tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108896373711958480.post4427096907405914485..comments2024-01-05T12:53:19.127-05:00Comments on Project Earth: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose?Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05797716763069663284noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108896373711958480.post-21542868952307238302009-05-21T07:11:43.233-04:002009-05-21T07:11:43.233-04:00Hi NMG - I grew up the same way. Actually I rememb...Hi NMG - I grew up the same way. Actually I remember more the "Give a hoot, don't pollute" owl. I couldn't imagine throwing garbage on the ground. But then that went away. Ads stopped and consciousness stopped (for the next group of kids). I still don't litter, but tons of people do who didn't get indoctrinated between Saturday morning cartoons. It's frustrating that we have to make efforts to keep those messages out there <I>forever</I> or people unaffected will almost immediately revert to more destructive, convenient, or self-centered ways.Mariehttp://www.projectearthblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108896373711958480.post-2193199217482047602009-05-20T19:34:29.124-04:002009-05-20T19:34:29.124-04:00Hey Marie. I really like your site. I agree with T...Hey Marie. I really like your site. I agree with Teresa. I too am a product of the 70's and 80's. We had a traveeling environmental group come through the school in grade three and then in grade 7 we watch sea of slaughter 3 times (it's the reason I'm vegetarian. Now I cna't understand how people can think of the environment as a seperate entity from themselves and I do "CRAZY EXTREME" things like living withoug garbage and flushing my toilet with the bath water. There's kids who will never forget what you have done and will go on to accomplish more than we could imagine. You may be teaching the next David Suzuki!:)<br />http://nomoregarbage.wordpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108896373711958480.post-52566147159340963672009-05-17T17:33:00.000-04:002009-05-17T17:33:00.000-04:00Thanks for commenting Teresa!
It's not even wheth...Thanks for commenting Teresa!<br /><br />It's not even whether our ideas keep going as the students leave the school for broader horizons, but whether our ideas are able to keep going within one school over time. We keep forgetting why it's all so important. We keep losing track of what others have done in the past. <br /><br />It's like after the fall of the Roman Empire when people forgot how to read and the importance of sanitation. The leader retires in one way or another, and the people wander off in different directions. And it takes positively <I>ages</I> to get them together and on the same page again. It's curious how that happens over and over throughout history and even within my own life span at school.Mariehttp://www.projectearthblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108896373711958480.post-69730529898106092202009-05-17T11:31:00.000-04:002009-05-17T11:31:00.000-04:00I strongly believe that, even if the lessons we tr...I strongly believe that, even if the lessons we try to teach young people SEEM like they're not "taking" right now, they will some day. It's vital that young people are exposed to healthful and responsible ideas and practices. Even if it's somewhat frustrating now to have (what seems to be) only a few interested kids, rest assured that your club's existence serves a more far-reaching purpose: planting seeds of ideas in more kids than you'll probably ever know.<br /><br />How do I know this? 'Cause I'm a product of the 1970s, when we were soaked in environmental messages. At the time, I shrugged and went on with the far more "important" things in my life at the time -- but now, thirty years later, I have raised my own kids with the same messages, and try to live as responsibly as possible.<br /><br />So ... it IS working.Teresa Brownnoreply@blogger.com