Goodall Journal

Healing Earth's Scars

“My four reasons for hope…our quite extensively intellect, the resilience of nature, the energy and commitment of informed young people who are empowered to act, and the indomitable human spirit” (Goodall, p. 161).

http://hiphopenation.com/

In my opinion, this is one of the only articles that had some optimism and hope surrounded around saving the environment. One thing that stuck out to me the most in this quote was regarding the young generation.  I think that in some ways the young generation has a bad reputation when it comes to sustainability and saving the environment, however many of the younger generation has better education and has awareness about what is damaging the environment. Maybe the recent young generation will change things for the better. A little more optimism is what we need to succeed. If we do not have hope that things will get better, we will never be able to work towards a goal. Even though many changes need to be made, I respect the hope that things will improve.

“From the beginning of the project, Rene had held the firm belief that, if he looked hard enough, nature would provide the solutions to all his problems” (Goodall, p. 163).

http://blog.homeaway.co.uk/explore-kenyas-natural-beauty/

We need to study nature and learn from it. The article also states that the rehabilitation from a man-made wasteland can be accomplished with organic principles. We need to fix the environment with the elements they are surrounded around, not try to fix it with man-made items. When Rene began this cleanup of Kenya, it was a devastating scene, however he studied nature and took things day by day, little by little and was patient. I believe patience is something that many people have lost. We need to let nature take its course and we need to be on its time rather than our own. We cannot fix everything with technology, especially if technology is the one thing that has destroyed it. I believe we can learn a lot from nature but we must take the time to do it.

“If we allow extinctions to happen through ignorance or greed, then with the loss of each endangered species and unique population, our world becomes less diverse and strikingly less beautiful and mysterious” (Goodall, p. 181).

http://www.inspirationbyleeannelocken.com

I absolutely love this statement. I love all of the unique things the earth has to offer and we are destroying them. Diversity is so important; I do not understand why we are eliminating it. Throughout this whole course I have always said the main problems of extinction and environmental devastation is from ignorance and greed. People are more concerned about themselves than the things around them. Stepping out of our own world and seeing the bigger picture is what we need to do now before it is too late. I feel like one day its just all going to be gone, the diversity of plants and animals, and many people are going to regret that they didn’t do something to stop it. People need to stop being so greedy and start learning about the things that truly matter. Regret is something that Goodall mentions, and it will be a feeling many people will have if action isn’t taken soon.