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Landfills, An Issue Confronting Our Sustainable Use of the Land


The ISSUE: Land in the valleys of our Southern California mountains is being used to store our human population's wastes in ways which are permanently changing the natural communities in the area as well as poisoning the water and air which people depend upon.


  • Are landfills an appropriate use of the Land?

  • What impact do landfills have on our use of the land and on our lives?

  • Is our use of the land as landfills sustainable? Over what period of time will a landfill revert "back to nature" if ever? Do we permanently (within the time frame of human existence) change the land when we use it as a landfill?


    INTRODUCTION


    WHY DO WE HAVE LANDFILLS?
    1924
    Kagel Canyon
    1931
    Lopez Canyon
    1955
    North on Foothill


    WHAT IS A MODERN SANITARY LANDFILL? WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP? WHY ARE LANDFILLS LOCATED WHERE THEY ARE? LET'S DEBATE THE ISSUE

    RESOURCES


    Teacher Involvement:

      Dave Kukla, North Hollywood High, LAUSD
      Linnea Eades, LAUSD
      Victor Rodriguez, LAUSD
      Barbara Donatella, Sylmar High School, LAUSD
      Larry Domoto, LAUSD
      Margie Weitkamp, LA-SI
      Wendy Hawkins
      Greta Lynch-Douglas, LBUSD
      Randy Sweeney, Jefferson High School, LAUSD



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