An exploration of Salt Lake City, its smog, its lifestyles, its newest arrivals from around the world, and how students can work to know and enhance civic life.
This visual essay accompanies our words to bring to light the severity of the air pollution in the Salt Lake Valley. We'll document its effects on people, animals, plant life, and buildings.
I can access it without problems! Great job, Maddy! It was a good combination of pictures and facts. The evidence you presented about autism and pollution was quite stunning. Framing our air problem in terms of its implications for children's health is particularly powerful. It should be a strategy that is adopted more often in environmental campaigns.
Clancy-- I couldn't access your document. We would need your permission to get to see the file, and I requested permission from you a couple of days ago and haven't heard anything back. Could you change the setting so that everybody could see it? Thanks!
Great pictures and thanks for pulling out the information on the number of unhealthy days and other statistics on pollution and health. At the rally I was also thinking about how our expectations about air quality may have been lowered -- seeing part of the sky being blue may make us feel "ah, it is not too bad a day" when actually it was a yellow/orange air day. What matters is the quality of air we breathe in. We should not be deprived of the right to take a walk outside for air quality concerns.
Thanks for this call to arms, Sophie! I am a member of the sensitive group that has always suffered, but the real victims, as you show here, are children who grow up in it. When the problem is developmental (as in, it affects the way your lungs develop), that's a whole new level of scary. You've done a good job showing that here.
I love how you framed your photo-essay: A Tale of Two Cities! It is such an apt comparison, as Park City's air ranks as among the best few cities in U.S. whereas SLC ranks among the worst. It is encouraging that SLC is making efforts to expand the availability and usage of public transportation, but there is a lot more to do. We'll see whether there will be effective policy change in place. Thanks for this great photo-essay!
Kaitlyn -- I can access it now. It is a powerful and coherent photo essay. So glad to see that you take the oil refineries to task. Those images of oil refineries, as one of the visiting artists would say, are both beautiful and horrifying. Indeed, it's time to "put our health over our capitalist consumer lifestyle" -- Well said!
In the spirit of interconnectedness, I wonder why Park City and SLC don't help each other more--learn from what the other one does better. If you end up in city planning, Kiersten, I hope you'll show them all how to rethink our coexistence on this planet, in this state, and around these mountains. Nicely done!
Kaitlyn, I love that "light" photo. Inspired commentary on that shot. There is a sub-field of green activism called "environmental racism" and one of its premises is that while we need to acknowledge that smog is, as you say, an equal opportunity choker, economically challenged ethnic groups are more likely to live around very polluted parts of the city. Take all the smoke stacks you so poetically lined up for us. Those parts of the city are disproportionately inhabited by non-white, blue-collar populations. SLC is so polluted that it's starting not to matter where you live. But it's interesting to think about those that can get "above" the smog and those that can't.
Some really aesthetic shots here. TRAX never looked so good! I wonder about buses idling after seeing that shot with the directive right underneath the bus stop sign. You hear that it actually takes more energy (hence produces more pollution) to stop and start a vehicle. That lands us in a Catch-22. Ah, and Americans and their cars...if Ford had only known. What do you think it would take to change the overwhelmingly popular perception that American freedom is coextensive with owning two things: a gun and a car?
Cole -- I thought I already responded to your photo essay but obviously I did not. Indeed, as Christine said, you had great shots of TRAX and its users. Maybe UTA should do more to promote taking TRAX as an "exalted lifestyle," a trend that all the young people want to be part of and be proud of. That may be a more effective "marketing" strategy.
Kate -- I think what you put here is a directory on your computer, and we won't be access it. Can you try uploading it into Google Doc or Dropbox? Then you'll be able to have a link to share the uploaded file. If you keep having trouble, feel free to email me a copy of your file and I can help upload it somewhere.
So sorry, Kate. This still won't work. It's linking to your desktop (which, of course, cannot be found) rather than the web. You have to house what you did somewhere on the web for us to access it. You might try Chrome. Can you give it one more try?
Indeed, it works finally!! Thanks. You've got great shots in this photo essay. Focusing on the "walk" part of the "smog walk" by featuring your classmates in action is also quite unique and adds a warm touch to this piece. Well done!
