This videos that we were sent to watch help us to get into the subject of the reading. I think that they act as a connection between reality and the reading.
As i said before, i think that the videos introduce us to the subject of the reading. It makes us realize how human beings, including myself, tend to act only when something interests us. I believe that the point of us reading this is to realize that most of the time we act without knowing the reality of things, therefore it teaches us to be informed and to find out how things really work in order to make any decission or act in any specific way .
These videos also show us how when we satisfact our necesities, we are also damaging mother nature. It teaches us how our eating habits are putting an end to any available resource there is.
To conclude, i should say that, both the reading and the videos are teaching us to find out what it is that we are getting wrong, and that if we want to change for good, we should start by our way of acting, bettering our habits and understanding that not always the most important thing is to satisfact ourselves.
These relationships imply that it is time to change our way of acting, not only for our own benefict, but for all of the people, even for the benefict of nature. I think that it all starts in each and everyone of us. If we start changing, soon evereyone will.
I am aware that changing is not as easy as it sounds, because we get so involved in things, that we get used to the system without noticing anything wrong. A simple example is our eating habits. Almost all of us are used to consume natural resources like water, trees-wood and animals, and we use this resources without any consideration or limit. We are forgetting that we can run out of them, therefore we should start taking care of all that. It is time to start being consious about our important roll in society, if we want keep living in it.
Verónica - Yes, change needs a purpose, and you have hit on a good one: for all other people. I agree that we cannot leave out nature too, but the idea is to change in benefit of what the group needs, not what we want. Again, you are right that we need to consume considering what we are consuming and what relationship it has to the collective welfare. Change is hard as you say, but you are extremely capable so don't underestimate your capacity to change both yourself and the world around you. Very nice job.
ReplyDeleteThanks Justin! all this subject i related with the conference of "sambito", there i realize how in small things (like a hambuerger)we cause a big damage to the environment. the conference was excelent for our class!
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