Tuesday, 18 November 2008

Sustainably debatable.


I found I learnt a fair bit from this exercise, I was particularly impressed with Denmark's attitudes and efforts towards the subject.
Admittedly it was a losing battle when it came to Denmark winning any of the money because they are so up to date with their sustainability but I also thought that the pair who covered Denmark done well to keep the policies in there and show the rest of us how good they were instead of maybe toning it down in an attempt to get some money.

On the other hand I was slightly unimpressed with the United States, to me it felt like there was an undercurrent of greed when it came to the money and that they were more interested in putting the money towards their oil problem and the military instead of helping Africa.


This of course has nothing to do with the people who represented America.

There was quite alot to research when it came to Bulgaria's sustainability, I think the country has along way to go before any of the policies will actually make any sort of effect, and there are other issues which possibly need to be addressed before the sustainability ones will be worthwhile.

I was very surprised with the problems Bulgaria face on the daily and the amount of effort that is needed to live comfortably and sustainably, not only on the economical side but also on the natural side with things such as weather and terrain making it hard for the population to move forward.

The variation of all 14 countries I personally found was abit disgraceful, I personally think its about time the bigger more economically and sustainably developed countries took some responsibility and gave the smaller countries with bigger problems a hand to help make sustainability a worldwide effort.

I found the assignment enjoyable, it was good to work with someone who I usually wouldnt and acheive something from such a small basepoint, having to build a working relationship and then work together to make the assignment work.

I feel as if my partner was better at using the information in the presentation, I find im not very good at presenting in front of a group of people.
If I was to do it again, I would focus on the matters of sustainability more than the background and facts of Bulgaria.

All together I found it was a good assignment to be set, the structure was good and it gave people the opportunity to learn about thier own country as well as others.

1 comment:

EmmaM said...

Your presentation was very good and it seemed that you both worked well as a team. I agree with your points about how sustainable Denmark are compared to other contries. The points for sustainable development from USA like you've said are absolutely shocking!