McKibben Podcast and Bioregional Quiz

Taking the bioregional quiz opened eyes that many people do not understand the surrounding world. Many people in a community could not describe the soil, name the types of trees, or explain where garbage is taken. It is apparent that little is noticed about the environment, and McKibben expresses that in the podcast done with Scientific American. Stated in the podcast and McKibben’s book Eaarth, the earth in which people reside and were born on is not the same as the current one. This new earth cannot support the economy and growth that people have taken, and this makes a lot of sense. The podcast ties a lot to what Nash states in “Island Civilization.” Population growth has caused a lot of harm to the earth, and both Nash and McKibben have concluded that building is not the solution. McKibben actually states that people have developed a complexity for a “bigger world,” and because of that, people opt for building new structures to “fix” the issues that arise. However, humankind needs to take a step back and actually “hunker down” in order to assist with those issues. According to McKibben, purchasing food at a local farm is a great step toward making change in the environment. One of the questions asked in the bioregional quiz inquires if people know where food is grown, and many people cannot answer that question. If the world moves toward local farms, like McKibben states, it would bring people closer to the environment.