Final blog topic

My two favorite readings this semester were the "Cradle to Cradle" book and the "lifeboat ethics" reading.
Cradle to Cradle brought up many interesting ways that we can redesign our world in order to live with nature. The most important concept from this reading was the idea of not being "less bad." Their ideas promoted technologies that are sustainable and work with the environment as opposed to technologies that are just better for the environment. It is important that we look to develop new products that can be recycled not just downcycled.
The lifeboat ethics article was much different than the cradle to cradle book. This article was very pragmatic. The idea that they propagated is that earth should not be viewed as a "spaceship" but rather a "lifeboat". Because of this, if we help others we are only reducing our standard of living. Giving food to the poor for example will only propagate further overpopulation. Famine should actually be viewed as a population check. While this view is not very humanitarian, it makes sense especially in the context of I=PAT.