In my opinion, the language is a very enigmatic skill of the humans, is like an attempt to show our subjectivities and our reflections. Mark Pagel says that in the origins, the humans like the Homo erectus has just the skill of social learning, that is learn through the visual theft, copy the things that others persons do. I think that we currently use the social learning and sometimes, is very useful, in addition, also using the language we can see a social learning, not so much linked with the visual theft, maybe, a “listen theft”.  In this line, Mark says that in a moment of our evolution, we had to choose between two options: live in small groups or in cooperative societies. Pagel tell that if we had choose to live in small groups, we would probably still living like the Neanderthals, because in small groups are fewer ideas, and for this, not language. On the other hand, living in cooperative societies means replace the visual theft for the language. In my opinion, that is problematic, because I don’t think that in small groups are less ideas than in a big group, actually, exist many small groups like hunter-gatherers who have complex ideas and very rich languages, for that, I disagree with the idea of one world one language, that would be very destructive, even more considering that the peoples would not like to change his ancient language. Anyway, I agree respect the power of the language, with that we can change our lives and change the world.
Considering the language and specifically the Chilean case, I think that the language is something mutable which operates in the practice, not in dictionaries or grammaticism laws, in this line, we can change that conscious or unconscious, and that is not bad.

Background

According to Fundacion Basura, each person in Chile generates 1,5 kilograms of trash per day. Additionally, large part of this trash is plastic, material with important pollution rates and without an organic degradation. Therefore, these elements remain in time, destroying the sea, the air and the ground.

The neoliberalism of our time imposes a culture of consumption and waste, in a frenetic rhythm where anything is made with plastic and disposable, just for use in a short space of time. This garbage is affecting the earth and affecting ourselves, which has made the situation critic and probably, unsustainable later. It is very important begin now to change that, is a responsibility that we have with the earth, and with the future generations.

Problem

It is relevant that the common people changes there daily life for a life with less waste and more recycling. We must to question our habits and our thoughts; moreover, we have to question our culture, because here is a part of the problem. Is necessary don’t forget the industrial factor. It is true that we as common people have responsibilities about the ecology, but the companies and the industries (like the extractive industries) are destroying the environment on a large-scale, is necessary to stop them. Anyway, this work is oriented to the people and to contribute to a cultural change that can solve the problem about the inorganic wastes.

Anthropology can help to solve this problem, with this discipline we can identify and analyze cultural practices that produce a lot of waste, in this way, we can question this practices and show that to the people, exposing others alternatives, oriented to clean and protect the nature.   

Solution

We must change our practices that produce too much inorganic garbage. Incorporating a subject in the primary school to teach the children’s about environment pollution, and showing the destructive that can be our simple practices of our daily life we can change the practices of the new generations, more than that, is very important that people know about the climate change and about the nature contamination. But we need more than that to change the destructive traits of the culture imposed for the neoliberalism. We must have the material conditions to make an effective recycling, is very important to increase things like the recycling points in the city. In addition to this, we must educate all the sectors of the society, through free workshops and any kind of dissemination of information about this topic. Not just the destruction of our practices must be exposing, information about alternatives and recycle practices can make the difference. It is true that the industries and companies will keep contaminating, but we must make our part, obviously, without forgetting this problem.

Background

According to Fundacion Basura, each person in Chile generates 1,5 kilograms of trash per day. Additionally, large part of this trash is plastic, material with important pollution rates and without an organic degradation. Therefore, these elements remain in time, destroying the sea, the air and the ground.

The neoliberalism of our time imposes a culture of consumption and waste, in a frenetic rhythm where anything is made with plastic and disposable, just for use in a short space of time. This garbage is affecting the earth and affecting ourselves, which has made the situation critic and probably, unsustainable later. It is very important begin now to change that, is a responsibility that we have with the earth, and with the future generations.

Problem

It is relevant that the common people changes there daily life for a life with less waste and more recycling. The anthropology can help to solve this problem, with this discipline we can analyze the cultural practices that produce a lot of waste and find more ecology’s alternatives, oriented to clean and protect the nature.