Blog #10

What is Social Ecology? What are your reactions to the readings? What forms of hierarchy are in our world today? Are these hierarchies natural? Are there any better alternatives?

Social Ecology believes in getting to the root of current ecological and social problems. It believes that most of these problems arise from the hierarchal systems set in place by human nature. It goes against the mind set of humans dominating nature, instead it believes in human being one and working with nature. Social Ecology is the vies that once humans harmonize with nature most problems will be solved. 

According to Social Ecology there are more than just the obvious forms of hierarchy. The obvious ones being political hierarchy and economic heirarchy. Social Ecology says that even if these systems were to be abolished there would still be age, race, gender, physical quality, and other irrational forms of hierarchy. 

I think it is human nature to form hierarchical systems of classes. Maybe there are better alternatives, maybe not. It is hard to say because life has been like this forever. Who is to say that a non hierarchical system will work. I do not think we will ever know because people put so much value on these systems and stuff that arises from these systems. I do not think the world will ever get to a place where these systems would be abolished. Maybe if something really bad happened to provoke the change, but what would that have to be? 

These reading were really interesting and the world they promote seems like a great place. But I do not see it happening on a large scale. I think that people search out these new ways of life because they look at the negatives of this one. But I think this one isn't so bad.