Taking Business Sustainability course has changed me on a personal level. I’ve never had a deep connection with nature. As a kid I have spent many family vacations in the middle of a forest because of my father’s fascination with his job (He is a retired forest engineer/carried out forestry research).
To be honest, I never really understood his relationship with trees and nature. Now I value nature more. I appreciate environment more. I acknowledge that it is one of the most valuable things that has been given to us for free. Part of this realization might come from that now I know how serious environmental issues are, now I understand the complexity and globality of issues such as climate change. I believe this realization didn’t occur to me sooner partly because the media has been downplaying it.
I believe as an individual I can embrace sustainability in a few ways: 1. Ethical and Sustainable consumerism: As the buyer of a product or a consumer of energy resources, I am partly responsible for how that product was made and how I consume energy. “Partly”, because I have limited power when it comes to the range of products that I can choose from and the price range that I can afford. On the other hand, entrepreneurs can actively control these two factors. The wealthier class of society has greater responsibility as they consume 80% of natural resources. I do believe that tax rates should be higher for them and the resulted revenue should be invested in environmental-related activities and educational projects. As an individual I can take simple steps in my everyday life that promotes sustainability, such as not using the dryer when it’s sunny outside and taking my plastic bags with me when I go shopping (I can’t expressed how disturbed I am by excessive use of plastic bags in supermarkets).
The Essay on Pearl A Product Of Nature
Pearl is one of the most interesting and mysterious characters of the novel The Scarlet Letter. One tends to wonder why Pearl is the way she is. Why does she act so strangely and so differently than all the other characters? She acts this way because of a relationship she has with the force of Nature, which Hawthorne personifies as sympathetic towards sins against the puritan way of life. Because ...
2. By trying to promote sustainability conversations as a form of informal education. This can be an effective way to raise awareness between the individuals. We talk about the weather all the time, these conversations are usually immaturely terminated; we can certainly take it to the next step and connect extreme weather and environmental disasters to effects of global warming and climate change. We can have conversation about recycling and fun ways to save energy, etc.
3. By not contributing to the population growth and fostering adoption of orphans and children in need of someone to take care of them.
4. Lastly, by supporting environmental regulations and laws. I’d rather be bound by regulations and breathe in clean air. More environmental regulations, even though might result in dramatic and quick changes in the lifestyles of individuals do not necessarily equal taking away their freedom as they are beneficial for them in the long run.
