists of educators and administrators in the higher and informal education sectors. SENCER aims to create an intelligent, educated, and empowered citizenry through advancing knowledge in the STEM fields and beyond. SENCER courses show students the direct connections between subject content and the real world issues they care about, and invite students to use these connections to solve today’s most pressing problems.\u003c/p>\n\n","stats":{"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"hasAudio":false,"hasPolis":false,"wordCount":1348,"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"paragraphCount":21},"modified":1704761697,"excerpt":"Eighty billion pairs of disposable chopsticks are used worldwide each year. In China and Japan, major manufacturers harvest more than 20 million trees annually in order to produce these disposable utensils. Is their convenience worth the ecological cost of deforestation or should we all use reusable chopsticks instead?","headData":{"twImgId":"","twTitle":"","ogTitle":"","ogImgId":"","twDescription":"","description":"Eighty billion pairs of disposable chopsticks are used worldwide each year. In China and Japan, major manufacturers harvest more than 20 million trees annually in order to produce these disposable utensils. Is their convenience worth the ecological cost of deforestation or should we all use reusable chopsticks instead?","title":"Would You Support a Ban on Disposable Chopsticks? | KQED","ogDescription":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Would You Support a Ban on Disposable Chopsticks?","datePublished":"2017-05-10T08:00:02-07:00","dateModified":"2024-01-08T16:54:57-08:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"would-you-support-a-ban-on-disposable-chopsticks","status":"publish","sourceUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/tag/do-now-u/","sticky":false,"source":"Do Now U","path":"/education/486307/would-you-support-a-ban-on-disposable-chopsticks","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This post is part of KQED’s \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/tag/do-now-u/\">Do Now U\u003c/a> project. Do Now U is a biweekly activity for students and the public to engage and respond to current issues using social media. Do Now U aims to build civic engagement and digital literacy for learners of all ages. This post was written by Mai Hagihara, Anh Nguyen, Liza Simon, Manami Tokumoto and Yo Inoue, students at University of Hawaii at Manoa.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/22946542\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Featured Media Resource\u003cbr>\nVIDEO: JMC – Kent State\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/22946542\">International Storytelling – Chopsticks\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nThis video, produced by a \u003ca href=\"http://internationalstorytelling.org/china/about-the-project/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">student at Kent State\u003c/a>, describes why disposable chopsticks became popular in China and how they affect the environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do Now U\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Would you support a ban on disposable chopsticks? Why or why not?\u003cstrong> #DoNowUChopsticks\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How to Do Now\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To respond to the Do Now U, you can comment below or post your response on Twitter. \u003cstrong>Just be sure to include \u003cem>#DoNowUChopsticks\u003c/em> and \u003cem>@KQEDedspace\u003c/em> in your posts.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Learn More About the Debate on Disposable Chopsticks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ecopedia.com/environment/how-wooden-chopsticks-are-killing-nature/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eighty billion pairs\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of disposable chopsticks are used (and thrown away) annually worldwide. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why have disposable chopsticks become so popular across the globe? They are cheap, lightweight and easy to use, even for those who did not grow up with chopsticks at the family dinner table. The popularity of disposable wooden chopsticks fuels a huge demand not just for the items but for raw materials that go into their making. In China and Japan, major manufacturers annually harvest more than 20 million trees to collect the raw materials for making disposable chopsticks. If this trend continues, it will accelerate deforestation, which will have environmental consequences across the globe. Therefore, many people with environmental concerns would like to ban the use of disposable chopsticks in favor of reusable chopsticks. Others say that disposable chopsticks are more sanitary and can be manufactured from wood that would otherwise be wasted. As consumer demand for disposable chopsticks continues to grow, so will the debate about their use. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Why Ban Disposable Chopsticks?\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supporters of a ban on disposable wooden chopsticks say it makes good environmental sense to switch to reusable chopsticks. They say that as \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recently as 2009, Chinese officials estimated that their country alone was producing about \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/24/disposable-chopsticks-strip-asian-forests/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">57 billion pairs\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of disposable chopsticks annually, equal to about 3.8 million trees. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supporters of the ban say that this loss of forest has dire consequences for the entire planet—not just for China and Japan, where most disposable chopsticks are made and used. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://sciencing.com/four-consequences-deforestation-7622.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deforestation\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> leads to a worldwide loss of biodiversity, loss of wood as a major resource, erosion of fertile soil, alterations in climate, and an increased potential for massive landslides and severe flooding. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, proponents of the ban are quick to point out that the entire ecosystem depends on the vitality of forests everywhere. They argue that it is a travesty when forests are being felled to make disposable chopsticks and other items that are discarded after a single use. Disposable chopsticks are certainly a convenience, but this convenience comes at a cost. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The growing demand for chopsticks overseas—and a freeze by China on cutting their own forests—spurred chopstick manufacturing plants in the United States, and the harvesting of domestic forests for raw materials. In late 2010, a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://money.cnn.com/2011/12/02/smallbusiness/georgia_chopsticks/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chopstick manufacturing company\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> opened in central Georgia. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The desire for disposable chopsticks worldwide\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was so high that they had difficulty keeping up with the demand. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though the company \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has since \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.walb.com/story/19550417/georgia-chopsticks-goes-bankrupt\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shut down\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it cleared forests of poplar and sweet gum trees from the region to make the chopsticks.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proponents of a ban say this is a cautionary tale of what could happen on many continents, if there is not concerted action to switch to reusable chopsticks. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_487202\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-487202\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks-1020x621.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks-1020x621.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks-160x97.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks-800x487.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks-768x467.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks-960x584.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks-240x146.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks-375x228.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks-520x316.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/05/Reusable-Chopsticks.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Due to deforestation, many people support using reusable chopsticks \u003ccite>(Clare Black/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proponents of the ban also argue that China, the world’s biggest supplier of disposable wooden chopsticks, is now acknowledging that the business profits are not worth the devastation of our forests. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ecopedia.com/environment/how-wooden-chopsticks-are-killing-nature/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bo Guangxin\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of China’s Jilin Forestry Industry Group, only 4,000 chopsticks can be created from a 20-year-old tree. At this rate, around 400 million trees would be destroyed in the next 20 years in order to produce disposable chopsticks. Those who argue for the ban say that is imperative to understand that this loss of trees also\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/deforestation-and-global-warming/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> contributes to global warming\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another issue raised by people who are calling for a ban on disposable wooden chopsticks involves \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1958401-5-reasons-not-to-use-disposable-chinese-made-chopsticks/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">claims\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the utensils may be unsanitary depending how and where they are made. Critics say that the standards of production in China are too lax to ensure that wooden chopsticks aren’t harmful to human health. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Why Do Some Oppose a Ban?\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opponents of a ban on disposable wooden chopsticks say that these utensils are more hygienic and that their reusable counterparts pose a risk to human health. They point to the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10374889\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">increased use\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of disposable chopsticks during the 2003 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Asian countries, when people were worried about the disease spreading due to improper cleaning of reusable chopsticks. While the SARS threat was brought under control by cooperation of international public health authorities, many consumers who experienced the threat of SARS still argue that it is best to err on the side of caution when human health is concerned. They feel that the best way to ensure that diseases doesn’t spread via previously used chopsticks is to stick with the disposable variety. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some opponents of the ban also contend that the restaurant industry would unfairly be burdened with economic setbacks that would eventually work against environmental interests. They say that the reusable chopsticks are cost-prohibitive for restaurants and that the restaurants would then pass on that higher cost to consumers. Disposable chopsticks have also become the convenient and affordable choice for consumers. So, opponents to a ban say that prohibiting their use in the commercial sector would not necessarily affect the market for chopsticks in private homes where regulation would be difficult to enforce. And, even though disposable chopsticks are responsible for deforestation, the utensils are but one small contributor to this problem—agriculture, ranching, commercial logging and mining industries have much \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Deforestation/deforestation_update3.php\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more impact\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, opponents of a chopsticks ban say that disposable wooden chopsticks can even be eco-friendly. For example, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/10/11/national/homegrown-chopsticks-pitched-in-project-to-boost-forest-thinning/#.WREIWVXytyw\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japan’s Eco Media Foundation\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> says that many of the nation’s forests are overgrown, and making disposable chopsticks out of trees that need to be cut down saves forests and leads to a healthier ecosystem. Another argument is simply that people should be free to choose whatever type of chopsticks they prefer. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, what do you think? Should the world continue to use disposable chopsticks or would it be better to shift to reusable ones? Why or why not?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>More Resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Video: CBS\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/RDoMUcHPaQs?t=30s\">Chinese Chopsticks Made in America\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nIn this video from 2011, hear how Georgia Chopsticks created local jobs by by manufacturing and selling wooden chopsticks to China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Article: The Washington Post\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/03/14/chinas-disposable-chopstick-addiction-is-destroying-its-forests/\">China’s Disposable Chopstick Addiction Is Destroying Its Forests\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRead about the impact of disposable wooden chopsticks on China’s forests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Video: Aloha Nature\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/UeT5qP8hHms\">Disposable Vs. Reusable Chopsticks\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nView a PSA produced by the authors of this Do Now U post about why people should use reusable chopsticks.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Find\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/about-do-now/\"> best practices \u003c/a>for using Do Now, using \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/how-to-use-twitter-in-your-teaching-practice/\">Twitter for teaching\u003c/a>, and using other \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/category/tools/\">digital tools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED Do Now U is a biweekly activity in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"http://sencer.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SENCER\u003c/a>. SENCER is a community of transformation that consists of educators and administrators in the higher and informal education sectors. SENCER aims to create an intelligent, educated, and empowered citizenry through advancing knowledge in the STEM fields and beyond. SENCER courses show students the direct connections between subject content and the real world issues they care about, and invite students to use these connections to solve today’s most pressing problems.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/education/486307/would-you-support-a-ban-on-disposable-chopsticks","authors":["9628"],"series":["education_2821"],"categories":["education_49"],"tags":["education_2516"],"collections":["education_2403"],"featImg":"education_486309","label":"source_education_486307"},"education_477127":{"type":"posts","id":"education_477127","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"education","id":"477127","score":null,"sort":[1493402760000]},"parent":0,"labelTerm":{},"blocks":[],"publishDate":1493402760,"format":"standard","title":"Should We Use Drones to Pollinate Crops?","headTitle":"Should We Use Drones to Pollinate Crops? | KQED","content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>This post is part of KQED’s \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/tag/do-now-u/\">Do Now U\u003c/a> project. Do Now U is a biweekly activity for students and the public to engage and respond to current issues using social media. Do Now U aims to build civic engagement and digital literacy for learners of all ages. This post was written by Natalia Font, Kyler White and Kassandra Perez, students at Marian University.