Sept 19 19, Exit slip

Reflection of the day

I find it truly motivating that for climate change to happen, then the solution must be black and white. It also brings into question that how is the bare minimum a person could use and is there enough people in the world that if we were to reduce these emissions, how long would the recovery take? Climate change is no simple topic and requires a full global participation and I wonder how much harm would have to be done before others would recognize that this is a serious problem. I don't believe that there are enough people convinced or even educated enough to make these kinds of choices, or not willing to sacrifice the economical aspect and take on the consequence in order to reduce their environmental footprints. It must be a global effort, and a lot of people will have to shoulder the inconveniences, but it would be better then living on a inhabitable planet. There is geological history that mass extinctions can happen, the earth wont disappear, but humans definitely can.

Selecting a Word

I believe (from the white board), I have two words, and I would like to think that they would go hand in hand. I believe Democracy and Capitalism, in this case, are very appealing to me. Capitalism seems to be such a "ends to a mean" for a majority and I feel that most people are unaware of the circumstance and consequence that comes from only believing capitalism. So what does this mean? Having a democracy and having people choose capitalism may lead to the idea that perhaps people are not as educated as we believe they are about environmental impacts, carbon footprints, carbon emissions, and so on. I may be entering the responsibility of a teacher too late to make a difference, but it doesn't mean that the responsibility of teaching about awareness and how our actions effect the environment should be ignored.