Blog #10 Social Ecology

The readings describe social ecology as how people live and interact with the environment, putting an emphasis on diverging from over consumption and over exploitation of resources and being one with the world, as we are part of it. I think like all the ecological ways of live, it would be ideal if everyone could see the benefits of living this way, however, I know that most people won't. In our world we have many forms of hierarchy. Each nation has its own system of government and definitions of what is wealthy and poor. We create a class system that I feel came from a materialistic point of view. Every civilization has placed values on inanimate objects and determined who is "high class and low class" based on how much of these items they have. It's a way of life that has been engraved into people's brains as long as humans have existed. I don't think most people know any better so they typically see nothing wrong with it, unless they are considered "low class." Of course there are better alternatives because defining someone by their "wealth" says nothing of their character or how they can benefit others, including the Earth. If people were to let go of class systems I think the environment would thrive as well as the human race. I do think people need some sort of government and leaders to follow but I don't think we should discriminate based on material items.