The emergence of Anthropocene has collided with the knowledge of how human activity has been an impact on the environment, it has also given me the awareness of the hazards of human activities for survival. I believe if we look into changing our beliefs, attitudes, laws and relationship towards nature and other kinds of species and re-evaluating our relationship with our environment, things will get better. I agree with Taylor 2013 “to resituate within the ecological system” and Gibson et al, 2012 “to resituate non-humans within ethical terms”.
One key thing I learnt from the module 3 lectures which has also changed my thinking is “relational ethics”. In our present world, this is a simultaneous kind of approach to ethics, as ethics is …show more content…
This thought reminds me of “the significance of the mundane and banal world of our everyday relations” (Taylor 2013, p.5).
The above ethical issues are not fair on other kinds of species, as they are not responsible for our environment degradation. As learnt from the module 3 lecture, we can take responsibility for our actions by putting a stop to using the resources in our environment to satisfy our selfish needs by considering why we are humans and how we relate to our environment and putting our “old thinking” away. (Stengers, 2003).
Passang’s online reflection drew my attention. I became drawn to the concept of ‘Green school for Green Bhutan’. He noted that this approach to learning helps children to get education through experience with nature. However, I will add by submitting to (Woodhouse, 2001) which states that “place-based education attempts to position the individual in relationship with the human and non-human elements of the life-world, at a place that is welcoming of educational experience and a knowledge-base from which to construct a more ecological sustainable culture”. This made me to believe that having a garden and secured zoo in the school is not a bad idea, and environmental education included in our curriculum, as these are very important gateways through which children are able to explore their
One key thing I learnt from the module 3 lectures which has also changed my thinking is “relational ethics”. In our present world, this is a simultaneous kind of approach to ethics, as ethics is …show more content…
This thought reminds me of “the significance of the mundane and banal world of our everyday relations” (Taylor 2013, p.5).
The above ethical issues are not fair on other kinds of species, as they are not responsible for our environment degradation. As learnt from the module 3 lecture, we can take responsibility for our actions by putting a stop to using the resources in our environment to satisfy our selfish needs by considering why we are humans and how we relate to our environment and putting our “old thinking” away. (Stengers, 2003).
Passang’s online reflection drew my attention. I became drawn to the concept of ‘Green school for Green Bhutan’. He noted that this approach to learning helps children to get education through experience with nature. However, I will add by submitting to (Woodhouse, 2001) which states that “place-based education attempts to position the individual in relationship with the human and non-human elements of the life-world, at a place that is welcoming of educational experience and a knowledge-base from which to construct a more ecological sustainable culture”. This made me to believe that having a garden and secured zoo in the school is not a bad idea, and environmental education included in our curriculum, as these are very important gateways through which children are able to explore their