My First Post

When choosing Environmental Resource Management as one of my classes, my first inclination was that it could be a tad boring and perhaps irrelevant to my future career choice as a psychologist. After doing some more research and listening to some of the feedback from my peers (who had taken this course previously), it occurred to me that this course may actually have a lot more to do with my life than I had expected. This thought occurred to me as, on a Friday night as I was home alone, I was watching Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth”. I thought to myself that there must be a reason why I am at home on a Friday night watching a documentary, rather than out with my friends. That was when I really started to think about the relevance of this film, and furthermore the environment, to my own life. The environment and it’s condition is very crucial to my self as a person, and I have realized that it is so crucial to my well being as a human, and my future here on this earth – this earth that we all, every day, take advantage of in one way or another. I will be honest and say that up until the end of grade eleven, and the beginning of grade twelve, I would have considered myself a materialistic type of person. There were only certain things that concerned me, and those concerns were extremely materialistic and, looking back on them, were very selfish (and perhaps regrettable). I only wish that I had opened my eyes sooner to look at the grand spectrum of things that exist on earth, and the relevance of our every day activities that will of course, one day, contribute to the very condition of this planet.
I can honestly say that I definitely have some concerns about the environment. There are so many things happening in this world that we are oblivious to until we open our eyes. There are so many detrimental cycles and operations happening in many places all over the world that are completely avoidable and extremely abusive to this wonderful world. After realizing all of these things (thank goodness I did), I realized that I can do something about it. If we, as youth, learn how we can help the environment, then what is better than united youth? If we can take some chances, learn together, and progress towards a better good of humanity and well being, I believe that we can work wonders on anything we set our minds to. I also think it is awful and regressive that not all youth are working to their full potential. Resting potential is one of the most untapped resources this world has. We are the leaders of tomorrow, and we as a whole can hopefully make this earth less polluted, more preserved, and a better place for all of us in the future. The levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will be ridiculously high by the time we are 70, and will only continue to be worse by the time our children are grown ups. If we do not work out these problems, who is going to? The people that are doing it now are not going to be around forever, and we cannot always rely on others to do our jobs for us. We are getting to be at an age where we need to realize what we can do for ourselves, and take action on important issues.
I do believe that I will take a lot out of this course with me. I hope to work in the field of International Development, Third World Development etc. courses in University, and I know that the knowledge I retain here will help me to become further educated in the future. I also know that this course will help push me into the right direction with regards to living a greener life, and helping, as well as encouraging, others to do so as well. Though it is never 100% predictable what the future holds for us, it is 100% sure that we can try to do something about it. Hopefully the information we learn about the environment today will help us build a better environment tomorrow.