I gotta admit when I walked into class that day and heard we were going to talk about green careers and how they can help sustain life, my mind went "ugh."
We have been learning the entire semester about consuming, conserving and how it all affects the environment. This class session seemed a regurgitation of all these things. However, there were several things that Joe touched on that were very important.
I enjoyed Joe's opinion about the "silverback dominance" that is quite apparent in our society. Joe talked about how we should educate women more so that they can have a more influential hand in our world. I am not saying women haven't been influential, not at all. But if more women are better educated we could have a slower rise in population, we could have better decisions in our economic policies and we could even have women in higher levels of responsibility (maybe presidency?)
Think about it. This "silverback dominance" has made men the supposed rulers of this world. But really, are men the actual rulers? I now take a quote from the movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, "Men are the heads, but women are the necks." The head could not survive without the neck. So now I ask you, Who are the real rulers of the world?
Joe made an interesting point about green careers, and that is how the career should contribute more than what it receives. If someone is to follow a green or sustainable career, they need to consider what that career will require but more importantly what it can contribute to our society, country or even the world.
Once we can consider these factors only then will we be able to take the first steps on the road to our careers.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Gary Liss: Zero Waste
Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
This should become a mantra for this generation. If we can actually commit these acts on a regular basis the future will look much, much brighter.
I enjoyed what Gary Liss said about Nature being the model. The Earth has survived for many years before we came along and it didn't require anybody to clear it's forests or control it's wildlife. It survived through it's own natural processes. This is what we need to realize. People need to realize that the problems that are being caused in the world aren't because of a "warming phase" or that the earth is merely rotating closer to the sun (I've heard this excuse), we need to realize that WE ARE THE PROBLEM! But we can also be the solution. Humans are a part of the Earth, I am not disputing this. However, we need find a way to coexist naturally with the planet without poisoning the air, wasting resources, or endangering wildlife.
When Gary Liss talked about composting I remembered when my family once had a compost pile. I was a lot younger, around 9 years-old, and we had a giant monster of a pile behind our house. Every night once we finished dinner, it was my duty to take all the scraps (and anything else) out back and dump it on the pile. I completely despised doing this. I hated having to go out at night to pour what looked like garbage on a smelly pile. Eventually the pile faded away and I never had to do that again. But when Gary Liss talked about composting the entire magnitude of the discussion hit me. So when I got home, I convinced my parents to start another compost pile. We have been adding to it ever since.
ZERO WASTE OR DAM CLOSE!
This should become a mantra for this generation. If we can actually commit these acts on a regular basis the future will look much, much brighter.
I enjoyed what Gary Liss said about Nature being the model. The Earth has survived for many years before we came along and it didn't require anybody to clear it's forests or control it's wildlife. It survived through it's own natural processes. This is what we need to realize. People need to realize that the problems that are being caused in the world aren't because of a "warming phase" or that the earth is merely rotating closer to the sun (I've heard this excuse), we need to realize that WE ARE THE PROBLEM! But we can also be the solution. Humans are a part of the Earth, I am not disputing this. However, we need find a way to coexist naturally with the planet without poisoning the air, wasting resources, or endangering wildlife.
When Gary Liss talked about composting I remembered when my family once had a compost pile. I was a lot younger, around 9 years-old, and we had a giant monster of a pile behind our house. Every night once we finished dinner, it was my duty to take all the scraps (and anything else) out back and dump it on the pile. I completely despised doing this. I hated having to go out at night to pour what looked like garbage on a smelly pile. Eventually the pile faded away and I never had to do that again. But when Gary Liss talked about composting the entire magnitude of the discussion hit me. So when I got home, I convinced my parents to start another compost pile. We have been adding to it ever since.
ZERO WASTE OR DAM CLOSE!
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