Amen to Melissa's points. Think of Alta Mira, Lascaux, etc. and the quote attributed to Emma Goldman, "If I can't dance...."
Regi "Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things." Dostoyevsky. > On Dec 8, 2017, at 12:12 PM, Melissa Tuckey <meltuc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If I might add-- because it often is forgotten-- the arts are part of how we > create culture and culture is how we interact with the environment. Within > the arts-- language is how we know the world. We cannot have systemic and > sustainable change without the arts. The arts create community and give us > new eyes to see the world. They give us access to imagination and empathy. > Through the arts we are able to think beyond the confines of this moment. At > a time when corporate propaganda is playing 24- 7 on our news, the arts offer > resistance, revitalized language and perspective, access to critical > thinking. > > And yes, interdisciplinary work is necessary-- we no longer get to play the > game of one thing being more important than another. Every single thing > matters, all at once. It always did. > > > Melissa Tuckey > > > > > > >> On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Tony Del Plato <tonydelpl...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> It's all about ecology. The relationship between economics culture >> environment everything >> >> >>> On Dec 8, 2017 11:21 AM, "Regi Teasley" <rltcay...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Environmental Sociology and Cultural Geography should be part of the >>> conversation. Interdisciplinary work can be very fruitful. >>> Perhaps, like massive stars, some species (ahem) have dazzling, short >>> lives. >>> >>> Regi >>> >>> "Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love >>> everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things." Dostoyevsky. >>> >>> >>>> On Dec 7, 2017, at 9:23 PM, Ben Haller <bhal...@mac.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> That’s a neat question. Nowadays there are some schools offering >>>> degrees in sustainability studies; I’m not sure what that actually >>>> constitutes, in terms of what you do academically. In any case, back when >>>> I was 18 that didn’t exist. :-> Back then – maybe economics? That’s >>>> what it all really comes down to, in my opinion. Economics encompasses >>>> all sorts of questions about what humans prefer and value, where those >>>> preferences come from and what influences them, how those preferences >>>> interact with politics, and how it ends up structuring society. And >>>> that’s where the solutions likely reside, too, in my opinion, because in >>>> the end most people respond to incentives. If the economic structure of >>>> society rewards them for selfishness, pollution, etc., then that is what >>>> most people will end up doing. If it rewards them for sharing, recycling, >>>> etc., then that is what most people will end up doing. So the things that >>>> I think are likely to provide real solutions will come from economics – >>>> things like a carbon tax, things that manipulate the incentives to which >>>> people respond. But I agree that it would really have to end up being >>>> multi-discliplinary; maybe economics with minors in ecology, sociology, >>>> and political theory? :-> >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> -B. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Dec 8, 2017, at 10:51 AM, Joe Nolan <jcn_ith...@twc.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Interesting. Speaks to a question I've long pondered, which is, if I >>>>> could go back to being 18 and wanted to study the overall human-planet >>>>> relationship and how to improve it, what academic field would I enter? It >>>>> seems the academic factions have been calcified for so long that there's >>>>> really nobody studying this most-important-of-all phenomena. A few >>>>> isolated philosophy or anthropology classes maybe? I suppose ecological >>>>> economics, as far as that goes - but as far as I'm aware it doesn't >>>>> address the cultural issues that Joe Brewer is talking about. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 12/6/2017 7:25 PM, Gay Nicholson wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >I'd like to recommend an article on cultural evolution by Joe Brewer. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> > > > > -- > Coordinator, Eco-Justice Poetry Project > Split This Rock For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.
