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Sustainable Development Learning Log 3 – Interdependence
According to Collins Dictionary, interdependence is defined as: “the condition of a group of people or things that all depend on each other”. This specifically links to sustainable development as we must have appreciation for all life on Earth, ensuring the safety of all animal or plant species. Through my experiences in lectures and visits …
According to Collins Dictionary, interdependence is defined as: “the condition of a group of people or things that all depend on each other”. This specifically links to sustainable development as we must have appreciation for all life on Earth, ensuring the safety of all animal or plant species. Through my experiences in lectures and visits I feel that – over the last two weeks – I have added to my appreciation of interdependence.
On Friday 12th October the entire year group visited two farms:
1. West Mossgiel – an organic farm which has a herd of approximately 200 cows, all of which live outside for the majority of their lives. The cows are milked at certain points throughout the day and the milk is pasteurised on site. This essentially means that any bacteria from the cow are not transmitted to the human who consumes it. This farm is extremely small regarding the second farm we visited. Whilst visiting West Mossgiel I found that we were prancing through fields (owned by the farmer) to try and see some of his cattle. The first field that we entered had one calf inside its fences. However, after realising there was a hole in his fence, the farmer insisted anyone who wanted to could crawl under the barbed wire fence and approach the heard. Considering my outgoing personality, a classmate and I proceeded to approach the herd while many of our other colleagues stayed in the empty field. I realised how much freedom the animals had, as well as realising that they had an extremely healthy life. The cows here ate mainly grass which we as humans cannot eat, this means that these cows are not depleting food which is a vital resource to our existence unlike many other farms.
2. Strandhead Farm – a highly modernised, and technologically advanced farm. The cows on this farm are inside a large cow shed all year round, with the state of the art feeding system and thermoregulation systems. The cows also choose when they want to be milked by an automatic milking machine which the cows just mosey on over to and wait until the machine is done. Unlike West Mossgiel, Stranhead Farm lacked the home comforts and bond between a farmer and their animals. I felt like this farm was more of a prison for the animals, even though they have the best tech, as nature did intend for them to be outside most of the time. These cows are usually artificially inseminated to ensure that all the cows are of the highest breed in the entire world. And in fact, this farm has shown cows, one of which has a score of 98 out of 100, for being essentially perfect. Now imagine humans were ranked like that. How would that make you feel?
My favourite experience between both farms was having the opportunity to interact with large animals. Before realising my potential as a primary school teacher, my dream was to be a vet. Obviously, that didn’t quite work out as planned but it lead me onto bigger and better things. I would certainly try to take a class of mine in the future to both farms, as children love to see new things in the world and love to see how things work. Either one of these farms would be brilliant for this.
I took much pleasure in talking to the calves in their small holdings at Strandhead Farm and took the time to see how they reacted to people. These cows are used to human contact, resulting in most of the cows coming over to you and trying to lick you for attention. Several calves decided to suckle on my trousers, as to why I do not know, but that just added to the experience.
Returning to university the following week we focused on the science behind interdependence, as well as realising the effects that we humans have on life which we rely on. Specifically, we looked at the sea and we worked in groups for a few hours to create an infographic document to bring all of our teams information together.
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