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-hUPRcY46Fc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Featured Media Resource\u003cbr>\nVIDEO: Science Magazine\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/could-pollinating-drone-replace-butterflies-and-bees\">Could This Pollinating Drone Replace Butterflies and Bees?\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAs bee populations continue to decline, scientists are developing a drone that can be controlled to pollinate plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do Now U\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Should We Use Drones to Help Bees Pollinate Plants?\u003cstrong> #DoNowUDrone\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How to Do Now\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To respond to the Do Now U, you can comment below or post your response on Twitter. \u003cstrong>Just be sure to include \u003cem>#DoNowUDrone\u003c/em> and \u003cem>@KQEDedspace\u003c/em> in your posts.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Learn More About “Bee” Drones and Pollination\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the past 10 years, beekeepers in the United States and Europe have been reporting a\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://e360.yale.edu/features/declining_bee_populations_pose_a_threat_to_global_agriculture\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">30 percent annual decline\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in honey bee populations, which is considered higher than what is sustainable. This affects the pollination of plants, and most importantly to us, the pollination of fruits and vegetables, such as avocados, apples and onions. From April 2015 to April 2016 alone, bee populations in the U.S. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://beeinformed.org/2016/05/10/nations-beekeepers-lost-44-percent-of-bees-in-2015-16/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">dropped by 44 percent\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although bees are considered pests by many people in the general population, farmers know that honey bees are essential to the agriculture industry. Honey bees pollinate plants by unknowingly collecting pollen sacs on their legs and then distributing them as they fly from flower to flower to collect nectar. Globally, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1702377/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">43 of the top food crops\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are either entirely dependent or highly dependent on animal pollination. While honey bees are not the only insects that pollinate plants, they are the largest insect population to do so. In order to mitigate the effects that a continued loss of honey bees will have on agriculture, Eijiro Miyako, a Japanese scientist, has been working to develop an insect-sized drone that is capable of artificial pollination. The drone has horsehair to simulate the hairs that are on the honey bees’ legs and is coated in ionic liquid gel to help the pollen adhere. While still a ways off from being used in the field, an initial live-model test was successful.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Supporters of the drone argue that this insect-sized robot will help the honey bees do their job more effectively and efficiently. Currently, beehives are shipped around the country in order to have enough bees to pollinate crops. More than \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/migratory-beekeeping-mind-boggling-math/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">30 million bees\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are sent to California every year just to pollinate the almond trees (700 billion almond flowers!). \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bees are also trucked to states in the north and south to pollinate everything from pumpkins to blueberries. Miyako’s “bee” drones could eventually reduce the need to move an ever-dwindling population of bees around the country. If created en masse, the drones could be sent to areas of the world with the greatest need for honey bees.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Opponents of using “bee” drones argue that the drones will throw off natural processes or lessen the concern about the decline of bee populations. They also argue that it will also cost an enormous amount of money. Depending on the amount the drones would cost to produce, the cost of renting them could be huge–consider that one beehive contains 20,000-80,000 bees and roughly one hive is necessary to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://caes2.caes.uga.edu/bees/pollination/managing-bees-pollination.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">pollinate one acre\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Who would pay for this? The price of produce would likely rise to cover the cost and that cost would ultimately be passed onto the consumer. Another argument against using drones is that honey bees are not the only pollinators–butterflies, moths, ants, wasps, and numerous other insects pollinate crops. Is it possible that those insects would fill the niche left by the honey bees? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What do you think? Should we start using drones to pollinate crops?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>More Resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Audio: NPR\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/03/09/519500033/bees-travel-cross-country-for-the-california-almond-harvest\">Bees Travel Cross Country For The California Almond Harvest\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nHear about the journey of bees to California to pollinate almond trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Website: University of Georgia\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://caes2.caes.uga.edu/bees/pollination/managing-bees-pollination.html\">Pollination: Managing Bees for Pollination\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRead about moving bees, their placement and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Website: Bee Informed\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://beeinformed.org/2016/05/10/nations-beekeepers-lost-44-percent-of-bees-in-2015-16/\">Nation’s Beekeepers Lost 44 Percent of Bees in 2015-16\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nLearn about the loss of bee colonies in U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Article: Scientific American\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/migratory-beekeeping-mind-boggling-math/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Mind-Boggling Math of Migratory Beekeeping\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRead about the complex task of shipping bees from state to state to pollinate a multitude of crops and orchards.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Find\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/about-do-now/\"> best practices \u003c/a>for using Do Now, using \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/how-to-use-twitter-in-your-teaching-practice/\">Twitter for teaching\u003c/a>, and using other \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/category/tools/\">digital tools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED Do Now U is a biweekly activity in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"http://sencer.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SENCER\u003c/a>. SENCER is a community of transformation that consists of educators and administrators in the higher and informal education sectors. SENCER aims to create an intelligent, educated, and empowered citizenry through advancing knowledge in the STEM fields and beyond. SENCER courses show students the direct connections between subject content and the real world issues they care about, and invite students to use these connections to solve today’s most pressing problems.\u003c/p>\n\n","stats":{"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"hasAudio":false,"hasPolis":false,"wordCount":877,"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"paragraphCount":17},"modified":1704761736,"excerpt":"For the past 10 years, beekeepers in the United States and Europe have been reporting a 30 percent annual decline in honey bee populations, which ultimately affects the pollination of crops. Scientists are developing \"bee\" drones that could assist in pollination in the future. What do you think of this idea?","headData":{"twImgId":"","twTitle":"","ogTitle":"","ogImgId":"","twDescription":"","description":"For the past 10 years, beekeepers in the United States and Europe have been reporting a 30 percent annual decline in honey bee populations, which ultimately affects the pollination of crops. Scientists are developing "bee" drones that could assist in pollination in the future. 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Do Now U is a biweekly activity for students and the public to engage and respond to current issues using social media. Do Now U aims to build civic engagement and digital literacy for learners of all ages. This post was written by Natalia Font, Kyler White and Kassandra Perez, students at Marian University.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-hUPRcY46Fc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Featured Media Resource\u003cbr>\nVIDEO: Science Magazine\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/could-pollinating-drone-replace-butterflies-and-bees\">Could This Pollinating Drone Replace Butterflies and Bees?\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAs bee populations continue to decline, scientists are developing a drone that can be controlled to pollinate plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do Now U\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Should We Use Drones to Help Bees Pollinate Plants?\u003cstrong> #DoNowUDrone\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How to Do Now\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To respond to the Do Now U, you can comment below or post your response on Twitter. \u003cstrong>Just be sure to include \u003cem>#DoNowUDrone\u003c/em> and \u003cem>@KQEDedspace\u003c/em> in your posts.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Learn More About “Bee” Drones and Pollination\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the past 10 years, beekeepers in the United States and Europe have been reporting a\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://e360.yale.edu/features/declining_bee_populations_pose_a_threat_to_global_agriculture\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">30 percent annual decline\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in honey bee populations, which is considered higher than what is sustainable. This affects the pollination of plants, and most importantly to us, the pollination of fruits and vegetables, such as avocados, apples and onions. From April 2015 to April 2016 alone, bee populations in the U.S. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://beeinformed.org/2016/05/10/nations-beekeepers-lost-44-percent-of-bees-in-2015-16/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">dropped by 44 percent\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although bees are considered pests by many people in the general population, farmers know that honey bees are essential to the agriculture industry. Honey bees pollinate plants by unknowingly collecting pollen sacs on their legs and then distributing them as they fly from flower to flower to collect nectar. Globally, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1702377/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">43 of the top food crops\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are either entirely dependent or highly dependent on animal pollination. While honey bees are not the only insects that pollinate plants, they are the largest insect population to do so. In order to mitigate the effects that a continued loss of honey bees will have on agriculture, Eijiro Miyako, a Japanese scientist, has been working to develop an insect-sized drone that is capable of artificial pollination. The drone has horsehair to simulate the hairs that are on the honey bees’ legs and is coated in ionic liquid gel to help the pollen adhere. While still a ways off from being used in the field, an initial live-model test was successful.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Supporters of the drone argue that this insect-sized robot will help the honey bees do their job more effectively and efficiently. Currently, beehives are shipped around the country in order to have enough bees to pollinate crops. More than \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/migratory-beekeeping-mind-boggling-math/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">30 million bees\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are sent to California every year just to pollinate the almond trees (700 billion almond flowers!). \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bees are also trucked to states in the north and south to pollinate everything from pumpkins to blueberries. Miyako’s “bee” drones could eventually reduce the need to move an ever-dwindling population of bees around the country. If created en masse, the drones could be sent to areas of the world with the greatest need for honey bees.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Opponents of using “bee” drones argue that the drones will throw off natural processes or lessen the concern about the decline of bee populations. They also argue that it will also cost an enormous amount of money. Depending on the amount the drones would cost to produce, the cost of renting them could be huge–consider that one beehive contains 20,000-80,000 bees and roughly one hive is necessary to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://caes2.caes.uga.edu/bees/pollination/managing-bees-pollination.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">pollinate one acre\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Who would pay for this? The price of produce would likely rise to cover the cost and that cost would ultimately be passed onto the consumer. Another argument against using drones is that honey bees are not the only pollinators–butterflies, moths, ants, wasps, and numerous other insects pollinate crops. Is it possible that those insects would fill the niche left by the honey bees? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What do you think? Should we start using drones to pollinate crops?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>More Resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Audio: NPR\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/03/09/519500033/bees-travel-cross-country-for-the-california-almond-harvest\">Bees Travel Cross Country For The California Almond Harvest\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nHear about the journey of bees to California to pollinate almond trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Website: University of Georgia\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://caes2.caes.uga.edu/bees/pollination/managing-bees-pollination.html\">Pollination: Managing Bees for Pollination\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRead about moving bees, their placement and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Website: Bee Informed\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://beeinformed.org/2016/05/10/nations-beekeepers-lost-44-percent-of-bees-in-2015-16/\">Nation’s Beekeepers Lost 44 Percent of Bees in 2015-16\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nLearn about the loss of bee colonies in U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Article: Scientific American\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/migratory-beekeeping-mind-boggling-math/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Mind-Boggling Math of Migratory Beekeeping\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRead about the complex task of shipping bees from state to state to pollinate a multitude of crops and orchards.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Find\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/about-do-now/\"> best practices \u003c/a>for using Do Now, using \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/how-to-use-twitter-in-your-teaching-practice/\">Twitter for teaching\u003c/a>, and using other \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/category/tools/\">digital tools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED Do Now U is a biweekly activity in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"http://sencer.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SENCER\u003c/a>. SENCER is a community of transformation that consists of educators and administrators in the higher and informal education sectors. SENCER aims to create an intelligent, educated, and empowered citizenry through advancing knowledge in the STEM fields and beyond. SENCER courses show students the direct connections between subject content and the real world issues they care about, and invite students to use these connections to solve today’s most pressing problems.