In comparison to my original thoughts about sustainability, not too much has changed. Sustainability seems to be our way of trying to fix all the wrongs we have incurred on our Earth. The unfortunate part about this new sustainable action is that the market has turned sustainability into a new marketing campaign, using it to its own advantage, twisting the cure into the cause. This "band-aid" approach of thinking the world will just "work itself out" is, on some level, true; the hard truth is that the earth will continue on... it will just be without us.
Through this course, I have found, in a more complete way, what it means to have a sustainable lifestyle, which is what sustainability is: a lifestyle. A choice. But this does not mean that recycling and composting will save the earth, although I know a lot of us would like to hope that is all it takes. It involves intense planning, reworking of ideals, and a community agreement. The last one seems to be the most difficult since there are still people, even on the SU campus, that believe global warming and the environmental crises do not exist.
This ignorance is the first place to begin. It was what Ishmael called us to do, and it's the only way things can change. We cannot force people to recycle without explaining why it is in anyway beneficial. To those who do not understand the benefits and outcomes of this act are certainly not going to go out of their way to sort the trash every day. Why would they? We have to teach, and spread the word. By teaching people, we can change the goals and help to strive for a new and cleaner tomorrow.
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