This week I wanna talk about a big environmental Issue that we learned about in my ESA 200 class, Sustainability.
There are 3 E's to sustainability which are the Environment. Economy, and Social Equity. Sustainability can be defined as enabling all species to thrive across generations in a way that maintains the ability of larger environment to support this. More simply put it is a process of living well for all and in the future within the means of the environment. To be sustainable we should take nothing from the earth that can't be replaced by the earth itself. Sustainability includes all living and non living elements of life. Our environment is the ultimate source of our materials as well as the "final sink" for all of our wastes. our basic needs in life come from the materials from the natural worlds ecosystem services and we need to to our best to protect them. Sustainability is not an easy task but it is something that needs to happen if we want to continue living peacefully on this world and using the environment to our advantage.
One of the fundamental questions about sustainability is How can society be organized in ways that enable individuals and communities to thrive while sustaining the ability of the environment to support life?
In My opinion I believe we should only take what is needed from the environment and not degrade the earth to obtain every material it can give us. We should take what can be replace and not take everything at once. I understand that we need to take some things for our survival in the type of world we live in to support life and communities. Although I believe we should always be looking into more environmentally friendly options for things like energy for example. That we we do not use up all of our natural recourses before they can replenish themselves.
Whats your opinion on this fundamental question?
In my opinion, I think that people are way too greedy. Until companies come face to face with the effects they have on the environment, they will continue to stockpile as many materials as they can. It's a sad truth, and the way we use resources has to change for sustainability. Do you know of any measures the U.S government has taken to sort of curb how big businesses use the environment?
ReplyDeleteFrom my point of view, the level of a society is associated with how well it can do for sustainability. I think the people who start to concern the issue of environmental sustainability are those live in a developed society. Because a developed society is stable and with good economy & technology, it let people enough to live comfortable. Since there's nothing to worry about the present, people begin to care about the future. A civil society with advanced technology can of course contribute more for sustainability. Comparatively, an unstable society cannot assure a good living environment for people. They have to worry about their current situation thus do not concern too much about the future.
ReplyDeleteTherefore, I think in order to achieve environmental sustainability, developed societies should do as much as they can for it and unstable societies should find out ways to develop themselves first. Also, I think we probably cannot just stop producing or using deposable things because I feel it might cause some other problems (e.g.may be effect the economy). I don't know. It's just my opinion.