As a resident and college student in Placer County I can understand exactly where you are coming from. In my day to day life I am surrounded by people with opposing views on sustainability, devolopment and economics. When I enter the Sierra College campus in Rocklin I am then transported out of the ultra-conservative arena, where it's every man for himself and he cares not who he steps on to attain his "needs", and into a portal of openminded study and sustainable possibilities. In this way, school, like nature, helps recharge my battery with a positive spark to do the right thing for now and for future generations. Some people will never take the time to understand nature in the way that we do and how its intrinsic values touch our lives but often I find that these are the same people who let our Mother Culture's whispers guide their lives. They have been lulled into submission and I've yet to find a way to truely awaken them. Children on the otherhand, have not had the time to fall under our cultures spell and are born with a "built-in" love and wonder for nature. By tapping into those gentic feelings and giving our children the opportunity explore our world and its functions we may be able to break the cycle of apathy that currently threatens to consume us.
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As a resident and college student in Placer County I can understand exactly where you are coming from. In my day to day life I am surrounded by people with opposing views on sustainability, devolopment and economics. When I enter the Sierra College campus in Rocklin I am then transported out of the ultra-conservative arena, where it's every man for himself and he cares not who he steps on to attain his "needs", and into a portal of openminded study and sustainable possibilities. In this way, school, like nature, helps recharge my battery with a positive spark to do the right thing for now and for future generations. Some people will never take the time to understand nature in the way that we do and how its intrinsic values touch our lives but often I find that these are the same people who let our Mother Culture's whispers guide their lives. They have been lulled into submission and I've yet to find a way to truely awaken them. Children on the otherhand, have not had the time to fall under our cultures spell and are born with a "built-in" love and wonder for nature. By tapping into those gentic feelings and giving our children the opportunity explore our world and its functions we may be able to break the cycle of apathy that currently threatens to consume us.