The reading by Peter Kahn entitled Environmental Generational Amnesia really stands out to me. It brought to mind the neighborhood that I grew up in in what is now the city of Sammamish. It used to be very sparsely populated and almost every house had a large backyard on the edge of an extensive forest. I could walk straight out… Read more »
February 17th 2016 During contemplative practice in lecture today, Professor Litfin asked who we are in the anthropocene, then read a poem to us. Without forcing myself to think, I was caught in the question without an answer. I was extremely caught in the question and could not hear a word when professor Litfin read the poem. I was not… Read more »
This is an edited journal entry– The readings for class involved an author named Lambcher. He covered the idea of freedom within the Anthropocene and I found it very interesting. He does well describing how freedom of power is the ultimate human freedom that’s achievable. He explains this by suggesting that the ultimate human freedom is to be able to… Read more »
Taken from my journal- Today, I had a talk with professor Litfin about whether human beings are actually considered part of nature or not. Our discussion got me thinking deeply on this subject. So the conclusion I came to is that humans are the next process of nature. No other species within the Earth are capable of the type of… Read more »
This is the first entry in my journal for this class. I recently reread what I wrote and was struck by how nervous I was on day one. I may not be the most qualified individual to speak to some of the subjects we cover in class but it is very important that we learn these things as we become… Read more »
Jan 7 Chapter one of the book, Anthropocene, inspired me a lot, “No matter where you are and what you do, when you breathe to stay alive or enjoy time outside, when you eat vegetables or buy something made of iron or steel, you are inextricably liked to these revolutionaries” (15). As I think about this quote, I tried to… Read more »