Above is a cartoon animation that although seems light-hearted, deal with real issues concerning human consumerism. I read through some of the comments for this video and there were tons of people disagreeing with the situation. I agree with them that yes, the Earth doesn't care, nor do most animals that have no feelings. But what we're doing now inevitably affect future generations of humans, shouldn't that be important too?
Therefore the quote by Prof makes sense:
"When we are able to grow the resources we need, we will finally be on the road to sustainability."
'Wanting less' will not sustain in the long run; 'always having' is what we need to aim for, as hard as it seems.
With reference to the landscape approach, biobusiness is still in the valley. We need to create all sorts of new ways in order to reach the summit or the clouds.
The presenters of today's presentation all presented on the issues of food security. None presented on industrial biology part, although I am not complaining. Michelle presented hers in a unique point of view by giving us insight into the cows we eat and making it more easy for us to relate to the content she presented.
Honestly though, I wouldn't really read or care about the labels on a food product. The fact is a lot of us won't, and that the only times we'd read a food label is to see how many calories or fats there are in them. Haha. Perhaps that's why today's lesson didn't particularly interest me, as I can't relate closely to the issues at hand.
Overall, I would rate this session 6/10. This topic admittedly does not interest me, but it was good to listen to prof and others' insights on these issues.
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You are what you eat.
That's not true, I don't remember eating a sexy beast.
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