Preservation

 

When talking about Sustainability usually think of green technologies such recycling, wind power, or solar panels because most people only think about Sustainability in terms of the environment.  Which are good goals to help future generations, unfortunately not a lot is said about helping the current and near future generations like the poverty or helping end world hunger.  According to our book the UN tried to tackle this issue in 2015 which took many different forms, one of which was trying to tackle poverty by addressing what they thought of as gender inequality.  I personally think that by ending the Oligarchies that we have in certain industries that we could decrease poverty in the United States.  For instance, if the United States ended the Oligarchy in the Entertainment industry not only would they create new jobs which would increase wealth, but it would also force companies to lower in order to stay competitive.

https://www.justice.gov/atr/antitrust-laws-and-you

Another concern that I have is ecological preservation, which I think our national parks services are doing a good job at, but unfortunately not a lot is said about Marine conservation.  This is quickly evident when you think about the BP oil spill in 2010 and how even now marine life is still being harmed 10 years later according to National Geographic.  Also, even I was not enthused when President Trump rolled back the safety regulations that Obama put in place to make sure another Deepwater Horizon happens again.  Another thing is how the news media reports it or certain history books do not mention things like the Ixtoc oil spill that happens in the 80’s that severely damaged the ecosystem in the Gulf of Mexico just like Deepwater Horizon.

https://www.whoi.edu/know-your-ocean/ocean-topics/pollution/oil-spills/ixtoc-i-oil-well/