Thursday, January 20, 2011
the discussion in class today made me think of this weekend. Because of the reading and something my brother said we started talking about the ideas that the book was saying (environmental tax) but also other ways to make people become aware of the reactions to their actions. My brother thought of an idea that I think would work but with help of the government. He says that it should be people who will make the real change, because supply and demand, if no one wants it then (unless the gov't forces it) it wont happen. So he said the best way to go about that is to increase education about the environment. If it is a topic we learn in school at a young age and all the negative affect that our actions have on the world then maybe people will start doing little things that will help or even big things. I said how ever that will take a long time, multiple generations. I say this because what your parents teach you tends to be a strong foundation on your beliefs, therefor education of the good environment might have a big effect on human actions in the world, but after the education of two or three generations. So after we talked about that for ever, i thought that maybe with education then once that is getting a start slowly bring in the environmental tax so people have a plus/incentive to buy and react to their education... i ddidn't think of this conversation until class, i'm not saying it is the perfect way but it is interesting to think about all the ways to great awareness of environmental problems.
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That is a great idea. An eco-tax is an interesting concept that I think would work, but would take a long time to do so.
ReplyDeleteEducated children from a young age about the environment will lay the foundation for a generation that, as a whole, is looking for a way to better the world.
Educating must be done in the home too. If our generation begins teaching their children about the consequences of our actions to the environment in the home, those values will persist on into adulthood.
Good idea!
When reading your comment about educating children from a young age about the environment, I was reminded of tour of a Japanese elementary school. I noticed that the children had a plot of land outside of the building that was growing several varieties of vegetables, and that the children were in charge of tending it. It looked like an agriculture class. This was impressive, since the children were in only 4th or 5th grade.
ReplyDeleteI do agree that starting young when educating about the environment and humanity's relationship to it would help, but that's also a long-term goal, as even if we start now, the children will have to grow up before the changes will start to be evident.