This semester I'm taking a class called "Contemporary Environmental Issues," and while the stuff we read and talk about in class is very interesting, it can also be very discouraging because we're learning all about all the things that we as a global population are doing to destroy our planet. After a while it can definitely get a little wearing. I mean, there comes a point when you read about all these chemicals we're releasing, and we don't know exactly what they are doing to the environment, and you wonder, Is there really anything I can do that will make even a minute difference in all of this??? I wonder if my individual actions, whether it be not buying things with harmful chemicals in them or buying "green" food, does it really make that much of a difference? But then on the other side, I think, well if everyone thinks like I do, we're really in trouble. I guess what it really comes down to is realizing that knowledge really is power and I need to be responsible enough to use the knowledge I have to not only change the way I interact with my environment, but to also try to educate people I interact with. Not in a preachy way, but I now that I know all of this stuff, I can't help but take it all into consideration when I go shopping, and I want my family to know these things too. Because I care about not only their safety and well-being, but I also want to do my absolute best to make sure that this world is taken care of for my children and other future generations.
So I guess it all comes down to realizing that it's going to be somewhat of a downer to learn about this stuff, but in the end, its necessary and vital to the future.
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