World Changing Post # 5

By: Ling Jie Gu

It seems as though, based on what we have talked about in lecture, many environmental systems are on the verge of collapse. To restore these systems, many environmental groups are on the verge of elaborate dissonance when it comes to issues regarding policy or political environmentalism. For instance, when president Obama vowed to restore America’s lead as the user of cleaner energy, he received many acts of dissonance and outrage from other factions of the party. It’s not that these members of the party are naysayers; it merely means these “naysayers” are attempting to formulate the political system in a way that helps everyone understand what preserving the environment essentially means in terms of economic growth, foreign policy, domestic income, self-preservation, etc.

It seems that since these naysayers attempt to understand what exactly has been happening over the past few years regarding the important aspects of environmental policy-making, it’s also important for them to realize that environmentalism isn’t only confined to the “green crowd” – rather, it sharply refers to different aspects of the ways of doing things in people’s minds.

It is then ultimately understandable if a person is adamant about an issue that he or she believes strongly about. However, this issue isn’t confined to merely the classroom, or his or her own interests. It really helps people understand the fact that these people merely wish to understand the world around them and briefly want to be assisted in a way by others. Communication has incredible power. One must understand his or her actions in the context of their surroundings. When the surroundings are on the verge of collapsing from an eco-imbalance, many humans – me included – feel potential remorse at the potential loss of what is around us, for it matters whether they are or are not good.