Aspiration
I envision a future where I could effectively communicate my values with others as a means to facilitate transformative change. In such a world, I would be able to bring my friends and family together to discuss current ecological problems such as flaws in traditional agriculture and rampant consumption caused by fast fashion. By sharing my ideas with those close to me, we may be able to change the way we live, and subsequently influencing the ways that other people live via social signaling and approach a more sustainable world.
Intervention
In order to achieve such a future, I plan to practice public speaking more often in order to improve my confidence and articulation. By improving my ability to communicate clearly with others, I would be able to more easily share my values to a wider audience.
Reflection
Overall, this course was particularly insightful in showing me the importance of expressing my own values in shaping transformative change. I found this point to be particularly important because if we as a whole would like to drive sustainably beneficial changes to how our society and economy is structured, we need to get people to care about the issue at hand. Also, I appreciated how the every issue in the class was discussed in a multifaceted way as it taught me to carefully consider every aspect of a given issue as perfect solutions may be difficult or impossible to devise.
In order to gain traction for transformative change, framing relative to the target audience's values would likely be critical in convincing the audience that ecological issues are severe and need to be addressed. Image by Alexander Sheko. Retrieved on December 8, 2023 from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Picture_frames_Presgrave_Place_Melbourne.jpg