I watched the movie The Story of Stuff recently and was surprised at how much we have designed our systems to ruin everything. The flick was cool had these little cartoon people to show the different scenario's making it not so negative focused on the information even though it was disheartening. The point was great and 10 years of work thats alot of work we learned about in a few minutes very cool. The recycle extra credit website is a perfect beginning for changing our perception of stuff and being responsible for it when it's gone. I am going to use it myself and write a post later about it.
The Cornell website talks about three main views that are their pursuits toward a better future for everyone. These 3 main systems are subcategorized by a breakdown of each system. Here they are right from their website: http://www.sustainablefuture.cornell.edu/about/ · Energyo New Sources, Efficiency and Conservation, Global Climate Change, Mitigation, New Businesses· Environmento Biodiversity, Water, Resource Management, Agriculture, Buildings to Cities, Adaptation· Economic Developmento Poverty, Sustainable Development, Water and Food Systems, Infrastructure, Education
The correlation to culture for me when I watched this movie was easily identifiable seeing that America has no culture and so this behavior seems to be logical for filling that void of being cultureless. According to an earlier communication class I learned about how America is made of all cultures among the world and that they all come here and shed a majority of their culture after a few generations of Americanization. This results in a void in the American mind that has to be filled by something and this something is partly consumerism like the film indicated and a perception of value based on this behavior.
I see Americans evolving away from this system and becoming health driven for benefits to our natural systems and our own physical system as a person. Until then each of us have a responsibility to change because we know we should and can. With ultimate knowledge comes ultimate responsibility.
The slideshow clip was kind of cool and a neat way to get people to read something instead of using dialogue. I feel the same about our current systems perspectives and regulation mechanisms we have in place currently. The pesticide stats were surprising and scary because those are sprayed on our food, community’s and even in our homes! I never use any form of bug spray or chemical to advert natures little pests. I use a natural mechanism if available or just deal with it, because I see the stress from the bugs of whatever are less then stress from cancer or a debilitating illness latter in life from exposures. We have to wake up and change for ourselves and all other life on this earth a responsible stewards of this planet.
Thanks for reading
Jon M Ellison
