Our discussion in class Wednesday really made me realize just how little I'm aware of what's going on in the world around me. You guys mentioned stuff about aquifer problems out west and whatnot for the water issues, something I hadn't even realized was currently an issue. As depressing as the atmosphere was, that class woke me up a little bit, and I feel like I'm more motivated to do productive things with my time to help ensure that, as selfish as it sounds, at least my own future isn't one that is actively dealing with scarcity.
Also, as a journalism major, I found it interesting when we discussed how the general public only seems to care about whatever problem the media focuses its spotlight on. That does seem to be somewhat of a problem, and I wonder when national media will focus itself more on at-home issues that need to be resolved instead of celebrity news and nonsense.
A Marketing class I'm in was discussing sustainability and our professor gave us a website to go to. The website asked us a few questions about our life and then told us how many planet earth's it would take to sustain us if everyone on the planet lived like us. It took around 5 Earth's to match my consumption.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/
That is the website if you want to find out how many Earth's you would consume