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<\/p>\nReflecting on Gardening and Green Criminology\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0When my group and I first began planting, I was determined to do my best to ensure everything grew well. That determination is still with me, especially because my family comes from a farming background. I have always been interested in planting and seeing the outcome of our work. I enjoy going to campus and watering the plants because I can see the progress. I was surprised at how quickly the plants grew within two weeks. For example, from the day we prepared the soil and planted the seeds until 14 days later, the plants grew a significant amount. I had my doubts at one point because it rained heavily for a couple of days and there was no sunshine, so I was concerned they might not grow. However, when I arrived on campus, I saw that they were growing properly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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When I first began planting seeds in my own garden at home, I never thought about the negative aspects associated with farming today. After taking this class and learning about green criminology, such as environmental racism, environmental crimes, and harmful actions by major corporations, my understanding of the negative factors connected to planting deepened. For example, Kramer & Bradshaw (2020) mention that despite cleaner and renewable forms of energy slowly expanding, fossil fuels are projected to control 80% of the world’s energy market, which contributes to global warming (Kramer & Bradshaw, 2020). We can also witness these effects locally. When I was watering the garden, I thought about how the City of Surrey implemented new rules because of water shortages caused by heat waves, fires, and droughts. This is also due to climate change and to bigger corporations continuing to use fossil fuels for profit, even while knowing the environmental harms (Kramer & Bradshaw, 2020). Additionally, when I work in the garden, it brings back memories. My family comes from a farming background, and as immigrants who came to a new country almost 40 years ago, they also faced many challenges as migrants, especially my grandparents, who worked on a farm. Gabriel (2023) mentions the twenty injustices of Canada, and one of them is family separation. Many migrants come to Canada from underdeveloped countries hoping to provide for their families, but they are separated from them due to a lack of status. Even when I help my family garden at home or help my classmates at school, I feel privileged because I am not separated from my family or colleagues.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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So far, gardening has opened my eyes and given me the chance to understand much larger issues that are associated with green criminology. Such as corporations and governments prioritizing profits over harm that is done to the environment. Moreover, gardening has really allowed me to understand just how much care goes into this. Although I help my family, I never cared to look after the garden until now. I realized how rewarding it is because I get to grow my own plants with my group. Green criminology has really helped me understand that harm associated with the environment affects all of society, not just one group.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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* ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF GRAMMERLY AI FOR GRAMMER AND SPELLING.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Allahdua,G. (2023). Harvesting Freedom: the life of a Migrant Worker in Canada. Between the Lines.<\/p>\n
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Kramer, R.C.,& Bradshaw, E.A. (2020). Climate crimes: The case of ExxonMobil. In Routledge international handbook of green criminology (pp. 167-186). Routledge<\/p>\n
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