If only environment was all about the GREEN!
The complex
relationship of the spheres of the earth isin’t enough to define environment in
this current generation due to even more complex relation of these spheres with
most advanced sphere as experts call it anthropogenic sphere. Human interaction
with environment is a delicate matter because of phenomena like urban
transition, globalization and fight for world power. It is shredding the
resource piece by piece and the consequences are fairly returned by Mother nature as environment problems which then the humans work to resolve. It is a cosmic
drama of human character in the play of the earths system until someone will
get killed. So the question is who will die first humans or nature.
Globally environmental
problems are rising such as increase in levels of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere, marine pollution, air pollution, urban congestion , concrete wash
in the wild, exploitation of wildlife so on and so forth.
These are real world
problem and are in action and the only thing that can stop causing further
damage till the phenome “fire to flumes” is change in human attitude. The
fundamentals of behavioral theory points out that our receptors can be tamed.
Psychological studies suggest the strongest weapon to any war is the brains and
what is prepared there. Governments can make environmental policies to mitigate
or solve problems but how far is it ethical to impose those policies on people?
Environmental management is a solution for loopholes in management environment.
We can see the symptoms of the sick earth system but there is less effort in
understanding the causes. It is like cutting off a branch of a tree because it
was infected when the actual infection is based in the roots. The treatment for
the infection is through thought process.
Education and awareness
is the bed of transition for germinating positive environmental attitudes. I
can speak for myself because I have walked down the lane of environmental love.
In 2009 I applied for a bachelor’s degree in Royal Thimphu College in Bhutan
under a combined course of English and Environmental studies. My pure intention
was to study English literature and become a writer. I considered the other
course as a compulsory subject that I had to just pass to graduate because all
I knew about the subject was Environment meant nature and nature meant trees
and plants and that was not at all exciting for me but I took it any how
because compared to other courses it sounded an easy one.
With no aspiration in
environment I started the course but it all changed when I graduated. During an
internship I attended a workshop with WWF Bhutan for prevention of wildlife
poaching and that’s exactly when I woke up.
I wanted to know more about wild animals. I still
remember when I first heard about Pheasants I did not know if it was an animal.
There were a lot of surprises when I dived into the world of wildlife. My brain
was inquisitive and transitioning to what I
think is called PURPOSE. I had questions, nonstop
questions and these questions led me to search for answers. I did not realize
but I had entered the world of research. I loved discovering life and
livelihood beyond what I saw.
Science suddenly became my subject of interest
and every semester after that “phase of transition” I finally found peace and
value of my time and attendance in the environmental classes because I loved
it.
I find relativity in
the findings of the results from the paper “Environmental attitude of incoming
and outgoing students of an environmental studies undergraduate degree course:
case study at Royal Thimphu College, Bhutan” The outgoing students definitely
have a positive attitude towards the environmental issues than the incoming
students. It is a firsthand experience as a first batch of graduate of Royal
Thimphu College. It has not just ignited a love for environment in me but it
has brought me all the way to peruse higher education in environmental
management. I am truly thankful for being able to be learning and contributing
towards empowering environmental studies if not academically then in practice.
