Our class had the opportunity to participate in a colloquium and or conversation on the Pachamama Alliance which started in the Amazon rainforest. Their mission statement is to equip people around the world with inspiration and training to regenerate the planet's ecosystem, bring justice to their communities, and restore our relationship with the Earth, with ourselves, and with each other. This movement started in 1996 and has since been trying to change the dream of the modern world. The course we looked into is called 'Awakening the Dreamer' and it is split into 4 sections.
The first section deals with "Where Are We?" This section talks about where we are in the world right now and express the urgency to wake up and see what's going on. This section is just to create a sense of awareness. The world has a current "dream" of what it want it to look like. While it looks aesthetically pleasing, the industrialize way we live is hurting the environment and or our home, Earth. It is also important to add that this segment didn't only touch base on how our "dream" could be hurting the earth, but we also could be hitting each other, and ourselves. One more thing to add that it didn't mention was how our actions could be hurting our future generation.
The second section talked about "How did we get here?" There are many reasons that lead to the self-destruction of the world. I think the reason behind the causes of how we got here involves people have self-greed. We live in a world where everybody think about themselves and put themselves first even when they know their actions can affect others. For example, overconsumption. People tend to take more than we need, just because we can and have the money for it. This don't only include food, but also money, clothes, and purchasing big homes for small families. When there is people in the world who is without so much, we should be more mindful of how we consume things.
The third section talked about "What is possible now?" It is nearly impossible to completely get rid of pollution and extreme climate change because the world is constantly evolving. However, all it take is baby steps right now so that by the time the future generation get here things can be easier to manage. This includes involving politics so that rules and regulation can be made to protect our home, ourselves, and each other.
The fourth section and also the last section involves "Where do we go from here?" In this section it talks about the next steps and actions that needs to take place in order to achieve a more just, peaceful, and sustainable future. Sustainability which can be described as a meeting our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations from meeting their needs. In order to achieve a more sustainable future we not only have to become more sustainable within ourselves but also towards each other.
My overall verdict on this alliance is that it is helping towards a necessary goal and a goal that will benefit people from all over. The wow factor I took out of this course was that the human species is the most selfish and dangerous animals on the planets. We are selfish because we think about ourselves when it comes to consumption and we are extremely invasive. We take over areas that is not even ours. We are slowing killing ourselves and sooner than later it can catch up to us.
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