Know Impact (Sumblog 12)

After doing the know impact worksheet that was given to us I realized that I am environmentally conscious but I can always do more and I do sometimes make mistakes. We cannot take our resources for granted. Someday they will run out when we need them the most. We also have to think about the future of our children and their children. We want them to have access to the resources they need.

I can see how it might be easy to hurt the environment sometimes if everybody else is doing it. For example when you go to a concert and you see a lot of people littering, it makes you feel that you can do this too. This is called releasor cue. This is when you feel compelled to do something because others are doing it and your judgement becomes clouded on the matter. I learned this from studying recreational impacts in my Forestry 335 class.

We need to remember to always be conscious of the environment. Not over the top like "GO GREEN OR DIE" people but be aware of how many ways you effect the environment and what does that does to the resources we need and that our children will need in the future.

This is a great video that shows the horrific impacts of littering that we cause all the time.