Saturday, 14 November 2009

Blogprompt3

To what extent do you think that it is your duty as a citizen to get "informed"?Are you informed?How do you plan to be informed about serious issues?To what extent do you think that you should leave the complicated decisions up to others?

Climate change is a threat to life on earth.People should be encouraged live in a more sustainable environment.This can only be achieved when people are treated equally and in fairness and also working in an environment which is free from discrimination.Guidance and support need to be provided to prevent any problems.

To make our community a better place now and future people need to help prevent future climate change.People need to take resposibilty to make their practice more sustainable by reducing green gass emmissions,protect air and land.

I get informed about sustainable development by learning about it through internet,watching news,reading books and letters.I feel i am informed about climate change but feel the government should take more action though if people are to live in a more sustainable way for example those with big cars should pay more taxes because they pollute more or people who do not re-cycle should be fined.This will encourage people to live in a more sustainable way because people will be aware of the consequences of their actions.

I think it is the government`s duty to inform people about serious issues of sustainable development.People tend to listen to people in power so the government should use their position because they are more likely to be listened to.Complicated decisions should be left for the government to deal with, for example big issues like bussiness/industry are accountable for carbon emmissions so it is the duty the government to pressurize them to reduce carbon emmission.

2 comments:

  1. You say that the Government should inform people about sustainable development. How do you think this could happen? Did you learn about sustainable development at school/college? Is formal education about sustainable development the way forward?

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  2. Undoubtedly the use of varios means of communication is fundemental in informing people about matters which affect their sustainable lifestyle. If the government were solely left to run the task of informing people, may be some problems could be encountered. The bare fact is people, though, under one governance, tend to be influenced a lot by their affiliations for example; political, religious and ethnicity. So as you rightly mentioned the use of the media remains the most effective especially the newspapers, radio and tv networks .

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