Honors History Blog #3

In 1933, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was signed into act as a program under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deals. Young men, who were citizens of the US, were able to join labor camps for six months at a time receiving $30 a month and $25 allotment checks to their families. I believe this program could be renewed and modernized in America today.

Originally, the CCC camps stimulated regional economies and provided communities with improvements in forest activity, flood control, fire protection, and overall community safety." With this program fire towers were erected, decimated forests were replanted, drainage systems were added to farms, and wildlife habitats were protected. In the 1930's this was very beneficial considering there was just the 1929 Stock Market Crash and not far later the Great Depression. All of the new deal programs were designed to give hope to the citizens of America and encourage economic recovery.

Today, we find ourselves in the Great Recession, but there is still hope! Personally, I am a strong supporter of the environment and natural resources conservation, so I think it would be great if CCC was modernized to America's environmental needs. In this century, we face issues of water pollution, air pollution, and waste which pose threats to mankind because they harm all forms of life. A modernized version of CCC would employ only those who are unemployed for a six month period, which after they complete they can re-apply. They would be in charge of sorting and recycling recyclable materials, educating others about environmental awareness, provide carpools, working on American Farmlands using natural products (no pesticides and such things), and beach/park/freeway clean ups. There is obviously much, much more that could be done to help prevent and maybe even reduce the pollution that poses a threat to all humanity, but this is just an idea of what we could do to help the world, as well as the people who are suffering in the Great Recession.
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1586.html
http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/chart.newdeal.html
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/learn.htm
http://www.epa.gov/air/peg/reduce.html