Question 1
More importantly, I learnt that the government has a major role to play especially in regard to promoting civil education aimed at sensitizing people on their role in promoting a sustainable environment. This can be done through funding projects that teach environmental conservation and by initiating policies that state penalties for those who negate efforts of other people who struggle to keep environment clean.
Question 2
The concern around sustainability in materials and goods sourced from developing countries poses a dilemma that often occasions serious disagreements between governments and countries (Weber et. al 432). This is owing to the sense that the locals from where the materials are sourced need the jobs but as well, the destination countries for the materials hold sustainability with high regard. A solution for this conflict has to revolve around standardisation. The developed nations could initiate skill transfer in which they send their team experts to ensure compliance of the materials to their sustainability standards.
Through this arrangement, the benefits shall be two-fold. Firstly, the governments shall work around a mutual agreement thus reducing friction but more importantly, that the materials shall have been vetted by the recipient nations. This reduces totally, all the possible instances of rejection of the materials by the destination country.
Works cited
Weber, Christopher L., and Glen P. Peters. "Climate change policy and international trade: Policy considerations in the US." Energy Policy 37.2 (2009): 432-440.
Nowak, Amy L. Versnik, et al. "The Story of Stuff: Increasing Environmental Citizenship." American Journal of Health Education 40.6 (2009): 346-354.
