Blog 24
1. In terms of how to transition to renewable energies, there's both personal choices that can be made as well as policy choices that can be made. Regarding my personal involvement, if and when I become a homeowner I'd like to implement solar panels in my home to be more sustainable. I'd also like to compost and grow as much of my own food as possible.
Regarding more widespread energy practices, I'd like to be involved in lobbying for safer and more sustainable energy practices. Before this class, I didn't think about the ways in which nurses could lobby for sustainable energy practices. I was amazed to watch the video on fracking in Australia and knowing that nurses had a major role in the production of that video, which inspires a lot of confidence in what nurses can do to use their voices for good in these situations and in the climate crisis. One way to do so is to call our representatives, and another is to actually get out and protest and speak out about these issues.
2. I read about an initiative in San Francisco to get SF to zero waste. The goal is that by 2030, San Francisco will have cut down on its solid waste generation by 15%, and cut down on what goes into a landfill and is incinerated by 50%. Education regarding types of waste and how to compost and recycle has gone out regarding what goes in what bin. In addition, the black bins of residents of San Francisco were replaced with smaller bins as a way of reducing waste and encouraging people to use proper bins for recycling and compost.
Environmental news:
I read about corporations that are part of the movement to make companies more eco friendly. There's a group of companies who take on a certification that goes by different names, B Corp being one of them, that are supposedly making an attempt to put 'purpose over profit'. These companies take a variety of approaches, but include working towards zero waste. There's a lot of speculation as to what role these companies will actually play - given that consumerism is one of the causes of climate change.
Regarding more widespread energy practices, I'd like to be involved in lobbying for safer and more sustainable energy practices. Before this class, I didn't think about the ways in which nurses could lobby for sustainable energy practices. I was amazed to watch the video on fracking in Australia and knowing that nurses had a major role in the production of that video, which inspires a lot of confidence in what nurses can do to use their voices for good in these situations and in the climate crisis. One way to do so is to call our representatives, and another is to actually get out and protest and speak out about these issues.
2. I read about an initiative in San Francisco to get SF to zero waste. The goal is that by 2030, San Francisco will have cut down on its solid waste generation by 15%, and cut down on what goes into a landfill and is incinerated by 50%. Education regarding types of waste and how to compost and recycle has gone out regarding what goes in what bin. In addition, the black bins of residents of San Francisco were replaced with smaller bins as a way of reducing waste and encouraging people to use proper bins for recycling and compost.
Environmental news:
I read about corporations that are part of the movement to make companies more eco friendly. There's a group of companies who take on a certification that goes by different names, B Corp being one of them, that are supposedly making an attempt to put 'purpose over profit'. These companies take a variety of approaches, but include working towards zero waste. There's a lot of speculation as to what role these companies will actually play - given that consumerism is one of the causes of climate change.
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