What have been some of the important historical, social, cultural, and economic factors that have shaped your family’s and your attitudes toward the land and environmental issues. Why?

Write an “Ecological Autobiography” in which you respond to the following question (you might want to write your response in a word doc, then copy and paste into the discussion forum):”How has my family’s and community’s relation to the land influenced the way I approach the land and environmental issues?” Consider your own family’s and/or primary community’s history and place in society going back three to five generations (and farther if you can). What have been some of the important historical, social, cultural, and economic factors that have shaped your family’s and your attitudes toward the land and environmental issues. Why? How did your families and/or communities use the land and relate to nature? To help you think through these questions, you might jot down answers to the questions on this worksheet. There’s no requirement to include ALL of these responses in your narrative, but this worksheet can help in the planning process.As you prepare to write your Ecological Autobiography, jot down some of your thoughts and answers in the space below:How would you characterize your primary interactions with the land or nature, and why? What is your evidence for this?direct source of sustenance or income; economic resourcerecreationspiritual or aestheticlittle or no connectionWhat have been some of the important social-historical factors that have shaped your family’s and community’s relation to the land and perception of environmental issues? How have these factors in turn shaped your views?