i can be impatient sometimes, which my mum says is my greatest vice when it comes to education. The best teachers, she says, are patient- they do not flinch when a student asks the same question 4 times, and calmly can explain a complex idea again and again.
When engaging with others on the topic of environmentalism, i am often taken aback by the ignorance of many people- and this becomes a barrier to me being able to stoke their fires of interest in environmentalism.
I have had friends who understand much about postmodernism, for example, but do not know about ecology. As I said in a previous post- i think that this state of mind is rootless- it is like having a cart without the horse- since i believe that the generative impulse of postmodernism- (the consciousness of and valuing of complexity and diversity)- is ecology.
An environmental consciousness stripped of an understanding of ecology is a thin, apocalyptic one. It is one of helplessness- of being fearful and overwhelmed by nature, rather than understanding and marvelling in it.
For me, to understand the biogeochemical cycles (eg water, carbon, phosphorous, energy etc) that support us through interaction- is to see myself as a social being in an absolute sense- and to see myself as being supported by the world in general.
Teaching people about global warming WITHOUT teaching them about interconnectedness is extremely problematic- and will lead to more problems than it will solve.
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