Bonus Event 1

I went to the the seminar of the state of the environmental humanities held in the Humanities building in UCLA. It is a seminar which allow professional and also participants to discuss the significance of ecology and raise the awareness of people in society. I have noticed that importance of environmental impact that human brings but I did not know there are connection with feminism, culture and literature as well.

This seminar illustrates the combination of different culture. They talked about diverse culture, literature and environment. They also criticize the environment nowadays, which affected by human activities. Basically, this seminar examines diverse issues but mainly focus on our environment and ecology. The professional made the point that environment actually connect with many other fields such as humanism, culture and geography. I think it is very useful and crucial for students to participate because new generation do not realize the importance and impact of environment and they somehow destroy the environment and affect the next generation. It is essential for them to understand what is happening in our environment right now. Despite those are long terms impact, we have to consider the influence in our next generation but not only our generation. Additionally, the scholars also mentioned how politics connect with our environment, such as policy that possibly protect or damage our environment. The relationship between environment and others deepen my comprehension of the issue in contemporary world. I very much agree with what they said about environment and how interacts with other cultures and literature. I did not know other fields would have so much impact and associated with environment as well.

In my perspective, I think it is very practical and meaningful because environmental issue is one of the huge problem we have to face currently. Through the conference, I am able to understand more about our ecology system and aware of the issue. I think it's a good idea to learn something outside the lecture because real experience can help people to get to know more about the thing you have to learn. 

I do not get the chance to take photo with the staff so I just took the photo in the seminar to prove.