【生態良知教育】Eco conscience education 連載二

編者按：

每個人都有自己喜歡的生活方式， Diego 和 Anna很幸運，因為他們有著共同喜歡的生活方式。編者認為，這種生活方式給他們帶來的最大好處就是：“擁有整個世界”不再是一句空談。諾大的世界就是他們的家，他們遊歷八方的經歷所產生的各種感受、世界觀、人生理念或許是顛覆性的，且極具震撼力。澳門導報希望把他們的經歷分享給廣大读者。（人物介紹及完整内容，請掃描本文下方二維碼進入官網閱讀）

作者：Diego and Anna     

來源：異域之河

現在，我認為我們仍然有許多行為與我們地球的基本需求相矛盾。而這並不容易改過來：一方面，正如我前面提到的，我們在童年接受的教養模式是反生態的，導致我們也像所有父母一樣，傾向於重複那種模式。這意味著什麼呢？意味著我們以為自己對於孩子的教育工作做得很好……然而並不是這樣。

比如說，許多父母會提議把“購物”作為一種發洩方式。他們所謂的購物就是去買一些我們並不真正需要的東西，快速更新換代我們的物品。這更加助長了消費社會的觀念，同時將更多對環境有害的材料丟棄也加重了環境的負擔。如果“購買”是“幸福”的同義詞，那麼我們就是在傳播反生態的價值觀。我們必須摒棄“新的就是好的”的觀念，要明白購買二手物品是完全可取的，能讓你對地球保護做出自己的貢獻，這實際上比買新的要好得多。我們就是要盡可能多地使用市場上的已有材料，不隨意丟棄仍然能用的物品。因為這不僅僅是“多一點塑膠”而已，我們要明白：所有人都要對地球的未來負責。

Now, I think that we still have many gestures that are in contradiction with the fundamental needs of our planet. And it is not easy: on the one hand, as I said, the models we receive in childhood is anti-ecological, and like all fathers and mothers we tend to repeat those models. What am I talking about? From almost unconscious gestures, which we repeat, we think we do it well ... and we don't .

For example, many mothers and fathers will propose "going shopping" as an outlet. Going shopping is going to buy things that we do not really need, new things that feed the idea of a consumer society, where we buy and throw away, with materials that are harmful to the environment. If "buying" is synonymous with "happiness" we are transmitting ANTI-ECOLOGICAL values. We have to put aside that the new is the good. Buying second-hand things is totally valid, it allows you to make a great gesture towards the planet, it is actually much better than buying new. It is, among all, to use the materials in the market as much as possible, and not to throw away what is still useful. We have to remember that is not just “a bit more of plastic”, we have to understand WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET.

（未完待续）