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To get off on the right foot,<\/strong> some pearls of wisdom from reading 10:<\/p>\n Focus in particular on the section “Some solutions:” <\/strong>below.<\/p>\n Pearls of Wisdom<\/strong><\/p>\n Persistent enthusiasm for sustainability projects at OWU. But…<\/p>\n It\u2019s easy to get pessimistic. Pascal Bruckner, The Fanaticism of the Apocalypse <\/i>(2013)<\/strong><\/p>\n Pessimism, or worse…<\/p>\n Humans are a cancer on the earth. We are invasive species. We are parasites. We are all going to die and we deserve it.<\/p>\n Our carbon footprint is \u201cthe gaseous equivalent of Original Sin, …the stain that we inflict on Mother Gaia by the simple fact of being present and breathing\u2026\u201d (2)<\/p>\n \u201cWestern humanity has taken a sudden dislike for itself.\u201d (2)<\/p>\n An era of ecological apocalyptic catastrophism.<\/p>\n \u201cSaving the world requires us to denigrate everything that has to do with the spirit of enterprise and the taste for discovery.\u201d (15)<\/p>\n \u201cA vision of the earth as an impoverished family that has to scrimp on everything in order to get along. A rehabilitation of meanness and stinginess.\u201d (151)<\/p>\n \u201cEcology has a choice: declaring anti-humanism as its principle, celebrating rivers and forests the better to castigate human beings, or adopting an open anthropocentrism that embraces humanity, nature, and animals in general good will, so that no category suffers pointless harm.\u201d (100)<\/p>\n Stoknes, What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming<\/i>\u00a0(2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n Individual action is largely ineffective<\/p>\n We can\u2019t opt out of the system, we like the perks.<\/p>\n The message we hear: we are individually responsible for collective economic system impacts on the environment.<\/p>\n Cognitive dissonance: painless behavior (reusable grocery bags, recycling, etc.) that allows us to feel we are doing our part – and to avoid despair and pessimism.<\/p>\n \u201cIndividual solutions are insufficient or even counterproductive unless they contribute to structural changes, too.\u201d (Stoknes, p. 89)<\/p>\n The problem: It\u2019s a social psychological issue:<\/strong>\u00a0Stoknes, What We Think About…<\/em> (2015)<\/p>\n Some solutions:<\/strong><\/p>\n Solution: Act as Social Citizens.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cPushing changes in personal behavior as the main solution \u2026 can also make us complacent and less vocal for change at the political and social level.\u201d (91)<\/p>\n Proposed OWU Sustainability Plan\u00a0Students, Faculty, Staff on STF, in courses, 2+ years<\/p>\n The voluntary work is spread around, taking advantage of different skill sets, collectively created (rather than the work of one person, or based on external criteria.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Solution: Supportive Frames<\/strong><\/p>\n Instead focus on insurance, health, security, preparedness, and opportunity (111)<\/p>\n May Move Out (4 years)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the case of May Move Out: it\u2019s about donations to a good cause.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Solution: Keep it Simple<\/strong><\/p>\n As long as there are few opportunities for easy\u00a0green behavior, and the message causes fear and\u00a0guilt, there will be backlash against the message. (64)<\/p>\n Green carryout food containers The struggle to make the use of reusable containers simple.<\/p>\n Solution: Social Signals<\/strong><\/p>\n People have to be convinced that many others are Hydration stations\u00a0<\/span>5+ years<\/span><\/p>\n Carrying a water bottle is OK. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Solution: Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n OWU\u2019s Green Week Emergence of stories on campus: May Move Out, Green Containers, Green Week, maybe even the sustainability plan.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Even if we do all those things<\/strong> (social citizens, supportive frames, simplicity, signals)…<\/span><\/p>\n The hippie, counter-culture, eco-warrior image …<\/span><\/p>\n The problem of identity & sustainability<\/strong><\/p>\n People with hierarchical and individualistic values tend to be skeptical of environmental risks and to dislike regulations to limit those risks, since regulations restrict free choice, commerce, and industry.<\/p>\n People with egalitarian and communitarian values see commerce and industry as self-interested and polluting entities that create unjust disparity, and which require regulation. (73)<\/p>\n Conservatives or libertarians don\u2019t question climate science (and other environmental concerns) because they are ignorant. Rather, it is a way of of expressing who they are – their identity. (74)<\/p>\n Scrappy Sustainability?<\/strong><\/p>\n Students, staff and faculty figure out how to make sustainability happen on campus with no full time staff and few funds: sustainability isn\u2019t going to get done otherwise, at least in the short term. It is a good experience to try to make something real happen under challenging circumstances.<\/p>\n To get off on the right foot, some pearls of wisdom from reading 10: Reading 10:\u00a0\u201cScrappy Sustainability: Presentation\u201d by John Krygier with input from students in Geog 360 and Geog 499, Spring 2017. [PDF updated with notes 1\/28\/2018] Focus in particular on the section “Some solutions:” below. 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Modify \u201cchoice situations\u201d to make green options\u00a0easy: Green nudges.<\/p>\n
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Meaning and community created by the power of\u00a0stories.<\/p>\n
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