#week9writingassignment

Process Notes:

I chose to rework the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as this is perhaps the most influential piece of legislation that details the relationship that man should have with the environment. The act is known for implementing an impact report, which prevents projects from causing a certain amount of harm to the environment. In my environmental classes, we learned that this is both the first and the most critical piece of federal environmental legislation, but it also sets a tone for how man should view himself in relationship to the environment. In reading the legislation, it becomes clear that the policy is meant to reinforce this idea that man is meant to conquer the environment. I was particularly inspired by Layli Long Soldier’s use of space and lines in her poems and so I tried to apply such techniques in my poem. Instead of completely rewriting the legislation, I chose to leave in the original text and write the poem around it. I thought it was especially important that the reader see what the text was meant to achieve and the poem is meant to represent the true intentions and results of the policy. I chose to bold the line “overall welfare and development of man” because that line highlights the intents of both the legislation and the poem. This relates to my final project as I am looking at the ways in which man has manipulated the environment, particularly water for his own benefit. Through reworking NEPA, I was able to better understand how the US views and uses the environment.

Process Notes:

I chose to rework the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as this is perhaps the most influential piece of legislation that details the relationship that man should have with the environment. The act is known for implementing an impact report, which prevents projects from causing a certain amount of harm to the environment. In my environmental classes, we learned that this is both the first and the most critical piece of federal environmental legislation, but it also sets a tone for how man should view himself in relationship to the environment. In reading the legislation, it becomes clear that the policy is meant to reinforce this idea that man is meant to conquer the environment. I was particularly inspired by Layli Long Soldier’s use of space and lines in her poems and so I tried to apply such techniques in my poem. Instead of completely rewriting the legislation, I chose to leave in the original text and write the poem around it. I thought it was especially important that the reader see what the text was meant to achieve and the poem is meant to represent the true intentions and results of the policy. I chose to bold the line “overall welfare and development of man” because that line highlights the intents of both the legislation and the poem. This relates to my final project as I am looking at the ways in which man has manipulated the environment, particularly water for his own benefit. Through reworking NEPA, I was able to better understand how the US views and uses the environment.