Top 5 Problems Ranked
- Freshwater Availability
- Political Corruption
- Education
- Infrastructure/Transportation
- Urban Sprawl
At the end of the day, fresh water availability should be
the highest consideration for the global benefit of all. Whether we are rich or
poor, educated or not, water is a necessity of life and its availability should
be unrestricted to any living person.
Next, political corruption is prevalent in many countries,
including the US. Since governments have vast control over its citizens, the
presence of corruption can hinder all of the other issues on this list.
Since an educated population is an empowered population that
can contributes ideas to towards the betterment of our planet, I would argue
that education comes next on the list.
Since poor infrastructure and transportation inhibits life
within in the city, fixing these issues can encourage people to move back into
the city.
Urban sprawl is not necessarily an issue at present, however
it will become an issue if it goes unchecked, and fixing the items above will
promote city-living once again and lessen our race to the suburbs.
Top 5 Solutions Ranked
- Tax credits to lessen urban sprawl
- Education
- Fresh Water
- Infrastructure/Transportation
- Political Corruption
Since tax credits are something that can be implemented soon
(just by government vote), I ranked it as the “most implementable.” Education is
something that can be resolved by voting as well, however it will take a longer
time and require more intensive planning to full implement. Fresh water
availability is obtainable through corporations (like Coca Cola) and would just
require these companies to continue down their current paths of philanthropy.
Infrastructure and transportation will be a constant battle that will require
constant upgrading and tax dollars to support it, however it can be done and
residents returning to the city will provide a voice to continue to improve.
Lastly, political corruption is something that will likely never go away, and the
difficulty of getting anti-corruption laws passed, especially world-wide, would
require a large amount of coordination.
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ReplyDeleteHi Shane, I thought that your blog went over some very interesting points and ideas that I did not have on my own list nor see in any other blogs that I read. I do agree with you that multiple aspects of our society are in deep trouble if we do not find more innovative and practical ways to save our fresh water. While I do agree that corporations can have quite a bit of influence on preserving fresh water by setting up philanthropies, I do feel that our society needs something we can do every day to fix this problem. For instance, when I found out how water intensive meat and dairy products are I began heavily cutting down on my meat consumption and eventually went vegan for environmental reasons. Although I am not vegan anymore, I still acknowledge that if our society made a small effort to eat fewer pounds of meat a year then we would make huge leaps in preserving major freshwater resources. Thanks for sharing and here is a link to my blog: http://rodnog95.blogspot.com/2016/01/top-5-world-problems.html
ReplyDeleteHey there Shane!
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to say I completely agree with your list and the order of which you decided to rank these problems in. Water is most definitely a big problem in today's society. It's hard to understand how we can live in such a modern society, but a few thousand miles away there are people just like us struggling to get water each day. This is something that shouldn't be happening, and I believe its essential that we find a solution to this. I also agree greatly with the points you made about political corruption.
I recommend you check out my post at http://www.finityphotos.com/blog/2016/1/27/top-5-world-problems