Ivusich's Ideology

Upon entering my first college level English class I soon learned that I would be creating a blog as a portfolio for my writing. The context of this blog, I would soon learn, was to be about nature and the environment. Throughout the semester we have read articles and pieces of writings from various authors with the main theme revolving around the coexistence of man and nature on the Earth. These posts serve as my interpretations and, in some way, responses to the readings in the class. We have read a wide variety of material ranging from calls to actions, to hypotheses about man and nature’s connections. In this blog I have discussed such topics as important natural causes, natural phenomena, what a place a can mean to a person, and how a person and place can be connected. In many ways my writing is not as radical as those that we have read, but I hope that people that read my work can have an appreciation for my point of view on the importance of nature in everyday life.

Since the beginning of time there have been people that have worked for the cause of conservation and environmentalism, but I never took the time to concentrate on their voice until this class. After reading such authors as Rachel Carson and Margaret Atwood, I have learned how important and how easily a person and a place can be connected. After reading Edward Abbey and Aldo Leopold, I have realized that what some people might see as extremist is just their way of showing that they care. After this class I have realized that an environmental movement shouldn’t just involve the so-called “tree huggers”, but it should include all people. Each person in the world has their duty to make the world a cleaner and safer place. Thanks to this class, I have been introduced to a cause that I would have probably never paid attention to before. I now understand how man and nature influence one another on an extremely fragile balance.

It is my hope that this blog will serve as a reminder and as a point of emphasis for those in the environmental movement, that their cause it not a lost cause and that people do truly care. One of the hardest things for an organization to gain is the faith and belief from the majority. I hope that my blog, and the blog of my fellow classmates, will show those people that with a little bit of information it is possible to get anyone to believe in their cause. I also hope, for the betterment of society, that environmentalist movement continues to strive and grow. Not many people truly understand the extent to which we humans are destroying our Earth. The balance between man and nature is a very fragile one, and it is because of the environmentalists that man doesn’t destroy. Overall, I am glad that this class took on the topic of nature, because it is not something that I would normally indulge myself in, but now that the class is over I realize that my actions can either help or hurt the delicate balance between man and nature.