Reflection 1
I have now watched a number of the Better Lives lectures,These lectures gave me a lot of ideas and inspiration,but what impressed me most was the lecture about Nature. In Kate Fletcher’s lecture she gave us a little test to identify the plants and animals in London,but I didn’t recognize any of them,but when she asked us to identify various brands,I knew almost all the names of the brands. It got me deep in thought.
I remember the professor said that human always think that they are the center of everything,but in fact,on the contrary,nature is the center of everything,and human are just a part of this huge system. Yeah why do we think we are the center of everything? Which of all things in our life is not dependent on nature? Don’t the air we breathe,the food we eat,the water we drink all come from nature? How can we survive without all that nature has give us? This makes me fall into a deep thought. Should nature give us these generously,and we should constantly ask for them from nature? Are we going to destroy it wantonly? Have we never thought about the consequences? Why have half of the world’s species been extinct since 1970? Even now,there are still species extinction,and they disappear in the world. What led to such a tragedy? Cutting down tress,discharging sewage into ocean and rivers,and discharging toxic gases,which cause air pollution,are all human actions. We personally kill all the creatures on the earth and make them homeless. Should we reflect on our actions and make changes? Even if it’s not for the world,it’s for ourselves,right? What are the benefits of the pollution and destruction we have caused to mankind? How many young people have cancer because of environmental pollution? The professor said this,how we live what we choose. She also said, we are part of nature,we can use fashion and other things to joined the world, not to live in sort of science fiction fantasy that it’s nothing to do with us. To find what we can to join the world and take responsibility for the lives that we lead and for those of others. I think what the professor said is very reasonable. I think when we are constantly trying to use fashion and other things to joined the world,we are not only thinking about the interests of human beings,but also responsible for all species except ourselves. We need to take this responsibility.
I learned a lot from this lecture,it also brought me a lot of inspiration. Which is really helpful for my future work.