In class I brainstormed along the lines of the environment as well as animal rights. The ever growing issue of the meat and dairy industry’s impact on the environment interests me, due to the fact that a significant amount of attention needs to be drawn towards the issue. Individuals might know or have heard of the concept of climate change. They might know the basis of it, possibly along the lines that the weather patterns are changing. Yes, they have the right idea, but there is so much more than people know. Most of the people on this planet are blind to the fact (or unfortunately do not care) that their daily acts negatively impact and deteriorate what mother nature offers us. There will be a stopping point- where as a society we cannot go on living the way we do. We are ignorant to the fact that mother nature cannot continue to give all she has, while we sit back and destroy the planet with urbanization. Mother nature will not be able to sustain our population, without us giving back to her and protecting the environment. We only have one planet, and if change does not occur very soon the end will be near. Yes, I am going outside the topic of Ethics in Higher Education because I feel very passionately about this topic, and I know I can strongly answer my inquiry question with a solid thesis. I am very outraged because of the large amount of ignorance that people have towards the issue regarding climate change. It blows my mind that some still can repudiate that claim. The first step towards success would be to educate our generation. We need to educate the ignorant, as well as further the knowledge of those who care about the future of our planet.
My research question: “Is it essential to become vegan to save the future of our planet?”. To arrive at this specific issue, I did not really need to use a strategy. Due to the fact that my major is called Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, I am always connecting my current assignments to the health of the environment. I feel so passionately towards the issue that I could make a connection between any subject/essay topic. At first, I did not know that I could go out of the course theme. As soon as I learned that we could, I knew I had to come up with a inquiry question that would lead to a thesis which would educate individuals on the issue regarding the deteriorating health of our environment. My hopes are that if more and more people start to being educated on the issue, positive change will start to occur. Honestly, I don’t think that people are aware of how much their daily acts make a fatalistic impact each and every day. After being educated, hopefully these individuals will change their ways as well as pass the knowledge on and inform others of the necessity for adjustment on the way we currently live our lives.
These two images caught my eye will researching my topic...
The image above describes the drastic amount of global freshwater supplies used to grow livestock feed (23&), global greenhouse gas emissions produced by livestock (14.5), global land devoted to livestock feed (33%), and global land occupied by the livestock system (45%). 14.5% of global greenhouse emissions are proceeded by livestock. That simply cannot continue.
The image titled "Comparing Carbon Foodprints" depicts how "meat lovers" are at a 3.3 carbon footprint where vegans are at 1.5! We need to educate one another, and shrink the footprint that we produce.
Some potential stakeholders that I could direct my argument towards would include:
-My generation
-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The one that appeals to me the most would be my generation. My generation are the ones that have to establish the positive change. We need to be the ones that actually make physical changes in the way we live our lives. It is pertinent that we start to adapt to living more sustainable lifestyles. This generation needs to set an example for future generations to come. The change needs to occur now because things will only continue to deteriorate if we keep living the way we do. On the other hand, if we all help to educate each other and everyone else around us then we can be on the path to a healthier environment, as well as a positive and clean future. I would rather persuade a stakeholder that agrees with my cause because then as they read my work they will be able to relate on a personal level with my ideas/views. It will be easier for them to agree with my points because they might have similar opinions towards this certain topic. On the other hand, it could also be beneficial for this specific issue if I persuaded an unconvinced stakeholder because ignorant individuals who claim that climate change is false need to become educated.
My concerns while moving forward into P3 is making sure that I keep myself on track time wise, and stay organized. Staying organized and planning out my time will lead to a successful and stress free completion of P3. I am confident about this piece, because I know I will be able to form a profound argument. I might address my concern of keeping myself on track by making deadlines/goals for how much I want to accomplish by a certain date. This would ensure that I would not fall behind, and that I would not be rushing on the last night trying to put my project together. If I create deadlines then my work will be more thorough, because I am taking my time analyzing the sources/information instead of rushing. My other concern would be to stay organized, but I will be able to easily accomplish that by mapping out my deadlines, and keeping the sources that I find all together in one document (labeled, etc). To help my writing process in class, possibly you could suggest ways that you have personally found most effective regarding ways to organize your sources and keeping on track time wise.
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