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/education/477127/should-we-use-drones-to-pollinate-crops","authors":["9628"],"categories":["education_49"],"tags":["education_2516"],"collections":["education_2403"],"featImg":"education_477265","label":"source_education_477127"},"education_462542":{"type":"posts","id":"education_462542","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"education","id":"462542","score":null,"sort":[1491998417000]},"parent":0,"labelTerm":{},"blocks":[],"publishDate":1491998417,"format":"standard","title":"Should We Bring Back Extinct Species?","headTitle":"Should We Bring Back Extinct Species? | KQED","content":"\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Update: Our award-winning video series Above the Noise took a fresh look at the pros and cons of vegetarianism. Students can \u003ca href=\"https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/endangered-environment-kqed/endangered-species-worth-saving-from-extinction-above-the-noise/\">watch the video\u003c/a> to get a primer on the facts then write their own responses on KQED Learn.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post is part of KQED’s \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/tag/do-now-u/\">Do Now U\u003c/a> project. Do Now U is a biweekly activity for students and the public to engage and respond to current issues using social media. Do Now U aims to build civic engagement and digital literacy for learners of all ages. This post was written by Justine Stewart, Ryan Kirchner, Justin Marquez and Jenna Molesko, students in Melanie Lenahan’s General Biology class at Raritan Valley Community College.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/zEZBeR1Mywk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Featured Media Resource\u003cbr>\nVIDEO: NBC News\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/zEZBeR1Mywk\">Scientist Tries To Bring The Woolly Mammoth Back From The Dead\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nA Harvard scientist discusses the possibility of reviving extinct species, and the impacts that could have on our planet and on science as we know it.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do Now U\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Should we bring back extinct species?\u003cstrong> #DoNowURevive\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How to Do Now\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To respond to the Do Now U, you can comment below or post your response on Twitter. \u003cstrong>Just be sure to include \u003cem>#DoNowURevive\u003c/em> and \u003cem>@KQEDedspace\u003c/em> in your posts.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Learn More About De-Extinction\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For many Jurassic Park fanatics, seeing dinosaurs roam the Earth again would be a dream come true. But what if modern science could make that dream a reality? While dinosaur resurrection may not be in our immediate future, scientists are currently exploring the revival of more recently extinct species. There are a few \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://reviverestore.org/1stde-extinction/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">different methods\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> being investigated for “de-extinction,” but all pose the same questions: Is it worth the time and the money to bring extinct species back? Is it our moral obligation to bring back extinct species that have died off as a result of human activities like deforestation? What would be the implications?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_462734\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">[media-credit standalone=0 name=\"David Mark/Pixabay\" link=\"https://pixabay.com/en/alaska-mountains-tundra-stream-68126/\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"640\"]\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-462734\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"Some scientists say revival of ancient species like the woolly mammoth could help repopulate the barren tundra, creating a thriving ecosystem and reducing the magnitude of climate change.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>[/media-credit]\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some scientists say revival of ancient species like the woolly mammoth could help repopulate the barren tundra, creating a thriving ecosystem and reducing the magnitude of climate change.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supporters of de-extinction say that it could improve the environment. Scientist \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://reviverestore.org/projects/woolly-mammoth/sergey-zimovs-manifesto/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sergey Zimov\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> believes that by splicing woolly mammoth DNA into a close relative of the species, we could create a hybrid creature similar to the woolly mammoth to reintroduce to the tundra. This could repopulate the area, encouraging the revival of ancient grasslands, which could slow the rate of melting permafrost and, therefore, reduce carbon emissions. This process, theoretically, could slow the process of \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://climatecolab.org/contests/2015/land-use-agriculture-forestry-livestock/c/proposal/1320191\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">global warming\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The same technology used for de-extinction–inserting DNA of living species into the DNA of close genetic relatives–could be used to help populate species that are currently endangered, or to diversify the gene pool of species with little genetic variation, leaving populations less susceptible to viruses, bacterial infections and disease. Proponents of reviving species also say that being able to observe living, breathing organisms that roamed the Earth in ancient times could provide scientific insight into Earth’s past. By researching the way these animals are structured and how they function, we could make inferences about the ecosystems they thrived in and the conditions that drove them to extinction, maybe even filling in some of the gaps in evolutionary theory.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_462773\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">[media-credit standalone=0 name=\"Matt Zimmerman/Flickr\" link=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/16725630@N00/1524189000\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"640\"]\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-462773\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"Would the option of bringing back extinct species give humans less pause about destroying delicate ecosystems?\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>[/media-credit]\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Would the option of bringing back extinct species give humans less pause about destroying delicate ecosystems?\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opponents of bringing back extinct species think that it may make people less concerned about future environmental destruction. Human activities like deforestation continue to cause extreme ecosystem fragmentation and obliteration. Many species have gone \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/biodiversity/elements_of_biodiversity/extinction_crisis/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">extinct\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a result a rapidly changing environments and destruction of very delicate ecosystems. If we develop a way to bring back extinct species, people may not be as worried because even if a species dies out, we could always bring them back. However, if a species that went extinct due to habitat destruction was revived, there wouldn’t be natural habitat in which they could live. The animals may have to be taken care of in protected lands. Lastly, we don’t know the environmental impacts of bringing back extinct species. Would they be invasive? If there weren’t predators for this species, it could become overpopulated. Alternatively, it could become a “new” predator and wipe out other species. Just because an extinct species once had a niche in the world, doesn’t mean it does today. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you think? Are you in favor of de-extinction? Why or why not?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>More Resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Website: Revive and Restore\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://reviverestore.org/candidates/\">Candidate Species for De-Extinction\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nSee a list of species that scientists working on de-extinction see as possible contenders (or not) and learn why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Article: New York Times\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/science/revive-restore-extinct-species-dna-mammoth-passenger-pigeon.html\">We Might Soon Resurrect Extinct Species. Is It Worth the Cost?\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRead about the reasons some scientists are putting efforts toward reviving extinct species and why other scientists think that it’s just wasteful spending of money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Video: KQED\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2014/04/22/reawakening-extinct-species/\">Reawakening Extinct Species\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nLearn about the growing efforts to bring back extinct species. including the passenger pigeon and woolly mammoth.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Find\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/about-do-now/\"> best practices \u003c/a>for using Do Now, using \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/how-to-use-twitter-in-your-teaching-practice/\">Twitter for teaching\u003c/a>, and using other \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/category/tools/\">digital tools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED Do Now U is a biweekly activity in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"http://sencer.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SENCER\u003c/a>. SENCER is a community of transformation that consists of educators and administrators in the higher and informal education sectors. SENCER aims to create an intelligent, educated, and empowered citizenry through advancing knowledge in the STEM fields and beyond. SENCER courses show students the direct connections between subject content and the real world issues they care about, and invite students to use these connections to solve today’s most pressing problems.\u003c/p>\n\n","stats":{"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"hasAudio":false,"hasPolis":false,"wordCount":1014,"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"paragraphCount":17},"modified":1704761802,"excerpt":"For some dinosaur fanatics, seeing them roam the Earth again would be a dream come true. But what if modern science could make that dream a reality? Do you think we should we bring back extinct species?","headData":{"twImgId":"","twTitle":"","ogTitle":"","ogImgId":"","twDescription":"","description":"For some dinosaur fanatics, seeing them roam the Earth again would be a dream come true. But what if modern science could make that dream a reality? 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Students can \u003ca href=\"https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/endangered-environment-kqed/endangered-species-worth-saving-from-extinction-above-the-noise/\">watch the video\u003c/a> to get a primer on the facts then write their own responses on KQED Learn.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post is part of KQED’s \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/tag/do-now-u/\">Do Now U\u003c/a> project. Do Now U is a biweekly activity for students and the public to engage and respond to current issues using social media. Do Now U aims to build civic engagement and digital literacy for learners of all ages. This post was written by Justine Stewart, Ryan Kirchner, Justin Marquez and Jenna Molesko, students in Melanie Lenahan’s General Biology class at Raritan Valley Community College.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/zEZBeR1Mywk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Featured Media Resource\u003cbr>\nVIDEO: NBC News\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/zEZBeR1Mywk\">Scientist Tries To Bring The Woolly Mammoth Back From The Dead\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nA Harvard scientist discusses the possibility of reviving extinct species, and the impacts that could have on our planet and on science as we know it.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do Now U\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Should we bring back extinct species?\u003cstrong> #DoNowURevive\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How to Do Now\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To respond to the Do Now U, you can comment below or post your response on Twitter. \u003cstrong>Just be sure to include \u003cem>#DoNowURevive\u003c/em> and \u003cem>@KQEDedspace\u003c/em> in your posts.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Learn More About De-Extinction\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For many Jurassic Park fanatics, seeing dinosaurs roam the Earth again would be a dream come true. But what if modern science could make that dream a reality? While dinosaur resurrection may not be in our immediate future, scientists are currently exploring the revival of more recently extinct species. There are a few \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://reviverestore.org/1stde-extinction/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">different methods\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> being investigated for “de-extinction,” but all pose the same questions: Is it worth the time and the money to bring extinct species back? Is it our moral obligation to bring back extinct species that have died off as a result of human activities like deforestation? What would be the implications?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_462734\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">[media-credit standalone=0 name=\"David Mark/Pixabay\" link=\"https://pixabay.com/en/alaska-mountains-tundra-stream-68126/\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"640\"]\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-462734\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"Some scientists say revival of ancient species like the woolly mammoth could help repopulate the barren tundra, creating a thriving ecosystem and reducing the magnitude of climate change.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/alaska-tundra.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>[/media-credit]\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some scientists say revival of ancient species like the woolly mammoth could help repopulate the barren tundra, creating a thriving ecosystem and reducing the magnitude of climate change.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supporters of de-extinction say that it could improve the environment. Scientist \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://reviverestore.org/projects/woolly-mammoth/sergey-zimovs-manifesto/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sergey Zimov\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> believes that by splicing woolly mammoth DNA into a close relative of the species, we could create a hybrid creature similar to the woolly mammoth to reintroduce to the tundra. This could repopulate the area, encouraging the revival of ancient grasslands, which could slow the rate of melting permafrost and, therefore, reduce carbon emissions. This process, theoretically, could slow the process of \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://climatecolab.org/contests/2015/land-use-agriculture-forestry-livestock/c/proposal/1320191\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">global warming\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The same technology used for de-extinction–inserting DNA of living species into the DNA of close genetic relatives–could be used to help populate species that are currently endangered, or to diversify the gene pool of species with little genetic variation, leaving populations less susceptible to viruses, bacterial infections and disease. Proponents of reviving species also say that being able to observe living, breathing organisms that roamed the Earth in ancient times could provide scientific insight into Earth’s past. By researching the way these animals are structured and how they function, we could make inferences about the ecosystems they thrived in and the conditions that drove them to extinction, maybe even filling in some of the gaps in evolutionary theory.