Wow the Earth Democracy reading was so strong. Some of the ideas brought up were really amazing to read from a native perspective. In the reading it said”
I love the idea that the planet is our commons and we need to take care of it. I agree with the reading that the privatization of our land has lead to its destruction. Wildlife is no longer able to move freely and our forests have been cut down for beef ranches. In order to defend nature and our planet we must all feel responsible for it and take action to defend it. This was a beautiful work or ecocriticism. The view that all things are connected is so beautiful.
The environmental justice reading was a bit lengthy and dense for me. I really liked the definitions that they presented to bring together environmental justice. The questions brought up in the conservation ecocriticism really go me thinking. I think that environmental literature is very important and can shape people’s decisions in their life that effect the environment. We should be including more environmental literacy in our general education to promote science learning and the ethics behind protecting the environment.
The TED talk was interesting. I felt like the woman speaking wasn’t that passionate about environmental justice. The way she spoke was off. I do though completely agree with her that by using African American literature to dictate environmental decisions is so important. They are one of the most impacted minority groups impacted by climate change in our country. Our society takes advantage of minority communities by putting industry in such close proximity. The statistic she brought up about access to green spaces was completely mind blowing. I did not realize how undistributed green spaces were.
CRT and ecocritisism are very connected. As we saw in Black Panther, native people of Africa have such a deep relationship to their land and everything that connects them to it. African Americans hold that truth to this day in their past. They are very connected and will continue to be intertwined.
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I applaude you for claiming “We should be including more environmental literacy in our general education to promote science learning and the ethics behind protecting the environment.” I was motivated by Vandana Shiva’s writting on Earth Democracy and wrote about it in my blog post too! I think a comparison could be made with the Covid-19 pandemic and how we are all responsible for not just our own health but everyone else’s that we encounter. your entry was both explanitory and concise.
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Hi Claire. I appreciate your post and I, as Zyla said, appreciate your comment concerning promotion of environmental learning in general education. I believe our children are not taught enough about our world currently and more focused on where we began. Granted that is just as important but learning the implications of our use is also really important.
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