even though a world full of justice may not be possible, people still need to take more responsibility to protect the nature and try to avoid the injustice. There are so many unfair problems associated with not only the ecosystem but other parts (economy, school…). The unfair distributions of power in different groups will lead to injustice, just like the stories in classes. In decision making, the supreme should try their best to listen to voices from different groups, including marginalized groups (indigenous people) and the public. Due to the unequal amount of sharing message, the supreme usually make some fathomless decisions that the public cannot understand. If this happen, representatives from indigenous people and the public now need to take their own responsibility to negotiate with the supreme that they are not doing wrong to systems that they care about. In addition, I envision that the supreme needs to make the decision making process clear to the public. Representatives from the public have the right to vote for different decisions and the percentage of representatives cannot be lower than 40% (estimate) which can play an important role in influencing the final decision.
top of page
Make the pledge to push for system change with CoSphere.
Create an account to join and begin connecting with our community.
Why Join?
Why Join?
THE COMMUNITY FORUM
bottom of page
Yes! it is so important to effectively communicate decision-making processes to the public and to make them feel included.
I think your point on the decision making process being clearer to the public is really good. As the stories from the lecture have shown, too many decisions are made without communications to the public (especially the locals). And when power is concentrated in a small group without enough diversity of experience and culture, wrong decisions are made, and it's the locals who pay for price. Transparency in decision making is crucial if the goal is to have a sustainable future for everyone.
I think what you mentioned about the right to vote is crucial. But furthermore, above having the right the vote, we also all need to have more accessibility to voting. I think sometimes people don't vote because they cannot physically make it to the ballots, because they do not have the privilege of easily mailing in their ballots and many other barriers especially for our vulnerable populations. Do you have any ideas to make voting more accessible? Thanks for sharing!
Nice post! I 100% agree with your point that decision-making processes need to be made more clear to the public, especially with the communities being affected by those decisions!