We have interactions with many different people every day, and they all have a different sense of sustainability. You might talk to a person that is very concerned about sustainability like the figures we saw in Food Inc., or an English teacher that is very concerned about the sustainability of the world. To me though sustainability is the ability to be the best you can be. I don’t think you can be %100 sustainable because there are so much factors that are involved in it. Also I believe that sustainability goes further than just being sustainable to the environment. For example you could be a sustainable student by being productive, studying, turning in all of your work on time, and showing up to class on time every day. Also if you recycle in you dorm room, and all that good stuff makes you sustainable too. Then when it comes to family sustainability you might try to keep everyone together. Make sure everyone helps around the house, and helps each other with problems such as school work or financial situations. My family personally tries to fulfill each and every one of these aspects which makes us a much more of a tighter group. Also just like with being a student my family participates in the environmental part of sustainability by trying to be more environmentally friendly. Although it is in bigger ways such as keeping the heat down so we don’t use up so much gas, or not using as much electricity, and hot water. By now I hope you are starting to see there are many levels to sustainability, and they each expand into a wider spectrum of actions.
After we go from our personal sustainability we get to the higher levels where organizational and national sustainability come into play. The main organization that I take part in right now is the Ohio University. Living in Athens I see the universities concern for sustainability every day. There are posters comparing Ou’s sustainability to other colleges all over the campus. Also you have places like ping, and the baker center that use very sustainable ways to power themselves. So I can see that sustainability is very important to my school, and its attendants. The next level of sustainability would be the state, and nation level. I researched into Ohio’s sustainability projects, and I found dozens of ways that my state is working towards a more sustainable future. For example construction just started on what will be Ohio’s largest wind power farm. Its annual output should be about 304 MW which will help power a lot of Ohio homes. There are many other projects that show how sustainable my state of Ohio is starting to become.
At the end of the day sustainability could be something as big as a state trying to change its energy sources, or as small as a college kid throwing a piece of trash into the right colored bin. We all have our own idea of sustainability, and the way we carry it out depends on how much we care about the environment, and the people around us. It is reflected from our actions, and the things we speak out against such as big bossiness that hurt our environment. I know what sustainability means to me, my family, and my school. And the states I live in. Hopefully I will continue to see this passion in sustainability as we all work toward a better future.
Work Cited
"Largest Wind Power Project in Ohio Center of Signed Power Agreement - Sustainable City Network, Inc.: Energy: Blue Creek Wind Farm, News, Akron Ohio, Firstenergy Solutions, Iberdrola Renewables." Sustainable City Network, Inc.: Balanced Information & Intelligent Solutions for Municipal Professionals. 9 Feb. 2011. Web. 17 Mar. 2011.
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