“Please, take a seat,” is a discussion on how bird spikes are inhumane and should never be used in the urban setting. For the past few years we have experienced as a society the push to eliminate native and exotic wildlife from our urban communities. One of the ways businesses and communities are accomplishing this is with bird spikes. By pushing away our native and non-native birds and wildlife from urban settings we can expect an increase in insects and other pests with the absence of birds.

I want the viewer to feel the uncomfortable feeling of being unwelcome in a place of rest, and understand the viewpoint of our native wildlife. I want this feeling of unsettledness to be installed in the viewers mind to think again when putting up bird spikes. Because these are an inhuman and destructive way to push out our native bird species when they were here long before us.

“Here’s the Tea.” is a piece discussing the on-going issues in many fresh water resources across North American continent. Since the 1980’s Zebra Mussels were introduced to our fresh waters of North America, specifically the Great Lakes. And ever since then it has been a downhill battle trying to eradicate these mussels. They are destroying ecosystems and infrastructure nationwide.

I hope to invoke a sense of uneasiness in this piece and want to push the narrative of, what if this happened in our homes? Would we care more as a society or will it have to directly affect us first to care. Eventually Zebra Mussels will affect us one way or the other. We need to step in and bring this to the attention of people in charge to stop it before we don’t have a chance.

For years Cutaneous Fibromas otherwise known as ‘‘Deer Warts” have been common through many different Cervidae species across the North American Continent. But ever since the 1980’s when harsher pesticides were introduced into crops across North America, there has been an ever-increasing spike in report cases of Deer Warts. Though a large portion of deer survive this naturally, the introduction of pesticides increasing the chance for Deer Warts to develop on the body. With that, these warts grow to an immense size and spread rapidly on the body. With this occurring more and more deer nationwide are starting to die from this infection. Cause of death by starvation, as this infection, causes blindness, and immobility to be able to eat properly.

With this piece, I hope to invoke a sense of concern from the public. If pesticides can cause this infection to a deer second-hand, what other things are we being affected by when it comes to pesticides?