Mar
2021
issue brief ideas
For my issue brief, I’m going to continue with my civic issues blog theme of climate change and talk about how to build a greener future but focus more on an individual level as opposed to the country as a whole. There is a constant discussion as to what individuals can do to help curb environmental effects and my goal is to explain some of the different approaches to go about it.
The problems contributing to climate change stem more so from inadvertent causes than anything else. People going about their daily lives aren’t necessarily thinking about how their trash or daily commute is affecting the environment because at that moment it isn’t directly affecting them. And particularly large-scale factories directly contributing to climate change, it is just an unfortunate consequence of those particular industries.
It’s difficult to decide on one particular policy instrument that might work to solve individual strategies for climate change. I think that mandate, inducement, and capacity builder can all have individual benefits and combined can make a definite difference within climate policy.
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Arthur Laban
March 16, 2021 at 6:18 pm (4 years ago)I want to write mine on revamping the electrical industry to make it sustainable so I think that our topics are closely related. I look forward to reading this and seeing how you tackled the problem differently than mine. I am very excited to see the final product!
Mariel Pearson
March 17, 2021 at 8:33 pm (4 years ago)The sustainability aspect, both on an individual and industrial is such an important part of combatting climate change, looking forward to reading some of the similarities and differences between our papers.
Maryn McConkey
March 16, 2021 at 9:45 pm (4 years ago)I also am focusing on an aspect of climate change and I like how you chose to do so at the individual level because it really is individuals who make the whole, and although it is often talked about many people don’t actually follow through when it comes to living greener lives. I also think that if the public as a whole starts to pay more attention to the environment it will call on the biggest offenders (corporations and large businesses) to do the same.
Mariel Pearson
March 17, 2021 at 8:38 pm (4 years ago)I agree that the public coming together in environmental support might force bigger corporations to change some of their policies, we can only hope right.
mjm8703
March 17, 2021 at 2:40 am (4 years ago)Looking at being sustainable from an individual standpoint is extremely vital, although I think this topic needs to be qualified a bit more. Individuals all around live different lifestyles and have availability to different resources, so it is difficult to focus on individualist sustainability for all of the world. Even specifying to US lifestyles is too broad, as many parts of the US are vastly different. I think once you qualify which lifestyles you are addressing, you will be all set. I love the topic and I’m sure you’re going to do a great job.
Mariel Pearson
March 17, 2021 at 8:28 pm (4 years ago)Thanks for the idea of specifying different lifestyles, I didn’t even think of that. I will definitely try to narrow that down.