This is my first ever blog post. The whole conception of this blog is the result of a module I'm taking as a part of the Bachelor of Environmental Studies course in NUS. Still a bit daunted by the prospect of posting scholarly articles at least once a week and my views on them. So, I'd like his post to be more of a warm-up to the later posts which have more relevance to the environment per se.
However, I would like to take this opportunity to give the reason why I'm taking the Bachelor of Environmental Studies. The main reason underpinning why I chose this course was that I always had a great sense of justice. What i mean by this is that I find it hard to accept situations where punishments or rewards are dealt out in an inequitable manner.
But why Environmental Studies specifically? Environmental Studies because I do believe that this is the largest problem faced by humanity and is the source of the largest inequality I believe. There are two main aspects to this, there is inequality both economically and temporally. How is it fair that while people in developed countries (Singapore included) are able to pollute and live such luxurious lives, people in less developed countries bear the brunt of rising sea levels (The Maldives actually face a legitimate existential threat from rising sea levels!)? How is it fair that the future generation suffers the effects of pollution, whose deleterious effects can last a very long time, by this current generation?
These two questions are not the only reasons why I chose this course of study but they are indeed the most important factors and do seem to gain the most traction with my friends when I talk to them about the importance of the environment. I'll guess that this will end this post. So sorry if this was a poor first post. I'll promise I'll get better as my blogging skills get up to speed!
Signing off,
Enviromigo
