Hi Sophia, I think everyone in the class felt a little melancholy. I didn't even realize before that unique environments can inspire different perspectives. So, good reflection!

Great reflection! Environmental issues are more complex than I think before. Environmental science is truly a profound and meaningful class that teaches us to reflect and thus make a better planet.

Hi Bellie, we should all give up our bad habits. I also feel that people are capable of making changes for the future. Our active discussions really make me feel like that.

Hi Maria, I hope we can all apply global sustainability to our daily lives. This is also my favorite class.

I totally agree with you. I have the same feeling that I can remember more about this course without a final exam. I think everyone is sad about these issues, but we all have the potential to make a difference and impact the world.

I think it is very urgent to ban deforestation. But the government may consider the huge economic benefits of the forest and thus not ban it completely. So it is very necessary to find an alternative to deforestation.

I love and totally agree with your post. Returning to nature may be the future to human-beings. What we used to do really differentiates us with the nature and then negatively influences the nature.

Interesting post. I think your approach is very feasible. before this class, I never considered that burials could have such a big impact on the environment. If the environmental impact is added to the website, people will realize that traditional burials are now very environmentally unfriendly.

As a pet lover, I never felt that indoor pets can have a lot of germs that can harm people. Maybe humans carry more germs than pets. A lot of pet abandonment happens in homes with children. But what these parents don't realize is that pets can build deep friendships with children. Sometimes pets can take care of them.

No one can be unafraid of death. In this busy world, people always have various reasons to prevent meeting with each other. For example, sombody says that he has to work overtime today or he will be fired. Except this example, there are many other instances. So, valuing the present moment is the most important thing we should do.

You bring up a very good point about limiting federally approved programs while being monitored by the public. I don't think it would be difficult to ban single-use plastics with the help of the government.

Hi Sarah, I totally agree with your ideas. If plastic continues to develop and people continue to produce single-use plastic products, I worry a lot about the condition of our bodies that will be affected by the excessive amount of microplastic molecules in the future.

People create single-use plastics for convenience. Disposable plastic does facilitate our lives, but it hurts people invisibly due to its microplastic molecules. My brother thinks microplastic molecules are pseudoscience. So proper popularization of science is also highly necessary.

The end result of 'recyclable' is still incineration. People are always fooled by the word 'recyclable'. Banning plastics is a very urgent task for us now.

Banning all single-use plastics would really help the planet. After that, if someone is found to continue using single-use plastics, he will face severe penalties in terms of money and moral principles.

I really like your straightforwardness. To achieve the target, billionairs should not have so many methods to avoid or evade tax. All they need to do is pay more taxes and make their donations transparent. These donations can be regulated by the public.

I totally agree with you. Changing their mind is the most difficult thing. Protecting the environment is probably the most laborious and unappealing thing for entrepreneurs to do. Their own interests always take precedence over the problems which the whole world is facing, so they are always thinking of ways to avoid taxes and evade them. I really hate what most billionaires do to the world.

Nowadays, businesses always like to do NOTHING under the banner of being sustainable for the environment. Your approach can be very effective in changing this reality. In addition to that, we need to prevent collusion between government and business and make all information transparent.

Such an interesting post! I also want a unified charger in my home. However, I don't think Apple will follow the EU laws in region outside Europe because they did the same unethical thing outside Europe last time.

Hi Helen, I like your posts but think this question is tricky. Billionaires are always selfish toward people who are not wealthy. There is even the possibility of discrimination by Billionaires.