During my first blog post I had shared about how my group and I had just planted our mini garden. We were so excited to see what the little seeds would turn out to become, and now weeks later our garden is fully grown. We have multiple lettuce heads, radishes, and a tomato plant which is standing tall. Seeing the progress of the garden was a proud moment, because I did not realize how successful it would be. A lot of time, effort, care, and patience is required to grow a garden, and the results are definitely worth it.<\/p>\n
Cougar Creek<\/strong><\/p>\n We recently went on a walk around Cougar Creek Park, I am not from Surrey so I had no idea what this park was and why it was important. Deb Jones was our guide for this walk, she is a Rain Coordinator who volunteers as part of the Cougar Creek Streamkeepers. She took us throughout the whole park and showed us things which we would have never noticed on our own. There were multiple signs put up indicating there was salmon present in the streams at the park and to not throw toxins in the stream to ensure it is kept clean. We also noticed caged tree trunks to prevent beavers from chewing the wood. During the walk Deb also taught us about the native plants and trees we are lucky to have in British Columbia. We have wild blackberries, which are safe to eat. We learnt how to tell the difference between the types of trees by just looking at their leaves.<\/p>\n Going on this walk helped me get a better sense of what Green Criminology looks like in our own neighbourhoods. There is so much hidden environmental harm that happens all around us which we are unaware of. If I hadn\u2019t taken this class, I wouldn\u2019t have known that Green Criminology was such an important topic.<\/p>\n Gendered Green Criminology<\/strong><\/p>\n In the article we read in week 9 by Burrell and Pedersen (2025), it focused on how we should respect our environment and treat it with care. It also compared the feminine and male aspect and how each of these genders do things differently in terms of catering to the environment. Males are less likely to develop solutions which are in favour of the environment, whereas females, have the nurturing side which allows them to care for the environment in a different way. We need to change our perspective and appreciate the environment we live in rather than treating it as something that holds no value.<\/p>\n I would say that I am very thankful for this course because throughout the readings and everything we talk about during class has made me think of things in a way which I never thought was possible. I am sure that I will take this knowledge and be more mindful of how I am in the environment we live in. I am also hoping that I continue gardening a few vegetables in my home garden, as it is a good hobby to have.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" During my first blog post I had shared about how my group and I had just planted our mini garden. We were so excited to see what the little seeds would turn out to become, and now weeks later our garden is fully grown. We have multiple lettuce heads, radishes, and a tomato plant which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-published"],"splot_meta":{"author":"Chanpreet","license":"","footer":"References Burrell, S. R., & Pedersen, C. (2024b). From men\u2019s violence to an ethic of care: Ecofeminist contributions to green criminology [Review of From men\u2019s violence to an ethic of care: Ecofeminist contributions to green criminology]. Journal of Criminology, 58(3), 372-388. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/26338076241293145"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/green-criminology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/green-criminology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/green-criminology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/green-criminology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/green-criminology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/green-criminology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":972,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/green-criminology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions\/972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/green-criminology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/green-criminology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/green-criminology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}