Ecocrticism

An ecocritic, Glen Love, says the problem with environmentalists in the humanities is their lack of understanding in the fields of the sciences. And yet, many will not miss an opportunity to criticize the sciences for being based in reductionism. He encourages the people of the humanities to mingle with their science counterparts of the academy, and assures us they will probably know more about literature than we know about science. Love opposes the worlds of science and the humanities to a somewhat extreme extent in order to make his point about the need for interdiscplinary action for environmental movements. How can we properly perform an ecocrtique without scientific knowledge of the environment within the literature? While the science used to scare me, because I decided long ago I was not "good" at them, I have begun to thoroughly enjoy them because they offer another facet through which to look at things. While I may prefer to qualitatively observe things and write freely about them, there are great rewards in understanding the other side of the story as well. And, as a mostly humantities-driven person, a good grade in a science class is almost more rewarding.