The Knock at Our Doorstep
We as humans have the custom to never open the door when we hear a knock at our doorstep. So, when destiny calls in the next few decades we as humans would either develop the ability to sustain life on our planet or let our species die. Consequently, will there be a new Renaissance coming or not? We as a society have the power to create a new order for our world to be a better place to live in. However, there are new global risks that we can overcome if only we worked together.
Therefore, in the booklet, “The New Renaissance,” by Daniel Quinn clarifies that something extraordinary will be coming during our lifetime, “… the people of our culture are going to figure out how to live sustainably on this planet--or they're …show more content…
Nevertheless, the most menacing catastrophe of them all is climate change. Still, we can overcome climate change by letting our communities research focus on, “… understanding the pathways to and likelihood of catastrophic climate change, and [finding] possible ways to respond [appropriately].”
However in a recent book called the Last Child in The Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder, the author Richard Louv (2008) showcases that there is a division between the natural world and the young peoples' that are causing the world to change in the opposite direction of progression. In which the young people lack of interaction with the natural world is causing them to lose the relationship with nature. Therefore, we as young people have lost the interaction, and lost any interest in further issues about the …show more content…
Therefore, as I grew up I came to be drawn to nature just in imagination not in going out to experiencing it. In the other hand, my parents did grow up around nature. My mother, she had a small family farm so she came to be a young girl exploring the outdoors but always working at the same time. Meanwhile my father worked every day but came across nature everyday going here to over there. Parents are the primary source to change the future generation mindsets for the
We as humans have the custom to never open the door when we hear a knock at our doorstep. So, when destiny calls in the next few decades we as humans would either develop the ability to sustain life on our planet or let our species die. Consequently, will there be a new Renaissance coming or not? We as a society have the power to create a new order for our world to be a better place to live in. However, there are new global risks that we can overcome if only we worked together.
Therefore, in the booklet, “The New Renaissance,” by Daniel Quinn clarifies that something extraordinary will be coming during our lifetime, “… the people of our culture are going to figure out how to live sustainably on this planet--or they're …show more content…
Nevertheless, the most menacing catastrophe of them all is climate change. Still, we can overcome climate change by letting our communities research focus on, “… understanding the pathways to and likelihood of catastrophic climate change, and [finding] possible ways to respond [appropriately].”
However in a recent book called the Last Child in The Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder, the author Richard Louv (2008) showcases that there is a division between the natural world and the young peoples' that are causing the world to change in the opposite direction of progression. In which the young people lack of interaction with the natural world is causing them to lose the relationship with nature. Therefore, we as young people have lost the interaction, and lost any interest in further issues about the …show more content…
Therefore, as I grew up I came to be drawn to nature just in imagination not in going out to experiencing it. In the other hand, my parents did grow up around nature. My mother, she had a small family farm so she came to be a young girl exploring the outdoors but always working at the same time. Meanwhile my father worked every day but came across nature everyday going here to over there. Parents are the primary source to change the future generation mindsets for the