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_462773\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">[media-credit standalone=0 name=\"Matt Zimmerman/Flickr\" link=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/16725630@N00/1524189000\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"640\"]\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-462773\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"Would the option of bringing back extinct species give humans less pause about destroying delicate ecosystems?\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/deforestation.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>[/media-credit]\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Would the option of bringing back extinct species give humans less pause about destroying delicate ecosystems?\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opponents of bringing back extinct species think that it may make people less concerned about future environmental destruction. Human activities like deforestation continue to cause extreme ecosystem fragmentation and obliteration. Many species have gone \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/biodiversity/elements_of_biodiversity/extinction_crisis/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">extinct\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a result a rapidly changing environments and destruction of very delicate ecosystems. If we develop a way to bring back extinct species, people may not be as worried because even if a species dies out, we could always bring them back. However, if a species that went extinct due to habitat destruction was revived, there wouldn’t be natural habitat in which they could live. The animals may have to be taken care of in protected lands. Lastly, we don’t know the environmental impacts of bringing back extinct species. Would they be invasive? If there weren’t predators for this species, it could become overpopulated. Alternatively, it could become a “new” predator and wipe out other species. Just because an extinct species once had a niche in the world, doesn’t mean it does today. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you think? Are you in favor of de-extinction? Why or why not?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>More Resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Website: Revive and Restore\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://reviverestore.org/candidates/\">Candidate Species for De-Extinction\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nSee a list of species that scientists working on de-extinction see as possible contenders (or not) and learn why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Article: New York Times\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/science/revive-restore-extinct-species-dna-mammoth-passenger-pigeon.html\">We Might Soon Resurrect Extinct Species. Is It Worth the Cost?\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRead about the reasons some scientists are putting efforts toward reviving extinct species and why other scientists think that it’s just wasteful spending of money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Video: KQED\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2014/04/22/reawakening-extinct-species/\">Reawakening Extinct Species\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nLearn about the growing efforts to bring back extinct species. including the passenger pigeon and woolly mammoth.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Find\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/about-do-now/\"> best practices \u003c/a>for using Do Now, using \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/how-to-use-twitter-in-your-teaching-practice/\">Twitter for teaching\u003c/a>, and using other \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/category/tools/\">digital tools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED Do Now U is a biweekly activity in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"http://sencer.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SENCER\u003c/a>. SENCER is a community of transformation that consists of educators and administrators in the higher and informal education sectors. SENCER aims to create an intelligent, educated, and empowered citizenry through advancing knowledge in the STEM fields and beyond. SENCER courses show students the direct connections between subject content and the real world issues they care about, and invite students to use these connections to solve today’s most pressing problems.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/education/462542/should-we-bring-back-extinct-species","authors":["9628"],"categories":["education_49"],"tags":["education_2516","education_5"],"collections":["education_2403"],"featImg":"education_462733","label":"source_education_462542"},"education_435770":{"type":"posts","id":"education_435770","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"education","id":"435770","score":null,"sort":[1489579245000]},"parent":0,"labelTerm":{},"blocks":[],"publishDate":1489579245,"format":"standard","title":"Do the Benefits of Aquaculture Outweigh Its Negative Impacts?","headTitle":"Do the Benefits of Aquaculture Outweigh Its Negative Impacts? | KQED","content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>This post is part of KQED’s \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/tag/do-now-u/\">Do Now U\u003c/a> project. Do Now U is a biweekly activity for students and the public to engage and respond to current issues using social media. Do Now U aims to build civic engagement and digital literacy for learners of all ages. This post was written by Ben Lokken, Anna Herff, \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tim Jenkins\u003c/span> and Sara Wolf, students in Juk Bhattacharyya’s “Environmental Geology” class at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Featured Media Resource\u003cbr>\nVIDEO: NOAA\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://oceantoday.noaa.gov/fishonafarm/\">Fish on a Farm\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nGet a brief introduction to fish farming, including some environmental concerns and how scientists are helping to address those impacts.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do Now U\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Do the benefits of aquaculture and fish farming outweigh the negative impacts?\u003cstrong> #DoNowUFishFarm\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How to Do Now\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To respond to the Do Now U, you can comment below or post your response on Twitter. \u003cstrong>Just be sure to include \u003cem>#DoNowUFishFarm\u003c/em> and \u003cem>@KQEDedspace\u003c/em> in your posts.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Learn More About Aquaculture\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_438141\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-438141\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534-1020x531.jpg\" alt=\"Aquaculture in western Greece.\" width=\"640\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534-1020x531.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534-160x83.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534-800x417.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534-768x400.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534-960x500.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534-240x125.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534-375x195.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534-520x271.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534.jpg 1025w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aquaculture in western Greece. \u003ccite>(AlMare)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/aquaculture/what_is_aquaculture.html\">Aquaculture\u003c/a> has emerged a popular and efficient way to grow and rear marine and aquatic life for consumption. Various species of fish, shellfish and even plants are grown in tanks, ponds, man-made inland systems or open water cages in the ocean until they reach market size. On a large scale, aquaculture could lessen the need for finding and catching wild fish for food or ornamental purposes (i.e. aquariums) and also help us more efficiently harvest underwater plants for uses in pharmaceuticals, nutritional supplements and other products. Aquaculture has grown exponentially in recent years. For example, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5555e.pdf\">Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations\u003c/a>, 44.1 percent of total fish production worldwide in 2014 came from aquaculture, an increase from 42.1 percent in 2012 and 31.1 percent in 2004. Aquaculture shows tremendous promise in being a long-term source of food to sustain a growing population. However, it has its fair share of problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_438143\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-438143\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"Aquaculture ponds along the coast of China’s Bohai Sea. \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aquaculture ponds along the coast of China’s Bohai Sea. \u003ccite>(Planet Labs)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are many reasons why aquaculture is good for the environment. In 2009, the total \u003ca href=\"http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i1820e/i1820e01.pdf\">seafood consumed\u003c/a> in the world was more than117 million tons. Of this, 90 million tons were taken out of freshwater and marine habitats. This practice can lead to overfishing, which happens when more fish are caught than can be replenished naturally. This can cause certain fish species, like Atlantic bluefish tuna, to become \u003ca href=\"/www.worldwildlife.org/threats/overfishing\">extinct\u003c/a>. Overfishing can impact marine ecosystems as well. For example, cod feed on herring. If herring are overfished, the cod population is adversely affected. Upsetting links on the food chain has \u003ca href=\"http://marinesciencetoday.com/2014/04/09/impact-of-overfishing-on-human-lives/\">consequences\u003c/a> up and down the line. Aquaculture could help decrease the effects of human consumption of fish on freshwater and marine water habitats by producing food without taking away from overfished environments. Fish, plants and shellfish produced in aquaculture farms are also used to \u003ca href=\"http://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/aquaculture/shellfish_enhancement_and_%20restoration.html\">rebuild species populations\u003c/a> in freshwater and saltwater habitats. A lesser-known benefit is that \u003ca href=\"http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/aquaculture/what_is_aquaculture.html\">plants grown in aquaculture\u003c/a> provide material used in pharmaceutical, nutritional, and biotechnology products. Aquaculture can also potentially be used for \u003ca href=\"http://www.fao.org/english/newsroom/highlights/1998/sewage-e.htm\">treating sewage and wastewater\u003c/a>. For example, in India, treated sewage is first passed through ponds of duckweed and next through ponds of prawns and carp. These animals gain nutrients from the waste as they clean the water. The water can then be used for agricultural purposes. These are just some of the ways aquaculture is beneficial not only to habitats and wild fish, but also to humans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with the positive aspects of aquaculture come some \u003ca href=\"http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1663604,00.html\">negative\u003c/a> ones. Fish farms can impact wild fish populations by transferring disease and parasites to migrating fish. Aquaculture can also \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3620330\">pollute water systems\u003c/a> with excess nutrients and fecal matter due to the large numbers and concentrations of farmed fish. Sometimes equipment used in aquaculture can be problematic. For example, in the Puget Sound, geoduck clam farming has affected the coastal ecosystem—the amount of PVC piping and netting has \u003ca href=\"http://www.washington.edu/news/2015/10/21/gear-not-geoducks-impacts-ecosystem-if-farming-increases/\">changed the landscape\u003c/a> for marine life, although the farmed geoducks, themselves, did not have a negative effect. Also, raising farmed fish can cost a lot in resources. For example, many species of fish raised by aquaculture, such as salmon, are predatory fish. They are \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/emptyoceans/fts/fishmeal/casestudy.html\">fed pellets\u003c/a> made from other fish like anchovies or sardines. So, wild fish are being caught to feed farmed fish. In some places, the practice of trawling the bottom of the ocean for marine life in order to make fishmeal scrapes the sea floor, thus harming the sensitive ecosystem. The increased amount of \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/emptyoceans/fts/fishmeal/viewpoints.html\">pollutants in fishmeal\u003c/a>, caused by toxins from ocean pollution, is also raising concerns because these harmful toxins make their way into food targeted for human consumption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are some great benefits to fish farming, but before continuing on, we must be aware of the potential harmful effects it could have on us as consumers as well as the environment. What do you think? Is aquaculture a good alternative to wild harvesting of fish and shellfish?\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>More Resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Website: Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://sarc.bren.ucsb.edu/aquaculture#aquacltr\">About Aquaculture\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nLearn about key aquaculture species, the cost and benefits of aquaculture, and community and industrial aquaculture practices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Website: Monterey Bay Aquarium\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.seafoodwatch.org/ocean-issues/aquaculture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aquaculture\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRead about some of the effects of aquaculture, including pollution and disease, how fish that escape pens affect wild populations, and potential damage to habitats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Video: VOA\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.voanews.com/a/scientists-see-aquaculture-in-america-future/3533515.html\">Scientists See Aquaculture in America’s Future\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nHear why the U.S. is behind other countries in aquaculture even though demand for seafood is growing.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Find\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/about-do-now/\"> best practices \u003c/a>for using Do Now, using \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/how-to-use-twitter-in-your-teaching-practice/\">Twitter for teaching\u003c/a>, and using other \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/category/tools/\">digital tools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED Do Now U is a biweekly activity in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"http://sencer.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SENCER\u003c/a>. SENCER is a community of transformation that consists of educators and administrators in the higher and informal education sectors. SENCER aims to create an intelligent, educated, and empowered citizenry through advancing knowledge in the STEM fields and beyond. SENCER courses show students the direct connections between subject content and the real world issues they care about, and invite students to use these connections to solve today’s most pressing problems.\u003c/p>\n\n","stats":{"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"hasAudio":false,"hasPolis":false,"wordCount":1041,"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"paragraphCount":15},"modified":1704761867,"excerpt":"Aquaculture has emerged a popular and efficient way to grow and rear marine and aquatic life for consumption, but there are some environmental impacts. 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Do Now U is a biweekly activity for students and the public to engage and respond to current issues using social media. Do Now U aims to build civic engagement and digital literacy for learners of all ages. This post was written by Ben Lokken, Anna Herff, \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tim Jenkins\u003c/span> and Sara Wolf, students in Juk Bhattacharyya’s “Environmental Geology” class at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Featured Media Resource\u003cbr>\nVIDEO: NOAA\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://oceantoday.noaa.gov/fishonafarm/\">Fish on a Farm\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nGet a brief introduction to fish farming, including some environmental concerns and how scientists are helping to address those impacts.