Yes! Taking this course definitely help me know more about the topics and information that I was not familiar with. It brought me to another level of thinking environmental issues and offered me a wonderful platform to talk about environmental issues and share my ideas with my peers. I enjoyed this experience a lot!

I like the atmosphere that Kai brings to this course. While taking this course, it is not very stressful, and I could acquire knowledge from self-motivation and I feel like I’m eager to study more in ENVR 430 course. The interactions Kai brings to this course also activate the whole class, making the last course of the week fresh and anticipated.

I love the passion within the classroom of ENVR 430! It engages me with more ideas and potential solutions to the ongoing global environmental issues! As a result, I’m willing to participate more during lecture time and trying to absorb more in the class. I think the passion of this lecture could motivate me to learn more.

Yes! I also like the structure and the topic of this course. They are new, they are active and they could actually engage people to make us think more about the ongoing issues instead of keeping showing indifference to the serious environmental problems!

Hi, Kevin. I agree with the idea that more donations are ought to be encouraged as it could help people in need as well as saving energy and reducing emission, or protecting the environment. More promotions on body donation need to be published to help citizens lighten the current social norm burdens.

Hi, Suragan. I agree with the idea that public perception and demand could actually make a difference in reducing wildlife extinction. In fact, we should also take a part of the responsibility to prevent the wildlife extinction. Publishing and promoting definitely help citizens understand the importance of biodiversity better, which might result in a better result for wildlife conservation.

Hi, Shanzeh. I think that the information about environmental impacts needs to be provided to the families. It could provide people with more alternations and help with the environmental protection.

Hi, Hooria. I agree with the idea that people could have alternative options for death. We need to discuss more openly and freely to this topic to get to know this topic better and thoroughly.

Hi, Sofie. I agree with the idea that we need to ban the single use plastics ASAP. It harms the environment in plenty of ways. In Vancouver, it has been carried on well and citizens are contributing to the ecology, locally and globally. However, it is not enough for people only in Vancouver doing this, there is a must to engage people around the world to do the same. Barriers that impede this change could be solved by the entire world.

Hi, Philip. I agree with the idea that the governments and the scientists ought to stay in consistency while facing environmental issues, that is, the government needs to govern scientifically and be regulated by the experts in the fields to make sure the projects are on the right track. The scientists and experts should also give suggestions based on science and social reality to solve the problems by cooperating the government.

Hi, Sarah. Governments definitely need to fine businesses who put false recycling claims on their packaging and products, and the governments should give heavy penalties on these businesses. Moreover, stricter laws and regulations might be applied to force businesses to put more money into recycling industries to ensure the sustainable development of the science and technology of recycling.

Hi, Navkiran. Recycle is always a crucial topic for our society. Recyclable products should take more share of the goods market since it is hard to reduce people’s utilities. The companies are ought to take their own responsibility for recycling, by paying for recycling their own products and investing on research in recyclable materials.

Hi, Sophia. I agree with the idea that we need more information on the damages that product could cost. Currently, we are way behind from knowing and understanding the products we consume deeply and thoroughly. The advertisements are trying to inform us as well as misleading us. We need other avenue to get to know the truth of what the products really are. You suggestion definitely could be a potential method to do that.

Hi, Cindy. Yes! From my perspective, the rich are paying much less tax than they should have to, and they are trying to avoid paying the tax by switching nationality, changing locations of their companies. They are using every possible method to prevent themselves from taking social responsibility. As a result, we need to let them pay the tax using administrative tools or directly fining them for avoid tax, if possible. Moreover, the laws that charge more on the rich should be implanted and the tax on the poor could be reduced to some extent to achieve a better standard of social equity.

Hi, Sara. From my perspective, the rich are paying much less tax than they should have to, and they are trying to avoid paying the tax by switching nationality, changing locations of their companies. They are using every possible method to prevent themselves from taking social responsibility. More pressure needs to be addressed to the government to force them change the tax law, instead of taxing on rather low incomers, the rich should become a much more important source of tax income. The money sends to the government by the rich should be tax rather than their political contributions that would turn into policies benefiting them.

Hi, Yaxi. I agree with the idea of increasing transparency in terms of government and business. With more transparency in the society, people are not likely to be blinded by the lies published from the powerful groups, this could lead to better decision-making in the society. Moreover, supervising the corporations and the government to avoid the collusion between government and business or any other types of corruption would definitely be more applicable.

Hi, Gamen. I strongly agree with the idea that corporations should take their own social responsibilities and stop letting the public pay for their troubles. More governmental intervention should be applied by implanting laws, enforcing supervision. Moreover, it is always crucial to keep the procedure transparent to avoid corruption and black-box operations.

Hi, I think it would be a potential approach to provide more water for dry places to reduce fuel and burning possibility. However, it might be more emergency to provide water to people living there to ensure their water security and suffer less from being lack of water. As a result, we might turn to other approaches without using too much water, such as keep monitoring, use controlled burning methods to prevent fire that grow into an uncontrolled situation and bring huge damage to the local community.

Hi, Amy, I agree with the idea that burning should be controlled and all of the citizens are supposed to contribute to it. Therefore, education is always crucial for engaging people and let them be aware of the benefits of controlled burns and encourage them to apply the right approach while burning, to keep people safe and keep air clean.

Hi, Maria, I agree with the idea that regarding forest fire as a natural force and we are supposed to manage them with wise and concern, fire biology could be a crucial indicator for further forest management. Moreover, for documenting and analyzing forest fire, I think the current study of applying machine learning and artificial intelligence would be a useful approach to monitor and manage the vast forests continuously and efficiently.