After coming to class for the first meeting, I must say the class is much different than what I had expected. This was actually a nice surprise, as it seems to drift away from the standard lecture or even standard discussion oriented course format. Really, I have no presuppositions about what I'm going to "get" out of the class. I suppose I could say that hopefully in such a community oriented class, we all learn new ideas, and new ways to communicate those ideas to other people. I'd say that a personal goal of mine is always to discover how to help people connect with nature. To feel a part of the natural world, and not something separate. I feel like we are at a point in human existence where we have more technical knowledge of the environment than any previous time, and yet at the same time, we (people as a whole) feel more disconnected from the natural world now, than ever before. I feel that if everyone felt more connected to the environment, this change in the collective consciousness would manifest itself in reality as positive changes in the way we treat the environment. I'm really interested in the sections of the course pertaining to deep ecology, and ecofeminism. I'm familiar with both topics, but would really enjoy hearing more. I feel like I can really relate to the ideas of deep ecology, the more I learn about it, the more I'm amazed at it's similarities to my own personal beliefs.
connecting with nature seems so fare from peoples realities these days. I hope classes like these can better accomplish that goal
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