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do Now U\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Do the benefits of aquaculture and fish farming outweigh the negative impacts?\u003cstrong> #DoNowUFishFarm\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How to Do Now\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To respond to the Do Now U, you can comment below or post your response on Twitter. \u003cstrong>Just be sure to include \u003cem>#DoNowUFishFarm\u003c/em> and \u003cem>@KQEDedspace\u003c/em> in your posts.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Learn More About Aquaculture\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_438141\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-438141\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534-1020x531.jpg\" alt=\"Aquaculture in western Greece.\" width=\"640\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534-1020x531.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534-160x83.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534-800x417.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534-768x400.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534-960x500.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534-240x125.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534-375x195.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534-520x271.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Aquaculture_Western_Greece_2004_1025x534.jpg 1025w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aquaculture in western Greece. \u003ccite>(AlMare)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/aquaculture/what_is_aquaculture.html\">Aquaculture\u003c/a> has emerged a popular and efficient way to grow and rear marine and aquatic life for consumption. Various species of fish, shellfish and even plants are grown in tanks, ponds, man-made inland systems or open water cages in the ocean until they reach market size. On a large scale, aquaculture could lessen the need for finding and catching wild fish for food or ornamental purposes (i.e. aquariums) and also help us more efficiently harvest underwater plants for uses in pharmaceuticals, nutritional supplements and other products. Aquaculture has grown exponentially in recent years. For example, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5555e.pdf\">Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations\u003c/a>, 44.1 percent of total fish production worldwide in 2014 came from aquaculture, an increase from 42.1 percent in 2012 and 31.1 percent in 2004. Aquaculture shows tremendous promise in being a long-term source of food to sustain a growing population. However, it has its fair share of problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_438143\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-438143\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"Aquaculture ponds along the coast of China’s Bohai Sea. \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Bohai_sea_aquaculture_planet_labs_satellite_image.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aquaculture ponds along the coast of China’s Bohai Sea. \u003ccite>(Planet Labs)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are many reasons why aquaculture is good for the environment. In 2009, the total \u003ca href=\"http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i1820e/i1820e01.pdf\">seafood consumed\u003c/a> in the world was more than117 million tons. Of this, 90 million tons were taken out of freshwater and marine habitats. This practice can lead to overfishing, which happens when more fish are caught than can be replenished naturally. This can cause certain fish species, like Atlantic bluefish tuna, to become \u003ca href=\"/www.worldwildlife.org/threats/overfishing\">extinct\u003c/a>. Overfishing can impact marine ecosystems as well. For example, cod feed on herring. If herring are overfished, the cod population is adversely affected. Upsetting links on the food chain has \u003ca href=\"http://marinesciencetoday.com/2014/04/09/impact-of-overfishing-on-human-lives/\">consequences\u003c/a> up and down the line. Aquaculture could help decrease the effects of human consumption of fish on freshwater and marine water habitats by producing food without taking away from overfished environments. Fish, plants and shellfish produced in aquaculture farms are also used to \u003ca href=\"http://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/aquaculture/shellfish_enhancement_and_%20restoration.html\">rebuild species populations\u003c/a> in freshwater and saltwater habitats. A lesser-known benefit is that \u003ca href=\"http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/aquaculture/what_is_aquaculture.html\">plants grown in aquaculture\u003c/a> provide material used in pharmaceutical, nutritional, and biotechnology products. Aquaculture can also potentially be used for \u003ca href=\"http://www.fao.org/english/newsroom/highlights/1998/sewage-e.htm\">treating sewage and wastewater\u003c/a>. For example, in India, treated sewage is first passed through ponds of duckweed and next through ponds of prawns and carp. These animals gain nutrients from the waste as they clean the water. The water can then be used for agricultural purposes. These are just some of the ways aquaculture is beneficial not only to habitats and wild fish, but also to humans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with the positive aspects of aquaculture come some \u003ca href=\"http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1663604,00.html\">negative\u003c/a> ones. Fish farms can impact wild fish populations by transferring disease and parasites to migrating fish. Aquaculture can also \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3620330\">pollute water systems\u003c/a> with excess nutrients and fecal matter due to the large numbers and concentrations of farmed fish. Sometimes equipment used in aquaculture can be problematic. For example, in the Puget Sound, geoduck clam farming has affected the coastal ecosystem—the amount of PVC piping and netting has \u003ca href=\"http://www.washington.edu/news/2015/10/21/gear-not-geoducks-impacts-ecosystem-if-farming-increases/\">changed the landscape\u003c/a> for marine life, although the farmed geoducks, themselves, did not have a negative effect. Also, raising farmed fish can cost a lot in resources. For example, many species of fish raised by aquaculture, such as salmon, are predatory fish. They are \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/emptyoceans/fts/fishmeal/casestudy.html\">fed pellets\u003c/a> made from other fish like anchovies or sardines. So, wild fish are being caught to feed farmed fish. In some places, the practice of trawling the bottom of the ocean for marine life in order to make fishmeal scrapes the sea floor, thus harming the sensitive ecosystem. The increased amount of \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/emptyoceans/fts/fishmeal/viewpoints.html\">pollutants in fishmeal\u003c/a>, caused by toxins from ocean pollution, is also raising concerns because these harmful toxins make their way into food targeted for human consumption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are some great benefits to fish farming, but before continuing on, we must be aware of the potential harmful effects it could have on us as consumers as well as the environment. What do you think? Is aquaculture a good alternative to wild harvesting of fish and shellfish?\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>More Resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Website: Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://sarc.bren.ucsb.edu/aquaculture#aquacltr\">About Aquaculture\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nLearn about key aquaculture species, the cost and benefits of aquaculture, and community and industrial aquaculture practices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Website: Monterey Bay Aquarium\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.seafoodwatch.org/ocean-issues/aquaculture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aquaculture\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRead about some of the effects of aquaculture, including pollution and disease, how fish that escape pens affect wild populations, and potential damage to habitats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Video: VOA\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.voanews.com/a/scientists-see-aquaculture-in-america-future/3533515.html\">Scientists See Aquaculture in America’s Future\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nHear why the U.S. is behind other countries in aquaculture even though demand for seafood is growing.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Find\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/about-do-now/\"> best practices \u003c/a>for using Do Now, using \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/how-to-use-twitter-in-your-teaching-practice/\">Twitter for teaching\u003c/a>, and using other \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/category/tools/\">digital tools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED Do Now U is a biweekly activity in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"http://sencer.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SENCER\u003c/a>. SENCER is a community of transformation that consists of educators and administrators in the higher and informal education sectors. SENCER aims to create an intelligent, educated, and empowered citizenry through advancing knowledge in the STEM fields and beyond. 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Do Now U is a biweekly activity for students and the public to engage and respond to current issues using social media. Do Now U aims to build civic engagement and digital literacy for learners of all ages. This post was developed by Collin Grayless, Aryn Long Suiter, Mariah Rodriguez and Robert Jackson, students in James Speer’s “Introduction to Environmental Sciences” class at Indiana State University.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Featured Media Resource\u003cbr>\nAUDIO: NPR\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/08/08/338936920/lake-eries-toxic-bloom-has-ohio-famers-on-the-defensive\">Lake Erie’s Toxic Bloom Has Ohio Farmers on the Defensive\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nThis report from 2014 discusses the pollution of Toledo, Ohio’s drinking water and steps that farmers have been taking to reduce fertilizer runoff into Lake Erie.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do Now U\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Should the U.S. government restrict fertilizer use to improve water quality? Why or why not?\u003cstrong> #DoNowUFertilizer\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How to Do Now\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To respond to the Do Now U, you can comment below or post your response on Twitter. \u003cstrong>Just be sure to include \u003cem>#DoNowUFertilizer\u003c/em> and \u003cem>@KQEDedspace\u003c/em> in your posts.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Learn More About Artificial Fertilizers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fertilizers have been used in agriculture since the beginning of domestication when animal manure was used to enrich the organic matter in soils. In the modern day, farmers use artificially produced fertilizer such as nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium to increase growth and yield of their plants. Fertilizers can provide a benefit, but they can also contaminate freshwater and damage an area’s ecosystems. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nitrogen is a key element in fertilizer and provides necessary nutrients that encourage plant growth and increase yields. However, high concentrations contaminate surface and groundwater supplies. Phosphorus is naturally found in mineral deposits, but overuse causes an imbalance and creates water pollution. These three elements are also responsible for\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/eutrophication.htm\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">eutrophication\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in bodies of water. This is a process in which excess nutrients cause rapid growth of algae. As a result, the water turns green and becomes cloudy. As the algae die and decompose, the water is depleted of oxygen for fish and other species. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Because this is\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/nps/what-nonpoint-source\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">nonpoint source pollution\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, meaning that it comes from the broad landscape rather than an identifiable source like a pipe or smokestack, it is harder to keep track of and especially hard to regulate and reduce. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[media-credit name=\"U.S. EPA\" link=\"https://cfpub.epa.gov/roe/indicator_pdf.cfm?i=55\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"640\"]\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-432051\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph-1020x824.png\" alt=\"Fertilizer graph\" width=\"640\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph-1020x824.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph-160x129.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph-800x647.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph-768x621.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph-960x776.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph-240x194.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph-375x303.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph-520x420.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph.png 1111w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>[/media-credit]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-practices-management/chemical-inputs/fertilizer-use-markets/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fertilizer provides the elements that the plants use\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in order to make them grow faster, better, and healthier. Fertilizers are merely nutrients applied to cultivated fields to increase required elements found naturally in the soil. The use of fertilizer has permitted farmers to continuously attain rich harvests on the same land for years, thus reducing the need for clearing new lands. If farmland is overused from growing too many crops year after year without a chance for the soil to lay fallow and rest, the soils can become depleted of nutrients. This would potentially require farmers to move to new areas, which could result in clearing a new area of land. In this case, this also would leave the prior cropland bare and exposed to erosion. Other benefits of fertilizers are that they can increase the aesthetics of yards, golf courses, and other landscaped areas by making them fuller and greener. Proponents of fertilizer use say that it is necessary for our agricultural system and should not be regulated because if farmers put too little fertilizer on their crops, their yields could be greatly reduced or they could lose their crops all together.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_432055\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 960px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/nutrient-pollution.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-432055\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/nutrient-pollution.jpg\" alt=\"This illustration shows the amount of silt, mud and debris in Chesapeake Bay waterways before (right) and after (left) exceptionally heavy rainfall in 2011. Nutrients from fertilizers also runoff land in this manner.\" width=\"960\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/nutrient-pollution.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/nutrient-pollution-160x63.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/nutrient-pollution-800x313.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/nutrient-pollution-768x301.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/nutrient-pollution-240x94.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/nutrient-pollution-375x147.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/nutrient-pollution-520x204.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This illustration shows the amount of silt, mud and debris in Chesapeake Bay waterways before (right) and after (left) exceptionally heavy rainfall in 2011. Nutrients from fertilizers also runoff land in this manner. \u003ccite>(NOAA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the other hand, fertilizers are expensive and often over-applied. By using less of it on their crops, farmers could save money, which would be good for the ecosystem as well. Overuse of fertilizer results in eutrophication of local ponds and dead zones. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/deadzone.