U.N Debate

The U.N. style debate was very informative for all the students that were involved in it and i dont think any of the countries/groups have been dissapointed by the task that they were set or the country that they were assigned. So a pat on the back for the lecturer's on that front. I learned more about most countries that i didnt know before esspecially that Denmark was a huge powerhouse in the form of sustainable development. As for my country i realised what a creul old world it is out there with the aid that countries give poorer countries such as malawi is not "free" aid however it has to be paid ack at a extortionate rate of interest meaning that they need another loan from another country to pay off the interest that they have borrowed from a bigger nation in terms of aid. I also learnt that the U.S.A have one of the worst sustainable development policy and the fact that they want to spen more on the military when there is 60 million people every year that go without health care because of the non socialised medicine that the USA of implamented.

The sustianable development development stragies in my country was very easy to find becasue it was mostly on the UN and CIA websites however i know that some people did not find this as easy as i did and some of the webpages on the CIA website were in the language that the country spoke meaning that it rendered these websites useless. I feel there was a huge variety in the decisions of all nations and what they decided to spend the money on. The decisions came with economic wealth due to the fact that economically well ff countries dont need the sustainable devolpment policies that poorer countries need

Recyling

Recycling is a brand new concept to most people and if you are used to putting out just black bin liners full of all your waste for the past 'x' amount of years then 3 recycling bins can be a very confusing time for families. People have do have the best of intentions for the environment and no body would go out of their way to harm the planet or the people living on it, however some people can not be get used to the new system of recycling everything that you have because it takes effort and if it is a choice between just dumping things in the general household waste or thinking about it and put. I myself have only just got used to the concept of recycling everything i throw away due to the fact that as i only live in a very rural part of England the system has only just been introduced and for myself the concept is very new to me. This is just one of the reason why recycling numbers can fluctuate month in month out. However over a period of ten or twenty years there will still be fluctuations however the general trend will be a downward curve. This is for the sole reason that it will become second nature to most people meaning that they wont need to think whether an item is recyclable or not because they will just know via habit.

Recycling rates have can become very low very quick if councils don't influence people and encourage them to be "greener". Therefore cash incentives could be used to encourage people to recycle and make them think about in terms of how themselves may benefit. Also stronger punishments must be enforced for people who blatantly disregard for the "3 bins system" and education for offenders which will ensure them not to re-offend.