Relational values of the human collective, such as cultural identity and social cohesion can bring about both private action and social signalling action, which, if maintained over time, can lead to system changing action and thus transformative change.
My vision is that by actively engaging on CoSphere, stating values on environmental sustainability and defending them will become a norm in ENVR 430, which will help change the culture and perspectives that people currently have on the topic.
Thus, my first intervention is to engage on CoSphere, and encourage others to do the same. When each student makes a post on CoSphere, they are taking a private action, but the class as a whole is doing social signalling action.
Hi Jagnoor, I really like your ideas! Posting on Cosphere is definitely a good way to shift perspectives to a more sustainable way of thinking, as well as help spread awareness on the climate crisis. Something else that I would like to bring up is the importance that images have on Cosphere. For me, personally, when someone attaches an image along with their written post on Cosphere, it has just as much, if not more of, an impact as the written message in each post. Seeing visual evidence of how dire the climate crisis is can really open our eyes and help support what each post's written message is trying to convey.