willaj4Comments Off on Life After Capitalism, Life After Death
Roy Scranton is no doubt the catalyst for existential crisis within many minds. He uses the shock factor of imminent death to convey coming to terms with our own demise. Arguing that we have to accept societal death in order to survive, Scranton is pushing for a redefinition of American Culture. The capitalist habitat we have come to love and… Read more »
There is no question in my mind that our political system is fragmented, distorted, and dysfunctional in more ways that can ever be understood from the outside looking in. However, as Senator Jeff Flake put it, “this spell will eventually break.” I commend Senator Flake for the optimism he so wholeheartedly and level-headedly iterated in his speech on the senate… Read more »
I’ve always been aware that no one being solely impacts itself. Yet, I was ignorant of how interconnected our earth is. I once thought of the world as being a collection of groups, a colony of independent systems. Each system having its own interplay of threads, one may be pulled, and somewhere within the system, that tug has an effect…. Read more »
WinslowComments Off on The Mischaracterization of Climate “Victims”
The most important part of “How to Let Go of the World and Love All The Things Climate Can’t Change” for me was that the film framed the people most affected by climate change, the people in the low-lying areas being ravaged by environmental disasters, as the people who cared the most about the issue. I can’t tell you why,… Read more »
lucianodComments Off on Technology and Climate Change
In his book, Defiant Earth, Clive Hamilton argues humans are at the center of the world, thus we are responsible for protecting the Earth system. He says, “human activity has modified the Earth’s processes so radically that we have disrupted the great forces of nature…so much so that it has shifted into a new geological epoch,” (51) reinforcing the view… Read more »
ksarverComments Off on The Prison of the Anthropocene
Hello fellow anthropocene victims. Written below is my most recent journal entry from after one of the classes group contemplative practices. Enjoy and good luck. When opening my eyes from my class’s most recent contemplative practice, I felt like I had been gone four hours. I almost could not remember anything I had even thought, but stuck with me was… Read more »
johnk21Comments Off on Brotherism: An Escape From Consumerism?
In the era on the Anthropocene, it seems natural to assign blame to certain countries or groups of people. It is easy to point the finger towards China, citing their 29.14 percent share of world carbon dioxide emissions in 2015, and also towards the 1 percent, presumably the people in control of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies (2). While… Read more »
In the grand scheme of everything that ever has and ever will exist, I am miniscule. For this reason, I never viewed myself as part of the greater system of humanity. It was always me, the people I am close to, and the rest of the world. However, this course has forced me to push back on that idea. If… Read more »
During my senior year of highschool, I worked in a retirement home. Despite the pleasant environment my coworkers and the residents created in the building, there was an underlying truth no one could forget: retirement homes are where people go to die. It sounds harsh, but we were reminded of it daily. There was always someone who had just died,… Read more »
Originally written Monday, 8:01am 10/23/2017 Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I get up between 7-7:30 to run to Gasworks park. On days when I’m feeling down or depressed, I’ll stop at the top of the hill and sit to focus on myself and my surroundings. Today was one of those days. I took a few deep breaths and calmed my… Read more »
