Blog #6

 Spiritual Ecology is very intriguing and thought provoking.  It raises many questions about the meaning of humanism and whether or not humans are actually a part of nature as opposed to nature's ruler.  I picked this group because I thought that Spiritual Ecology would be an interesting topic to research and teach the class about, and so far I am right. 
I agree with both arguments concerning humanism.  I believe that humans are 100% animals and a product of nature, like every other creature on this planet.  However, I also believe that because humans have evolved into an intelligent species capable of complex thought and emotion, and therefore are the dominant form of nature, at least as we know it today.  I wish humans as a whole were more in tune with their natural side and more in tune with nature itself; it seems most people today have disassociated themselves from nature almost altogether.  As corny as it may sound, the way of life on the planet Pandora in the film 'Avatar,' to me at least, would be a utopian society.  If humans were able to learn to control their frivolous exploitation of resources, humans and nature would be much more harmonious.
We discussed the idea of possibly doing a game of Jeopardy to help teach the material to the class, but not really sure if that is what we are going to do.  We are going to look for interesting videos and try to create a game or activity that would get the entire class involved as opposed to just trying to lecture, because that would be boring.