Yes, I particularly like the manifesto in the last photo: "Go Green!" with the orange cross-walk flag held high. Although we could not photograph smog, at least we grabbed the one green day in ages to get out and walk!
Good smog pictures, Courtney! The overall narrative is also apt and fluent. The second part of your photo essay contrasts well with the first, which makes us appreciate a Green SLC more. The ending slide made me smile :).
Interesting that getting out on a green day was such a powerful reminder. Wouldn't that be an interesting campaign? "Get out and walk when it's green so you remember what that's like when it goes red." It's that proverbial logic all over again: you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.
Stephanie, those snow stats are terrifying. And I wonder why they were not trotted out more explicitly at the Capitol rally. If we can't get people to do the right thing just because it's right, I get they would respond to the economic threat posed by a radical decrease in snowfall. Very compelling.
As someone who loves skiing, it is truly sad and horrifying to read the snow stats. All this is happening way too fast right before our eyes. Your "red day" pictures are fantastic -- I'll show them to my artist guests since they still haven't seen a bad air day and cannot visualize what our smog is like. Great job!
Although I was a little disappointed that our smog walk day did not have any smog at all, it turned out to be a powerful trip as we were reminded of the stunning beauty of our city, and how much we have been deprived of such aesthetic pleasure because of the smog. I like your sunflower prop -- The symbolic message is "We need to see the sun!" We do, indeed.
I'm in, Emily. Thanks! Yes, it's a whole other city when it isn't blanketed in smog. I wonder, though, if sometimes looks can be deceiving. What are the stats on "clear-looking" pollution days? I think we have some of those in the summer. A wolf in sheep's clothing!
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Maddy, well done! I had no trouble with the link and love the way you made our greenday-smog-walk work for you.
DeleteI can access it without problems! Great job, Maddy! It was a good combination of pictures and facts. The evidence you presented about autism and pollution was quite stunning. Framing our air problem in terms of its implications for children's health is particularly powerful. It should be a strategy that is adopted more often in environmental campaigns.
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DeleteClancy-- I couldn't access your document. We would need your permission to get to see the file, and I requested permission from you a couple of days ago and haven't heard anything back. Could you change the setting so that everybody could see it? Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteGreat pictures and thanks for pulling out the information on the number of unhealthy days and other statistics on pollution and health. At the rally I was also thinking about how our expectations about air quality may have been lowered -- seeing part of the sky being blue may make us feel "ah, it is not too bad a day" when actually it was a yellow/orange air day. What matters is the quality of air we breathe in. We should not be deprived of the right to take a walk outside for air quality concerns.
DeleteThanks for this call to arms, Sophie! I am a member of the sensitive group that has always suffered, but the real victims, as you show here, are children who grow up in it. When the problem is developmental (as in, it affects the way your lungs develop), that's a whole new level of scary. You've done a good job showing that here.
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ReplyDeleteI love how you framed your photo-essay: A Tale of Two Cities! It is such an apt comparison, as Park City's air ranks as among the best few cities in U.S. whereas SLC ranks among the worst. It is encouraging that SLC is making efforts to expand the availability and usage of public transportation, but there is a lot more to do. We'll see whether there will be effective policy change in place. Thanks for this great photo-essay!
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DeleteKaitlyn -- I can access it now. It is a powerful and coherent photo essay. So glad to see that you take the oil refineries to task. Those images of oil refineries, as one of the visiting artists would say, are both beautiful and horrifying. Indeed, it's time to "put our health over our capitalist consumer lifestyle" -- Well said!
DeleteIn the spirit of interconnectedness, I wonder why Park City and SLC don't help each other more--learn from what the other one does better. If you end up in city planning, Kiersten, I hope you'll show them all how to rethink our coexistence on this planet, in this state, and around these mountains. Nicely done!
DeleteKaitlyn, I love that "light" photo. Inspired commentary on that shot. There is a sub-field of green activism called "environmental racism" and one of its premises is that while we need to acknowledge that smog is, as you say, an equal opportunity choker, economically challenged ethnic groups are more likely to live around very polluted parts of the city. Take all the smoke stacks you so poetically lined up for us. Those parts of the city are disproportionately inhabited by non-white, blue-collar populations. SLC is so polluted that it's starting not to matter where you live. But it's interesting to think about those that can get "above" the smog and those that can't.
