The Week 2 And 3 Sust Evening Lectures

The environment is among some of the top issues to be looked upon by the human population in the world today. Sustainability is a word often times used when speaking of this subject. This is a concept represented in the articles “Sustainability” by Christian R. Weisser and “Attention Whole Foods Shoppers” by Robert Paarlberg. Each author addresses the issue in different ways; one giving examples of this issue and the other clearly defining it. Each author is writing to spread awareness of this issue. As overlapping topics, each article has similarities and differences to the other.

As environmental and suitability movements continue to evolve and grow, the importance of bringing society from a state of awareness to one of consciousness is key to their long term success. Finding a way for people to have an emotional connection and reaction to the issues that face our world today as they relate to sustainability will likely be the turning point for more universal support and

The word ‘sustainable’ has been chosen as a second criterion, as the philosophy sets out to be

It was energizing. It connected deeply with something in me about Identity, about the capacity of every person to contribute to community, to a perspective that is

Sustainability is complex, and there are many different ways that we can promote sustainability in our lives. Through the exploration of how activists choose to promote sustainability in their lives we can learn about the importance of empowerment and storytelling.

Sustainability is an idea that we have been taught in different connotations that has influenced the way I choose to live by. To me, sustainability is preserving ourselves and our environment to live comfortably but also to preserve the world around us for future generations to live comfortably. I plan to take these thoughts into college with me by pursuing a degree in nursing where I know I can learn those skills through the Lutes’ program offered. Being a nurse and graduating from a program that teaches the important values

Environmental sustainability is the ability to be able to continue a certain process or use a certain resource indefinitely (Mason). For example, if you’re using a certain resource and you know it’s going to run out one day, that resource is unsustainable. Sustainability is important because a lot of the practices that we do in modern society from agriculture, to energy source, and even development, are completely depleting our resources. This practices were also made to accommodate our fast pace lifestyle, everything is built and made to be fast and cheap, nothing is made to last anymore. Many people are realizing the importance of being sustainable and the world is slowly changing to sustainable practices like Renewable energy and sustainable agriculture, while also changing the fast and easy mind set to a more “reusable” one. Brevard College has boarded the sustainable train of the world by making several additions to the school like solar panels, alternative transportation options, a Fair trade and organic Coffee shop, and several environmental based clubs. Although they are heading in the right direction, many changes still need to be made in order to achieve a well-developed sustainable campus.

As I will be working in conjunction with several other students—each of us examining some aspect of Holistic Sustainability—we will work together to simultaneously answer the broader question of what a new Center for Sustainability at Grinnell College should look like. With my area of research, I hope to identify whether the Center should be a new or renovated

Nonetheless the projects were considerably fun and intriguing. I am interested in researching sustainability because I not only have experience but admiration for sustainability in general. I enjoy gaining new perspectives and new ways to organize infrastructure. In particular I want to research sustainable communities who meet energy demands and food security with the use of sustainable practices. I would like to examine how the results of sustainability in these communities reshape equality, environmental health, and human

One of the most vigorously debated topics is the issue of sustainability. These include climate change, overpopulation, pollution, and ignorance to the damage being done to the environment. The climate that all living things have come to rely upon is changing because of global warming. Today, sustainability has become a focal point and a significant part of life. Sustainability is defined as the ability to meet current environmental, ecological, economics, social and cultural needs without risking the ability of future generations to meet those same needs. What does the Best American Science Wtg. 2014 teach us about sustainability, and what makes the paradigm shift to a sustainable planet? These different authors explain with example how sustainability can be achieved and also the different points of views that exist. “TV as birth control,” by Fred Pearce, “Why the brain prefers paper,” by Ferris Jabrs, “Bringing them back to life,” by Carl Zimmer and “A race to save the orange by altering its DNA”, by Amy Harmon’s – reveals that cultural sustainability involves efforts to preserve the actual and evasive cultural elements of sociality such as heritage, educational opportunities and public policies, in way that promote environmental, economic and social sustainability.

The Story of Stuff is something I had seen before. My school, where I was from first grade to high school graduation, was very active in sustainability education and making sure every member of the community was well versed in practices to reduce our carbon footprint as a larger body. I graduated high school thinking that I had a pretty clear understanding of what sustainability was and how I could do my part. And even as I transitioned to Maryland I saw an increase in personal responsibility as the campus is covered with trash cans, recycling bins and even compost bins. But while we, as a school, work to recycle, compost, turn out the lights, carpool and in general maintain sustainable habits, The Story of Stuff recounts the chain of events for the rest of the world. I found the first point of the video really interesting. While a lack of resources such as fossil fuels has become a more common discourse, the point she made about not being able to sustain a linear system on a finite planet did a great job summing up this point.

Steve Hansen was an instructor who informed many students in Wisconsin about the importance of renewable energy, environmental sustainability, and earth stewardship. His creativity, energy, and compassion inspired many to become better people. The Steve Hansen Memorial Scholarship Fund has been established to honor his spirit and memory, and to help the next generation carry on his important work. He lived the “Earth Steward” philosophy of making ways of global change from a local-to-global scales to improve ecosystem strength and individual well being. His belief in this global reasoning inspired other students and adults around him to strive to live by this philosophy and make the world a better place. He endured to teach others about the

Sustainability is a topic that has become very important in recent years. Sustainability is defined as, “the ability to continue a defined behavior indefinitely.” ("Finding and Resolving the Root Causes of the Sustainability Problem", 2014)

This essay will review two significant environmental experiences I have encountered exploring the influences of these my life and how these have altered my view on what is environmental sustainability. An examination into these two experiences will follow into reviewing my perspectives on environmental sustainability and how these two experiences influenced this. To conclude a discussion on my role as a teacher and how this will impact myself when in the classroom.

When I joined Trent University for Graduate School under the Sustainability Studies program in September 2017, it surprisingly became a whole new place, new people and exciting in program instructors different from the other universities attended while looking for a career in development studies, environment and peace studies, sustainable natural resource management and community development studies. The Colloquium Course among the other courses in the program, is one to which I have built new ideas and approaches to some of the questions not answered during my career trait. There have been events in the course that I personally attended and enjoyed, The Trent Market Garden educational event on Civic Agriculture, The Windy Pine retreat and the in-class power point presentation on Indigenous Peoples, Canada and the Possibility of Reconciliation by David Newhouse. This course is relevant to understanding the whole idea behind community development, involvement and participation towards sustainable practices. These ideas are explained in details and their relevance to society are explained by different guest speakers within the classroom, workshops and symposiums.