5.3.19 Climate Change Public Deliberation Reflection
1. Did any of the Options appeal to you more than the others?
The implementation of zoning and other building restrictions appealed to me much more than forcing the relocation of people, however, this may be necessary for the future if the risk to life living in those areas proves to be too great. The option of relocation also has significant social and economic effects on people, but again this will have to be taken into consideration of the social and economic effects of certain areas where people live becoming uninhabitable for a safe and reliable living if climate change continues on its course.
2. Did you hear or think of any new way of addressing the issues associated with the warming of the climate?
The idea of a social awareness campaign that focuses on basically peer pressuring people into adopting climate change stopping practices based on revealing certain climate change causing practices of people. However, this poses privacy concerns if it were to be used to help curtail climate change, even still I believe it would prove effective and eventually we may need to resort to measures like this.
3. What are your thoughts on the use of Public Deliberation in the classroom or the community? Is this something you would like to facilitate?
I really enjoyed this public deliberation and thought it was an effective way to present new ideas and foster conversation over issues that impact us all. I could see myself facilitating one if it was over a topic I was passionate about.