Overpopulation of the world

Air pollution in China

Education and the Proliferation of the New(old) Concepts:

The article starts by saying that good education is connected to a good economy.  Although, education is a perfect way to prepare for the future, the interest to let education serve different ends is arising. Since the ecological circumstances are not up to par, the article states that the concepts of agrarianism, the commons, no-growth economics, and maximum wage will increase in popularity over time.  The education one receives today should not be different from the wealthy versus the poor. Society has attempted many times to change these ways and begin a no-growth and maximum wage policy. However, we have not succeeded.  

The article discusses how agrarianism should be put into place. Agrarianism, in definition terms, is a “doctrine of an equal division of landed property and the advancement of agricultural groups.”  Instead of remembering the cultural view of agriculture, such as “frugality, good neighbor ship, the avoidance of risk, and psychological profit in work done well”, we, as humans, tend to think farming as just a way a life: a way in which money can be made. If agrarianism came a part of the future, citizens would benefit from sharing a community and having a neighborhood for all families. 

Next, the article discusses no-growth economics. The need for the no-growth economics concept is a result from the “environmental degradation” of today’s world.  The idea is that there will be no rich or poor people, just a middle-class population. To be successful in a no-growth economy is taxes. Therefore, there would be an establishment of maximum wage. President Roosevelt  attempted to pass a law that taxed 100% to the one’s making over $25,000 dollars per year. However, the law was never put into motion.  Like the agrarianism and the commons, the no-growth economy and maximum wage shall launch through education, and result in service in “economic and political dimensions to life.”  

Through the government, we are “dominated” by the wealthiest people and with that we have much hope that some will take a “proactive policy stand.”  Instead of allowing our world to continue to take part in these acts, humans should agree that project-based learning, social reconstruction, pedagogy and community-based curriculum are the aspects that will get our world ready for the environmental and global problems we are facing, and also the ones to come.