Research Final Draft: All Shall Have Their Ancient Liberties

The Appalachian mountain region is home to an old culture devoted to tradition, storytelling, and in many places coal mining. The hills themselves are said to be among the oldest mountains on the planet. These ancient and worn ridges of the Appalachian region don’t project the magnificence of the Rockies but are uniquely humbling to [...]

Archambo Workshop Draft 2

Overall 1.What does the author do particularly well? Be specific. Overall, I thought you did a fantastic job of stating your argument and backing it up with research. The topic you chose is clear and specific, so the paper is very educational. 2. Ask the author for one particular concern that s/he had about the [...]

Responses #11-15

 Video: Collapse In this 2009 film, director Chris Smith documents an extensive interview with author Michael Ruppert. It’s relevance is particularly poignant given the timing of the film. After the economic crisis in late 2008, Michael Ruppert says “I told you so”. Ruppert identifies himself as an investigative journalist and advocate for sustainable living, Smith [...]

Essay 3 Proposal-Let’s Recycle in the Far North

Many residents of Fairbanks, Alaska have a significant thing in common, and that is that we were not born here. Whether by military or road trip or university, there’s a large number of Fairbanksans who hail from the lower 48. Coming from the lower 48 usually means learning that there are some things done differently [...]

Research Draft 2: All Shall Have Their Ancient Liberties

The Appalachian mountain region is home to an old culture devoted to tradition, storytelling, and in many places coal mining. The hills themselves are said to be among the oldest mountains on the planet. These ancient and worn ridges of the Appalachian region don’t project the magnificence of the Rockies but are uniquely humbling to [...]

Essay 1 Revision: Too Much Corn

In the last thirty years or so, this country has started to grow a large amount of corn. It certainly isn’t the corn of old. It isn’t the multicolored picturesque corn that we see in absurd illustrations of pilgrim and native harmony. The corn that takes up vast amounts of land in the midwest is [...]

Archambo Workshop Draft 1

Overall 1. What does the author do particularly well? Be specific. Overall, you were particularly good at being concise! The ideas and arguments were clearly stated and the case was made in a very organized way. 2. Ask the author for one particular concern that s/he had about the draft. Examine that area and see [...]

Research Draft: All Shall Have Their Ancient Liberties

    The Appalachian mountain region is home to an old and special culture devoted to heritage, storytelling, and in many places coal mining. The hills themselves are said to be among the oldest mountains on the planet. These ancient and worn ridges of the Appalachian region don’t project the magnificence of the Rockies but [...]

Essay 2 Book Review-To Our Health and Planet: Cooking With Conscience

On my twentieth birthday I reluctantly received a gigantic yellow cookbook. It has since become not only a constant resource manual in my life, but an icon in many people’s everyday cooking. Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything (Bittman, 1998) rivals recipe encyclopedias of past generations. While now we can reach in our back pockets [...]

Research Part 2: References

Although an old and trusted source of coal generated energy, changes in coal mining by mountain top removal in the Appalachian mountains are tragically destructive to the natural environment in that region because of water pollution, effects of the changing landscape on streams and animals, and the multitude of ways that air pollution hurts the [...]