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dead zones\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are low-oxygen areas in lakes and oceans where little life exists. There are \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://science.sciencemag.org/content/321/5891/926\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">more than 400\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> dead zones worldwide, equaling more than 94,000 square miles of ocean. The\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/deadzone.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is roughly the size of New Jersey, and it continues to grow. Another harmful effect of the algal blooms due to fertilizer runoff is that the algae covers the surface of the water making it harder for sunlight to penetrate and reducing the ability of underwater plants to perform photosynthesis. A few species of algae are known to produce toxins that can kill fish, birds and mammals, which can potentially cause health problems for humans when we eat those animals. In addition, these toxins, as well as excess nutrients from fertilizers, can contaminate drinking water supplies. Proponents of government regulation of artificial fertilizer use say the damage outweighs the gains and rules are necessary to reduce the effects of pollution throughout the United States. There are also alternatives to using artificial fertilizers, such as returning to\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.fao.org/organicag/oa-faq/oa-faq6/en/\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">organic farming\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and even pursuing\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://permacultureprinciples.com/\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">permaculture\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which can produce high yields of edible foods on smaller areas of land.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What do you think? Are the benefits of using fertilizer on crops and landscapes worth the negative effects on ecosystems? Should the government restrict fertilizer use to improve the water quality of lakes and coastal areas?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>More Resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Audio: NPR\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/07/09/199095108/Whats-In-The-Water-Searching-Midwest-Streams-For-Crop-Runoff\">What Is Farm Runoff Doing To The Water? Scientists Wade In\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nLearn how scientists tested streams for pesticides and fertilizers, and to see how they may be affecting aquatic life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Website: University of Vermont\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.uvm.edu/~vlrs/doc/lawnfert.htm\">Environmental Impacts of Lawn Fertilizer\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRead how lawn fertilizer affects groundwater, our water supply and the environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Video: Piotr Sokolowski\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/L2ImgVwv5qM\">Eutrophication Animation\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nLearn about the process of eutrophication with this short animation.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Find\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/about-do-now/\"> best practices \u003c/a>for using Do Now, using \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/how-to-use-twitter-in-your-teaching-practice/\">Twitter for teaching\u003c/a>, and using other \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/category/tools/\">digital tools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED Do Now U is a biweekly activity in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"http://sencer.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SENCER\u003c/a>. SENCER is a community of transformation that consists of educators and administrators in the higher and informal education sectors. SENCER aims to create an intelligent, educated, and empowered citizenry through advancing knowledge in the STEM fields and beyond. SENCER courses show students the direct connections between subject content and the real world issues they care about, and invite students to use these connections to solve today’s most pressing problems.\u003c/p>\n\n","stats":{"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"hasAudio":false,"hasPolis":false,"wordCount":1085,"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"paragraphCount":16},"modified":1704761913,"excerpt":"Artificial fertilizers benefit farmers with the ability to grow crops on the same land year after year, but they can also contaminate freshwater and damage an area’s ecosystems. 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Do Now U is a biweekly activity for students and the public to engage and respond to current issues using social media. Do Now U aims to build civic engagement and digital literacy for learners of all ages. This post was developed by Collin Grayless, Aryn Long Suiter, Mariah Rodriguez and Robert Jackson, students in James Speer’s “Introduction to Environmental Sciences” class at Indiana State University.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Featured Media Resource\u003cbr>\nAUDIO: NPR\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/08/08/338936920/lake-eries-toxic-bloom-has-ohio-famers-on-the-defensive\">Lake Erie’s Toxic Bloom Has Ohio Farmers on the Defensive\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nThis report from 2014 discusses the pollution of Toledo, Ohio’s drinking water and steps that farmers have been taking to reduce fertilizer runoff into Lake Erie.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do Now U\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Should the U.S. government restrict fertilizer use to improve water quality? Why or why not?\u003cstrong> #DoNowUFertilizer\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How to Do Now\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To respond to the Do Now U, you can comment below or post your response on Twitter. \u003cstrong>Just be sure to include \u003cem>#DoNowUFertilizer\u003c/em> and \u003cem>@KQEDedspace\u003c/em> in your posts.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Learn More About Artificial Fertilizers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fertilizers have been used in agriculture since the beginning of domestication when animal manure was used to enrich the organic matter in soils. In the modern day, farmers use artificially produced fertilizer such as nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium to increase growth and yield of their plants. Fertilizers can provide a benefit, but they can also contaminate freshwater and damage an area’s ecosystems. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nitrogen is a key element in fertilizer and provides necessary nutrients that encourage plant growth and increase yields. However, high concentrations contaminate surface and groundwater supplies. Phosphorus is naturally found in mineral deposits, but overuse causes an imbalance and creates water pollution. These three elements are also responsible for\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/eutrophication.htm\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">eutrophication\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in bodies of water. This is a process in which excess nutrients cause rapid growth of algae. As a result, the water turns green and becomes cloudy. As the algae die and decompose, the water is depleted of oxygen for fish and other species. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Because this is\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/nps/what-nonpoint-source\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">nonpoint source pollution\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, meaning that it comes from the broad landscape rather than an identifiable source like a pipe or smokestack, it is harder to keep track of and especially hard to regulate and reduce. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[media-credit name=\"U.S. EPA\" link=\"https://cfpub.epa.gov/roe/indicator_pdf.cfm?i=55\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"640\"]\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-432051\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph-1020x824.png\" alt=\"Fertilizer graph\" width=\"640\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph-1020x824.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph-160x129.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph-800x647.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph-768x621.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph-960x776.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph-240x194.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph-375x303.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph-520x420.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Fertilizer-graph.png 1111w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>[/media-credit]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-practices-management/chemical-inputs/fertilizer-use-markets/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fertilizer provides the elements that the plants use\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in order to make them grow faster, better, and healthier. Fertilizers are merely nutrients applied to cultivated fields to increase required elements found naturally in the soil. The use of fertilizer has permitted farmers to continuously attain rich harvests on the same land for years, thus reducing the need for clearing new lands. If farmland is overused from growing too many crops year after year without a chance for the soil to lay fallow and rest, the soils can become depleted of nutrients. This would potentially require farmers to move to new areas, which could result in clearing a new area of land. In this case, this also would leave the prior cropland bare and exposed to erosion. Other benefits of fertilizers are that they can increase the aesthetics of yards, golf courses, and other landscaped areas by making them fuller and greener. Proponents of fertilizer use say that it is necessary for our agricultural system and should not be regulated because if farmers put too little fertilizer on their crops, their yields could be greatly reduced or they could lose their crops all together.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_432055\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 960px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/nutrient-pollution.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-432055\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/nutrient-pollution.jpg\" alt=\"This illustration shows the amount of silt, mud and debris in Chesapeake Bay waterways before (right) and after (left) exceptionally heavy rainfall in 2011. Nutrients from fertilizers also runoff land in this manner.\" width=\"960\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/nutrient-pollution.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/nutrient-pollution-160x63.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/nutrient-pollution-800x313.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/nutrient-pollution-768x301.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/nutrient-pollution-240x94.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/nutrient-pollution-375x147.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/nutrient-pollution-520x204.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This illustration shows the amount of silt, mud and debris in Chesapeake Bay waterways before (right) and after (left) exceptionally heavy rainfall in 2011. Nutrients from fertilizers also runoff land in this manner. \u003ccite>(NOAA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the other hand, fertilizers are expensive and often over-applied. By using less of it on their crops, farmers could save money, which would be good for the ecosystem as well. Overuse of fertilizer results in eutrophication of local ponds and dead zones. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/deadzone.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dead zones\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are low-oxygen areas in lakes and oceans where little life exists. There are \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://science.sciencemag.org/content/321/5891/926\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">more than 400\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> dead zones worldwide, equaling more than 94,000 square miles of ocean. The\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/deadzone.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is roughly the size of New Jersey, and it continues to grow. Another harmful effect of the algal blooms due to fertilizer runoff is that the algae covers the surface of the water making it harder for sunlight to penetrate and reducing the ability of underwater plants to perform photosynthesis. A few species of algae are known to produce toxins that can kill fish, birds and mammals, which can potentially cause health problems for humans when we eat those animals. In addition, these toxins, as well as excess nutrients from fertilizers, can contaminate drinking water supplies. Proponents of government regulation of artificial fertilizer use say the damage outweighs the gains and rules are necessary to reduce the effects of pollution throughout the United States. There are also alternatives to using artificial fertilizers, such as returning to\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.fao.org/organicag/oa-faq/oa-faq6/en/\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">organic farming\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and even pursuing\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://permacultureprinciples.com/\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">permaculture\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which can produce high yields of edible foods on smaller areas of land.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What do you think? Are the benefits of using fertilizer on crops and landscapes worth the negative effects on ecosystems? Should the government restrict fertilizer use to improve the water quality of lakes and coastal areas?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>More Resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Audio: NPR\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/07/09/199095108/Whats-In-The-Water-Searching-Midwest-Streams-For-Crop-Runoff\">What Is Farm Runoff Doing To The Water? Scientists Wade In\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nLearn how scientists tested streams for pesticides and fertilizers, and to see how they may be affecting aquatic life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Website: University of Vermont\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.uvm.edu/~vlrs/doc/lawnfert.htm\">Environmental Impacts of Lawn Fertilizer\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRead how lawn fertilizer affects groundwater, our water supply and the environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Video: Piotr Sokolowski\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/L2ImgVwv5qM\">Eutrophication Animation\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nLearn about the process of eutrophication with this short animation.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Find\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/about-do-now/\"> best practices \u003c/a>for using Do Now, using \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/how-to-use-twitter-in-your-teaching-practice/\">Twitter for teaching\u003c/a>, and using other \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/category/tools/\">digital tools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED Do Now U is a biweekly activity in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"http://sencer.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SENCER\u003c/a>. SENCER is a community of transformation that consists of educators and administrators in the higher and informal education sectors. SENCER aims to create an intelligent, educated, and empowered citizenry through advancing knowledge in the STEM fields and beyond. SENCER courses show students the direct connections between subject content and the real world issues they care about, and invite students to use these connections to solve today’s most pressing problems.