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Some really aesthetic shots here. TRAX never looked so good! I wonder about buses idling after seeing that shot with the directive right underneath the bus stop sign. You hear that it actually takes more energy (hence produces more pollution) to stop and start a vehicle. That lands us in a Catch-22. Ah, and Americans and their cars...if Ford had only known. What do you think it would take to change the overwhelmingly popular perception that American freedom is coextensive with owning two things: a gun and a car?
DeleteCole -- I thought I already responded to your photo essay but obviously I did not. Indeed, as Christine said, you had great shots of TRAX and its users. Maybe UTA should do more to promote taking TRAX as an "exalted lifestyle," a trend that all the young people want to be part of and be proud of. That may be a more effective "marketing" strategy.
DeleteLet me know if you can't access this. I had a hard time making a powerpoint so I tried making a flipagram.
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Kate -- I think what you put here is a directory on your computer, and we won't be access it. Can you try uploading it into Google Doc or Dropbox? Then you'll be able to have a link to share the uploaded file. If you keep having trouble, feel free to email me a copy of your file and I can help upload it somewhere.
DeleteSorry! I have had a busy week but I will try to put it into a powerpoint or something and I will try uploading everything again.
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ReplyDeleteHi Kate, this still won't come up. Sorry this is complicated. How about trying it through google docs? That seemed to work for most people.
DeleteSo sorry, Kate. This still won't work. It's linking to your desktop (which, of course, cannot be found) rather than the web. You have to house what you did somewhere on the web for us to access it. You might try Chrome. Can you give it one more try?
DeleteSorry! I have had a busy week but I will try to put it into a powerpoint or something and I will try uploading everything again.
Deleteha 3rd times the charm right? lets hope so!
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Indeed, it works finally!! Thanks. You've got great shots in this photo essay. Focusing on the "walk" part of the "smog walk" by featuring your classmates in action is also quite unique and adds a warm touch to this piece. Well done!
DeleteYes, I particularly like the manifesto in the last photo: "Go Green!" with the orange cross-walk flag held high. Although we could not photograph smog, at least we grabbed the one green day in ages to get out and walk!
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Good smog pictures, Courtney! The overall narrative is also apt and fluent. The second part of your photo essay contrasts well with the first, which makes us appreciate a Green SLC more. The ending slide made me smile :).
DeleteInteresting that getting out on a green day was such a powerful reminder. Wouldn't that be an interesting campaign? "Get out and walk when it's green so you remember what that's like when it goes red." It's that proverbial logic all over again: you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.
DeleteI'm glad you guys have enjoyed it!(:
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ReplyDeleteStephanie, those snow stats are terrifying. And I wonder why they were not trotted out more explicitly at the Capitol rally. If we can't get people to do the right thing just because it's right, I get they would respond to the economic threat posed by a radical decrease in snowfall. Very compelling.
DeleteAs someone who loves skiing, it is truly sad and horrifying to read the snow stats. All this is happening way too fast right before our eyes. Your "red day" pictures are fantastic -- I'll show them to my artist guests since they still haven't seen a bad air day and cannot visualize what our smog is like. Great job!
Deletehttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Va4iYWgz_q467Ltl1ggGB5ZXMKEHtfO18lj7yZSOQI4/edit?usp=sharing
ReplyDeleteAlthough I was a little disappointed that our smog walk day did not have any smog at all, it turned out to be a powerful trip as we were reminded of the stunning beauty of our city, and how much we have been deprived of such aesthetic pleasure because of the smog. I like your sunflower prop -- The symbolic message is "We need to see the sun!" We do, indeed.
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DeleteI'm in, Emily. Thanks! Yes, it's a whole other city when it isn't blanketed in smog. I wonder, though, if sometimes looks can be deceiving. What are the stats on "clear-looking" pollution days? I think we have some of those in the summer. A wolf in sheep's clothing!
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