Comments on: Question of the Week #19

By: David Krantz

David Krantz — Thu, 05 May 2011 12:07:14 +0000

In the United States, it’s working with people who think that climate change is a myth; in Israel it’s working with people who can’t see past the country’s short-term security concerns; in all developed countries, it’s learning how to consume less; and in developing countries, it’s creating sustainable models for growth.

By: Noam Dolgin

Noam Dolgin — Thu, 05 May 2011 10:49:27 +0000

Apathy!

By: Joe Orlow

Joe Orlow — Wed, 04 May 2011 11:07:00 +0000

I think one challenge is making Environmental cost effective. Money talks. If the true cost of pollution becomes more apparent and the true economy of conserving and using “green” is recognized, then being environmental will become “mainstream”. In general, to get people to act on a community wide basis takes two elements: the carrot and the stick. Money can be the carrot. Another challenge is to wield the stick without becoming the “Green Police”, as famously portrayed in that commercial for Audi where a man is busted for using an incandescent bulb.

By: Sarah Osborne

Sarah Osborne — Wed, 04 May 2011 09:20:53 +0000

I think our biggest challenge is convincing people that their actions do have consequences. Our trash doesn’t just disappear, it goes to landfills and rivers; clean water is not an unlimited resource; gas guzzling cars are polluting our air and atmosphere. And that matters to everyone, or it should, anyway.

By: Evonne Marzouk

Evonne Marzouk — Tue, 03 May 2011 18:27:26 +0000

I think the most significant challenge is the increasing consumer lifestyle in the US and around the world