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/education/431926/should-the-u-s-government-restrict-fertilizer-use-to-improve-water-quality","authors":["9628"],"series":["education_2837"],"categories":["education_49"],"tags":["education_2516","education_5"],"collections":["education_2403"],"featImg":"education_432225","label":"source_education_431926"},"education_413104":{"type":"posts","id":"education_413104","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"education","id":"413104","score":null,"sort":[1487163621000]},"parent":0,"labelTerm":{},"blocks":[],"publishDate":1487163621,"format":"standard","title":"Should Pigs Be Used to Grow Human Organs?","headTitle":"Should Pigs Be Used to Grow Human Organs? | KQED","content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>This post is part of KQED’s \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/tag/do-now-u/\">Do Now U\u003c/a> project. Do Now U is a biweekly activity for students and the public to engage and respond to current issues using social media. Do Now U aims to build civic engagement and digital literacy for learners of all ages. This post was written by Dani Schroeder, Gabrielle Kern and Bradley Mullings, students in Kimberly Vogt’s “Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis for Biologists” class at Marian University.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TF-vyCkdAFM\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Featured Media Resource\u003cbr>\nVIDEO: BBC News\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/TF-vyCkdAFM\">Could Pigs Be Used to Grow Human Organs for Transplant?\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Get an overview of the use of pigs as biological incubators for human organs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do Now U\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Should pigs be used to grow human organs for people who need transplants? Why or why not?\u003cstrong> #DoNowUPigs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How to Do Now\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To respond to the Do Now U, you can comment below or post your response on Twitter. \u003cstrong>Just be sure to include \u003cem>#DoNowUPigs\u003c/em> and \u003cem>@KQEDedspace\u003c/em> in your posts.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also record a video response on \u003ca href=\"https://flipgrid.com/f998eb\">Flipgrid\u003c/a>. (Learn how to use Flipgrid \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/2016/10/20/introducing-flipgrid-for-do-now/\">here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Learn More About Growing Human Organs in Pigs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recently, \u003ca href=\"http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(16)31752-4\">research\u003c/a> has begun into the use of pigs to grow human organs. This is done in\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bbc.com/news/health-36437428\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> two stages\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The first stage uses a technique known as \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2016/04/29/how-a-new-crisprcas9-technique-may-get-us-closer-to-curing-genetic-diseases/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">CRISPR gene editing\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which removes the gene necessary to grow a specific organ in a pig embryo. In stage two, human stem cells (which are capable of developing the respective human organ) are injected into the pig embryo. The embryo is then implanted into a sow. The idea is that the human organ would grow inside the embryo. If this research is successful, it would mean that human organs could be grown inside of live pigs for future harvest and organ donation. This research could lead to an increase in the accessibility of organs required for transplant. However, there is also quite a bit of controversy surrounding the ethics of using pigs as biological incubators for human organs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are multiple reasons why people support the idea of growing human organs in pigs. According to the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.americantransplantfoundation.org/about-transplant/facts-and-myths/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">American Transplant Foundation\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 22 people die everyday waiting for organ donations. People could face a time period of anywhere from four months to five years waiting for a vital organ. During the wait, many people have to face a reduced quality of life due to worsening symptoms, while still others face death. Supporters of the research contend that it is worth the risks as long as human lives could be saved. Growing organs using pigs as biological incubators would make a greater number of organs more readily available for harvesting, therefore benefiting those waiting for vital organ donations. Using this method, there is the potential to grow human organs in a shorter time frame than occurs in humans, due to the shorter gestational period of pigs. Another benefit would be the possibility for customization. With current methods of transplantation, after patients receive a donated organ, they spend the rest of their lives taking immune suppressing drugs so that their bodies won’t reject the organ. This \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bbc.com/news/health-36437428\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">new research method\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, however, could use stem cells from the future organ recipient in the pig embryo, which could create an organ that would be a better match than what is achievable with traditional transplant methods. The research into this field of possibilities is promising, however it is still a ways off from becoming reality.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are technical and ethical reasons why people may be opposed to growing human organs in pigs. One risk includes the possibility of the pig fetuses developing more \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bbc.com/news/health-36437428\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">human-like brains\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> due to the stem cells inserted into the fetuses. Scientists conducting the research have aborted the embryos after \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(16)31752-4\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">three to four weeks\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, preventing the possibility of creating viable pigs with human-like traits. Even with the ability to customize organs using the recipient’s own cells, what if during the growth period the organ is somewhat altered because of the pig’s DNA? Additionally, there are ethical concerns to using pigs as biological incubators for human organs. These pigs would be bred for the sole purpose of growing organs before being killed to harvest the organs for donation. This model warrants the consideration of the biological incubator business growing into the next generation of factory farms. Additionally, if this new research leads to success in practice, some fear that this could eventually lead to growing human fetuses with the intent of harvesting their organs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This new technique could be very beneficial to the thousands of people on organ transplant lists waiting for life-saving operations, but how ethical is this practice? What do you think? Should pigs be used as biological incubators to grow human organs?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>More Resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Article: National Geographic\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/01/human-pig-hybrid-embryo-chimera-organs-health-science/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Human-Pig Hybrid Created in the Lab—Here Are the Facts\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nGet more background information on the research surrounding human-pig hybrids/chimeras for growing human organs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Video: Wellcome Trust\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/I5_2c52OPFw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What Is Gene Editing and How Does It Work?\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nLearn the basics of the CRISPR gene-editing technique, and consider the pros and cons of this technology for many uses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Notice: National Institutes of Health (NIH)\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-15-158.html\">NIH Research Involving Introduction of Human Pluripotent Cells into Non-Human Vertebrate Animal Pre-Gastrulation Embryos\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRead a notice from the NIH that states it will not currently fund research in which human stem cells are injected into non-human embryos.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Find\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/about-do-now/\"> best practices \u003c/a>for using Do Now, using \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/how-to-use-twitter-in-your-teaching-practice/\">Twitter for teaching\u003c/a>, and using other \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/category/tools/\">digital tools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED Do Now U is a biweekly activity in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"http://sencer.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SENCER\u003c/a>. SENCER is a community of transformation that consists of educators and administrators in the higher and informal education sectors. SENCER aims to create an intelligent, educated, and empowered citizenry through advancing knowledge in the STEM fields and beyond. SENCER courses show students the direct connections between subject content and the real world issues they care about, and invite students to use these connections to solve today’s most pressing problems.\u003c/p>\n\n","stats":{"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"hasAudio":false,"hasPolis":false,"wordCount":1019,"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"paragraphCount":17},"modified":1704761966,"excerpt":"Research was recently reported about the use of pigs to grow human organs for transplant. While this is a ways off from becoming a reality, the idea raises ethical concerns. What do you think? 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Do Now U aims to build civic engagement and digital literacy for learners of all ages. This post was written by Dani Schroeder, Gabrielle Kern and Bradley Mullings, students in Kimberly Vogt’s “Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis for Biologists” class at Marian University.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TF-vyCkdAFM\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Featured Media Resource\u003cbr>\nVIDEO: BBC News\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/TF-vyCkdAFM\">Could Pigs Be Used to Grow Human Organs for Transplant?\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Get an overview of the use of pigs as biological incubators for human organs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do Now U\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Should pigs be used to grow human organs for people who need transplants? Why or why not?\u003cstrong> #DoNowUPigs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How to Do Now\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To respond to the Do Now U, you can comment below or post your response on Twitter. \u003cstrong>Just be sure to include \u003cem>#DoNowUPigs\u003c/em> and \u003cem>@KQEDedspace\u003c/em> in your posts.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also record a video response on \u003ca href=\"https://flipgrid.com/f998eb\">Flipgrid\u003c/a>. (Learn how to use Flipgrid \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/2016/10/20/introducing-flipgrid-for-do-now/\">here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>Learn More About Growing Human Organs in Pigs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recently, \u003ca href=\"http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(16)31752-4\">research\u003c/a> has begun into the use of pigs to grow human organs. This is done in\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bbc.com/news/health-36437428\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> two stages\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The first stage uses a technique known as \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2016/04/29/how-a-new-crisprcas9-technique-may-get-us-closer-to-curing-genetic-diseases/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">CRISPR gene editing\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which removes the gene necessary to grow a specific organ in a pig embryo. In stage two, human stem cells (which are capable of developing the respective human organ) are injected into the pig embryo. The embryo is then implanted into a sow. The idea is that the human organ would grow inside the embryo. If this research is successful, it would mean that human organs could be grown inside of live pigs for future harvest and organ donation. This research could lead to an increase in the accessibility of organs required for transplant. However, there is also quite a bit of controversy surrounding the ethics of using pigs as biological incubators for human organs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are multiple reasons why people support the idea of growing human organs in pigs. According to the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.americantransplantfoundation.org/about-transplant/facts-and-myths/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">American Transplant Foundation\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 22 people die everyday waiting for organ donations. People could face a time period of anywhere from four months to five years waiting for a vital organ. During the wait, many people have to face a reduced quality of life due to worsening symptoms, while still others face death. Supporters of the research contend that it is worth the risks as long as human lives could be saved. Growing organs using pigs as biological incubators would make a greater number of organs more readily available for harvesting, therefore benefiting those waiting for vital organ donations. Using this method, there is the potential to grow human organs in a shorter time frame than occurs in humans, due to the shorter gestational period of pigs. Another benefit would be the possibility for customization. With current methods of transplantation, after patients receive a donated organ, they spend the rest of their lives taking immune suppressing drugs so that their bodies won’t reject the organ. This \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bbc.com/news/health-36437428\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">new research method\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, however, could use stem cells from the future organ recipient in the pig embryo, which could create an organ that would be a better match than what is achievable with traditional transplant methods. The research into this field of possibilities is promising, however it is still a ways off from becoming reality.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are technical and ethical reasons why people may be opposed to growing human organs in pigs. One risk includes the possibility of the pig fetuses developing more \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bbc.com/news/health-36437428\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">human-like brains\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> due to the stem cells inserted into the fetuses. Scientists conducting the research have aborted the embryos after \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(16)31752-4\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">three to four weeks\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, preventing the possibility of creating viable pigs with human-like traits. Even with the ability to customize organs using the recipient’s own cells, what if during the growth period the organ is somewhat altered because of the pig’s DNA? Additionally, there are ethical concerns to using pigs as biological incubators for human organs. These pigs would be bred for the sole purpose of growing organs before being killed to harvest the organs for donation. This model warrants the consideration of the biological incubator business growing into the next generation of factory farms. Additionally, if this new research leads to success in practice, some fear that this could eventually lead to growing human fetuses with the intent of harvesting their organs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This new technique could be very beneficial to the thousands of people on organ transplant lists waiting for life-saving operations, but how ethical is this practice? What do you think? Should pigs be used as biological incubators to grow human organs?