Environment and Education in France
ESS Inhibitors 1617
This is your list of inhibitors, formatted a little in clusters: Personal circumstances Habits (old habits die hard) time (lack of) money (lack of) education (lack of) technical knowledge and skills (lack of) personal knowledge of and affinity with sustainability (lack of) sustainability education (lack of) perception that sustainable goods are always higher priced or reality that they are? shared accommodation => lack of control perception: I’m so small – my impact will be infinitesimal (implication: so there’s little point) no point if no-one else does anything lack of choice / alternative available to me OR lack of knowledge of any alternative available. feeling it is too late to act / react – so why bother? addiction to...
Definitions ESS 1617
The very ‘definition’ of a great Guitar! [A Taylor T5, if you are interested]. I have given you this definitions exercise to do as it is both interesting and good practice [given that defining your terms will be a critical feature of any Rapport de Stage or Mémoire you may be attacking in M2]. It might sound a little ‘dry’, but there is so much ‘jargon’ in the world of Sustainability and it is understood so differently that we had all better try to understand such terms and how others interpret them before we attempt to use them! These are the product of: personal reflection + team synthesis + online research + the development of the following ‘Master’...
Inhibitors
What is stopping each one of us being more sensitive to our environment in the way we live and what we consume……? Answers ESS 2012 / Answers ESS 2011 Answers ESS 2012 . Answers 2011 Selfishness …. a natural instinct Society … based upon consumption and growth Lack of time in today's society Convenience… we are used to the most flexible / quickest etc…. Image…. being green isn't necessarily 'cool'? Marketing…. just invites us to spend more money on things we don't really need but we can be made to WANT!!! Not all technologies are sustainable…. and not all sustainable technologies are accessible Money – sustainable alternatives are not necessarily cheap(er) than the things we are...
Me? Sustainable? Responsible?
Well that's a hell of a question, isn't it…………..? I asked you in Block 2 to start with yourselves and do a really candid, frank, honest and accurate analysis and evaluation of yourself: your beliefs and values, your habits, your attitudes, your consumption activity, your sensitivity to fashion, the Third World and the environment etc…. I wanted us to explore this territory together for a number of reasons:- you can't get it wrong – you are, after all, THE expert on the subject of YOU!!! [I will not be judging what you say…. just myself!] Corporate Social Responsibility begins (and ends) with the personal and professional beliefs and actions of all individuals: all the MEs and YOUs. It...
ESS Definitions
Here is the list of terms and (I hope!) your definitions: Morality is…… difficult to define abstract word / concept every person society policies economics organises system / code of moral beliefs common to all can create conflicts morality can sell can create image combination of nature and nurture intangible "It is difficult to define the term "morality". The "morality", an abstract word which depends of every person, individual, of every group, society, country, policy, economic sphere. The "morality" is a way to organize society by a code of ethics and particular moral beliefs. As the morality is peculiar to everyone, it creates conflicts. For example, policies and industrials use the morality to self their minds and...
About Me
Here is the link to my professional site personal profile if you are that desperate to know a bit about me, my career and life and thoughts in general! Surprising how many actually read it!