ecological intelligence

When you have ecological intelligence, you know what is wrong and right for the environment and you are informed about what you should and shouldn't do to help the earth. It also means that we not only understand why were doing what we do to live sustainably but what will happen if we don't live like that. It relates to our essential question because we could live more sustainably if we had ecological intelligence. We would not be able to use the excuse that we don't know how to be sustainably anymore because we would all have ecological intelligence. I don't really think that I'm very ecologically intelligent, for example, I didn't know that even though a shirt could be made of cotton, it still effected the environment because of all the water it uses to be created. Here is a website that will show what ecological intelligence is and that includes some shocking information about why it is that the way were living is wrong.

LULS interviews

We had a theory that people that bought organic food would shop at thrift stores, because those are two ways to help the environment go green. After we asked many people if they shopped at thrift stores and the if they bought organic food the people that bought organic food didn't really buy things at thrift stores. In my opinion this is because the people that buy organic food buy it because, one, they can afford it, and, two, they maybe just buy it because they care about their health and not really the environment. There was one women, though, that told us she traveled and she honestly looked like a person that has money and she said she did shop at thrift stores but the reason why she didn't shop there more often was that there weren't many in San Diego. Our theory about thrift store shoppers and organic food buyers were wrong but like I said somethings were a little surprising when we did these interviews. My angle for this campaign is to encourage people to shop at thrift stores. Also there will always be those who don't like shopping there for their own reasons but they can help as well by donating things they don't need anymore and recycling and reusing because that what thrift shopping is all about.

Homegrown Revolution

What strikes me about the way they lived is that they were so different, but they seemed to be living a happy life. They described they way they lived as if it were no different as anyone else. Their way of life seemed very simple and relaxing. They made and grew their own food, and lived what I would consider a sustainable lifestyle. I think their needs list would be longer than their wants list, but then again, they provide a lot of things that they need themselves so I'm guessing their wants list wouldn't be that difficult to obtain. In my opinion they are very related to what we're learning about in "My Ishmael because they aren't living the way our mother culture says we should be living. I think that if Ishmael were to meet this family, he would be very content with their lifestyle. I would honestly like to live that way, but there are just so many things in the way of my actually doing it, and I think that's what's stopping a lot of people from acting instead of just talking about making a difference in their lives. Here are a couple of websites related to these families and their life:
http://www.pathtofreedom.com/
http://www.homegrownrevolution.com/shop
http://www.peddlerswagon.com/
http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/01/06/100-foot-diet-challenge-launch/

ishmael #2 :)

anthropomorphism

noun
the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits

I really like the way he describes why it is that humans fight for territory the way they do. He says that in a way, people believe that that's the way it's supposed to be. Even animals seem to do that by how they get their territory with scent and things like that, when animals don't care for territory.

For them, it's like an agreement of peace, or like a peace treaty. It was a system that in a way brought justice to the people. It was a peace treaty method because it created organization within the community which brought peace withing the people. They didn't finish each other off because they wouldn't be able to continue their species that way.