Blog 4

What do you think of “green values?”  Which ones do you most believe in?  What surprised you the most about the readings? 

I had ENVR 501-S last semester so I am familiar with green values. Last semester, I was surprised to learn that green values describe a new society and they are much more than environmental concerns. For example, I did not know equality was a green value. 

I believe in conserving the environment the most but gender equality is a close second. For me, gender equality will not matter much if the environment is unlivable. Often in classes like marine ecology and Oceans and human Health, I hear how exactly we have messed up the environment and I am frustrated by the general apathy towards the environment. It honestly scares me when people refuse to believe global warming is happening. Gender equality is important to me because it frustrates me seeing someone's talents wasted or seeing a culture that encourages gender stereotypes. 

What surprised me those about the readings was probably hearing about the variation in green values.  It seems that green just means conservation but hearing about the differences, even if the goal of the articles is to consolidate the ideals of the movement, shows the variability of the green movement and what it can mean to each person. It seems that everyone has differs values and different ranking of those values. I think this is beneficial to the movement because every aspect of the green movement is rallied for by those for who this aspect is their highest value.