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>More Resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Article: National Geographic\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/01/human-pig-hybrid-embryo-chimera-organs-health-science/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Human-Pig Hybrid Created in the Lab—Here Are the Facts\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nGet more background information on the research surrounding human-pig hybrids/chimeras for growing human organs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Video: Wellcome Trust\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/I5_2c52OPFw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What Is Gene Editing and How Does It Work?\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nLearn the basics of the CRISPR gene-editing technique, and consider the pros and cons of this technology for many uses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Notice: National Institutes of Health (NIH)\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-15-158.html\">NIH Research Involving Introduction of Human Pluripotent Cells into Non-Human Vertebrate Animal Pre-Gastrulation Embryos\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRead a notice from the NIH that states it will not currently fund research in which human stem cells are injected into non-human embryos.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Find\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/about-do-now/\"> best practices \u003c/a>for using Do Now, using \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/how-to-use-twitter-in-your-teaching-practice/\">Twitter for teaching\u003c/a>, and using other \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/education/category/tools/\">digital tools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED Do Now U is a biweekly activity in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"http://sencer.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SENCER\u003c/a>. SENCER is a community of transformation that consists of educators and administrators in the higher and informal education sectors. SENCER aims to create an intelligent, educated, and empowered citizenry through advancing knowledge in the STEM fields and beyond. 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But as \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/01/30/key-facts-about-refugees-to-the-u-s/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pew Research\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> notes, refugee admission rates have fluctuated over the years, including an almost complete shutdown for three months after the 2001 terrorist attacks.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Teach with the Do Now Archive\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cdiv>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-527117\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/DoNow-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/DoNow-1.jpg 450w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/DoNow-1-160x40.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/DoNow-1-240x60.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/DoNow-1-375x94.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>This article is part of our archived \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/collections/do-now/\">Do Now activity series\u003c/a>. Use this abridged version to spark a classroom discussion around the prompt:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>If a large group of refugees were to suddenly move into your community, would you welcome them or would you have some serious concerns about them being there?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On January 27, President Trump signed a sweeping \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/01/31/512439121/trumps-executive-order-on-immigration-annotated\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">executive order \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">suspending the entire U.S. refugee program for 120 days and cutting the maximum number of refugees allowed into the U.S. each year by more than half. It indefinitely bars all Syrian refugees, thousands of whom continue to flee their country’s bloody civil war.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Announced as a national security measure to protect the U.S. from terrorist threats, the president’s actions instantly unleashed a global outcry and fierce protests. It has also resulted in multiple lawsuits and scenes of chaos at airports around the world, where travelers have been detained and held in legal limbo.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On February 3, a U.S. district judge temporarily blocked the seven-nation ban, and allowed travelers with valid visas to resume entering the country. The judge’s ruling also temporarily reversed the ban on Syrian refugees and the prioritization of religious minorities. On February 9, The \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/federal-appeals-court-maintains-suspension-of-trumps-immigration-order/2017/02/09/e8526e70-ed47-11e6-9662-6eedf1627882_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_trumpban-625pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.4c6ee147ccca\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> upheld this decision, ruling against the government’s argument that the suspension be lifted for reasons of national security.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49da0e466.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 1951 Refugee Convention\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> makes a distinction between refugees and migrants, who are defined as people who make a conscious decision to leave their countries to seek better opportunities elsewhere. Unlike migrants, most refugees are eligible for protection and support from the United Nations and its member states, though each nation has its own distinct rules and restrictions regarding the numbers of refugees they will allow to enter, and the level of support they will provide.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Accepting large numbers of refugees has never been a particularly popular option among the U.S. public. In a Pew Research poll, 54 percent of registered voters — and 87 percent of Trump supporters — said the U.S. does not have a responsibility to accept refugees from Syria. As Pew notes, “U.S. public opinion polls from previous decades show Americans have largely opposed admitting large numbers of refugees from countries where people are fleeing war and oppression.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Around the world, immigration policies vary: \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/german-public-opinion-immigration-and-integration\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Germany\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/canadas-immigration-policy-focus-human-capital\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Canada\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, for example, embrace immigration and recognize the positive impact immigrants have in their societies, while in the U.K., British leaders plan to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.politico.eu/article/how-theresa-may-plans-to-reduce-immigration-after-brexit/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">reduce net migration\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> following last year’s Brexit vote.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Learn More…\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>INTERACTIVE: \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/2017/02/03/refugees-in-the-united-states/\">“How Many Refugees Does The U.S. Actually Let In?” \u003c/a>(The Lowdown)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nLearn more about the statistics behind U.S. immigration policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>VIDEO:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>“\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/02/08/portraits-of-an-immigrant-filled-nation-at-walter-maciel-gallery/\">Portraits of an Immigrant-Filled Nation at Walter Maciel Gallery”\u003c/a> (KQED Arts)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMore than 100 artists created portraits of immigrants and displayed them in the shape of the American flag. 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Read more about other ways the issue is dividing the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>VIDEOS: \u003ca href=\"https://srlnewamericans.tumblr.com/\">“New Americans: Stories of Immigration, Identity and Community Through the Eyes of Teenagers”\u003c/a> (PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThis collection of student-produced videos feature the perspectives of young immigrants from around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n","stats":{"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"hasAudio":false,"hasPolis":false,"wordCount":692,"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"paragraphCount":15},"modified":1704761981,"excerpt":"If you learned that an influx of refugees displaced by war were to relocate to your community, would you welcome them openly or would you want constraints on their integration into your community?","headData":{"twImgId":"","twTitle":"","ogTitle":"","ogImgId":"","twDescription":"","description":"If you learned that an influx of refugees displaced by war were to relocate to your community, would you welcome them openly or would you want constraints on their integration into your community?","title":"Would You Welcome Refugees to Your Community? | KQED","ogDescription":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Would You Welcome Refugees to Your Community?","datePublished":"2017-02-10T10:57:50-08:00","dateModified":"2024-01-08T16:59:41-08:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"would-you-welcome-refugees-to-your-community-2","status":"publish","videoEmbed":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rf-K2DWoWY","sticky":false,"path":"/education/409400/would-you-welcome-refugees-to-your-community-2","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cdiv class=\"callout aligncenter noborder\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"vimeo","attributes":{"named":{"w":"640","h":"360","label":"200211794"},"numeric":["200211794"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/div>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Learn More \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For decades, the United States has been the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/refugees-and-asylees-united-states\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">world’s top resettlement destination for refugees\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, with roughly 3 million admitted here since passage of the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/resource/the-refugee-act\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Refugee Act\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of 1980. But as \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/01/30/key-facts-about-refugees-to-the-u-s/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pew Research\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> notes, refugee admission rates have fluctuated over the years, including an almost complete shutdown for three months after the 2001 terrorist attacks.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Teach with the Do Now Archive\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cdiv>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-527117\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/DoNow-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/DoNow-1.jpg 450w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/DoNow-1-160x40.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/DoNow-1-240x60.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/09/DoNow-1-375x94.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>This article is part of our archived \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/collections/do-now/\">Do Now activity series\u003c/a>. Use this abridged version to spark a classroom discussion around the prompt:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>If a large group of refugees were to suddenly move into your community, would you welcome them or would you have some serious concerns about them being there?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On January 27, President Trump signed a sweeping \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/01/31/512439121/trumps-executive-order-on-immigration-annotated\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">executive order \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">suspending the entire U.S. refugee program for 120 days and cutting the maximum number of refugees allowed into the U.S. each year by more than half. It indefinitely bars all Syrian refugees, thousands of whom continue to flee their country’s bloody civil war.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Announced as a national security measure to protect the U.S. from terrorist threats, the president’s actions instantly unleashed a global outcry and fierce protests. It has also resulted in multiple lawsuits and scenes of chaos at airports around the world, where travelers have been detained and held in legal limbo.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On February 3, a U.S. district judge temporarily blocked the seven-nation ban, and allowed travelers with valid visas to resume entering the country. The judge’s ruling also temporarily reversed the ban on Syrian refugees and the prioritization of religious minorities. On February 9, The \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/federal-appeals-court-maintains-suspension-of-trumps-immigration-order/2017/02/09/e8526e70-ed47-11e6-9662-6eedf1627882_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_trumpban-625pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.4c6ee147ccca\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> upheld this decision, ruling against the government’s argument that the suspension be lifted for reasons of national security.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49da0e466.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 1951 Refugee Convention\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> makes a distinction between refugees and migrants, who are defined as people who make a conscious decision to leave their countries to seek better opportunities elsewhere. Unlike migrants, most refugees are eligible for protection and support from the United Nations and its member states, though each nation has its own distinct rules and restrictions regarding the numbers of refugees they will allow to enter, and the level of support they will provide.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Accepting large numbers of refugees has never been a particularly popular option among the U.S. public. In a Pew Research poll, 54 percent of registered voters — and 87 percent of Trump supporters — said the U.S. does not have a responsibility to accept refugees from Syria. As Pew notes, “U.S. public opinion polls from previous decades show Americans have largely opposed admitting large numbers of refugees from countries where people are fleeing war and oppression.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Around the world, immigration policies vary: \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/german-public-opinion-immigration-and-integration\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Germany\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/canadas-immigration-policy-focus-human-capital\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Canada\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, for example, embrace immigration and recognize the positive impact immigrants have in their societies, while in the U.K., British leaders plan to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.politico.eu/article/how-theresa-may-plans-to-reduce-immigration-after-brexit/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">reduce net migration\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> following last year’s Brexit vote.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Learn More…\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>INTERACTIVE: \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/2017/02/03/refugees-in-the-united-states/\">“How Many Refugees Does The U.S. Actually Let In?” \u003c/a>(The Lowdown)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nLearn more about the statistics behind U.S. immigration policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>VIDEO:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>“\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/02/08/portraits-of-an-immigrant-filled-nation-at-walter-maciel-gallery/\">Portraits of an Immigrant-Filled Nation at Walter Maciel Gallery”\u003c/a> (KQED Arts)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMore than 100 artists created portraits of immigrants and displayed them in the shape of the American flag. 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