The human epoch. The Anthropocene is the period in which human activity is so significant and dominant that it has directly influenced the earth’s environment and climate. Humans are responsible for climate change and the catastrophes that accompany it. How do we make amends, how do we atone? We have to die for our sins. We as a civilization have… Read more »
Owen DeArmond-MacLeod Course Blog Post #2 In Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in Without Going Crazy the authors bring up some of the positive feedback loops that contribute to the exacerbation climate change. For instance: polar ice melts, the surface of the water gets warmer, and then more ice melts (21). The presence of these self-reinforcing cycles… Read more »
Not to discredit efforts to recycle and compost compatible materials, both crucial behaviors we must exhibit to combat inevitable human consumption. But, for a multitude of reasons, recycling and composting are ironically further hindering the environment that, in theory, they are supposed to be helping. First, in regards to recycling, it takes consumption to save consumption. Fuel-hungry trucks duplicate the… Read more »
In ‘the worm at the core’ Solomon et al. defines animality as the natural bodily functions of humans. The authors claim that our bodies and animality are threatening reminders that we are physical creatures who will die. (151). Solomon et al. argue that humans disgusted with themselves created cultural descriptions of proper conduct making cultural ritual rather than animalistic biology… Read more »