Sustainability

Sustainability involves the different methods we use in order to preserve the environment. These methods include recycling, turning off lights, cutting down on our shower time, carpooling, and other activities that help preserve the environment we too often take for granted. I agree with the notion that we should do much more than we are doing to help preserve our environment, but it is important for us to first focus on the small things we can do to help preserve the world we inhabit. Though we can do a lot of small things to help improve sustainability, we have to understand that these small things can be very difficult for people who aren’t used to being environmentally conscious. I think the biggest challenge advocates of sustainability face is dealing with the fact that people aren’t willing to go outside of their comfort zone to help preserve the environment. This can easily be seen in some students’ inability to be supportive of trayless week in our very own cafeteria. People want to do what is easy and convenient for them, and a lot of times it is hard to prompt people to do what is necessary to help preserve our environment.