Blog #4

What do you think of "green values"? Which ones do you most believe in? What surprised you the most about the readings?

I think that green values align very similarly with the way I think. However, there are some exceptions. I feel many of the "green values" presented in "Defining Environmentalism" are true to the way I feel about life in general but I also think that it gives capitalism and the production of new technology a mad reputation. These two factors in the economy today have created many of things that have benefitted the world as a whole. Technology in medicine saves lives everyday, technology helps to provide clean drinking water to nations, technology created vehicles that can quickly transport dying humans to hospitals, and many of these things were created because of capitalism. What I am trying to say is that technology and capitalism are not all bad, but they can create a false sense of what is important in life. 

I believe in many of the "green values". The idea of having a community based political and economic system is very interesting. I think that a lot of problems come from standardization, which comes from having such a big government that is not connected to the individuals of their country. I also greatly agree with the focus on future sustainability. I know that one day this Earth will run out of resources if we do not take care of them and I think that caring for our world needed to start yesterday. 

I guess what surprised me most about the readings was the reading if "Introduction". It talked about the need to reflect back on how we have absorbed the social norms and practices of being in a larger society in order to change. I thought this is 100% true and it is something I have never really thought about. It also surprised me that sexuality was a part of "green values".