its interesting to see the new perspective that the speaker has opened up to men in this country. by introducing education to people's daughters it triggers an emotional response of pride and shows them what they can create and achieve. By opening this idea up to fathers first, it's only natural that it becomes a common understanding for men all over the community, by giving something for them to relate and open up to

this is really inspiring to see the impact she created for her community and the opportunity she created for women to be able to become successful and independent in her society

this sounds like music to my ears. This society has managed to empathize with the less fortunate and be grateful for every meal they eat. It would be amazing to see something like that in this country. It amazes me that we throw away the rest of our meal when we arent hungry anymore instead of cherishing the privilege we have to be able to supply that food for ourselves.

this made me wonder how much corporations are hiding from us. a lot of companies claim to be "eco-friendly" and say that sustainability is their main goal. i have a fast food job, and whenever something in the slightest goes wrong with someones order, we just immediately throw the mistake away. Imagine you have no idea where your next meal will come from and less than a mile from your house, a mcdonalds most likely throws away at least one order an hour over something that might be as small as the customer changing their mind about their order after its made. if someone offered you this completely in tact untouched meal, wouldnt you take it? imagine if we had more resources to actually make this possible.

I think it's insane how much food they invest into livestock alone. if livestock alone takes just as much food to raise as the insane amount we throw in the trash daily, steering away from meat might not only be in the best interest of the environment, but also the billions of people left hungry around the world.

I think it's a great idea to hold world leaders accountable for the drive they push in their communities. however, how affective is this really? if you don't have the consequence of not earning a degree held over your head, are you still as likely to try your best in school? The world leaders are the ones who are safe as far as climate issues go, and if they're in positions of power, certainly are not worried about their own equality or hunger. it's important to offer consequences and incentives for earning certain grades for this method to be affective.

i really like that they leave some room for imperfection when talking about these major goals. I think that we can get past the goal of 75 if people were more optimistic about the goals and if we all did our part. If people would stop having a "Just me trying would never be enough" mindset, we can never work toward our goal. All the progress we've made is because of the societies and individuals who pushed for these changes and improvements, and if more people knew the growth we've made, perhaps we'd have more of a collective effort towards these matters.

I think that all these things are hypothetically possible, but probably not realistic. As a society we currently aren't putting enough effort or resources into these issues, and if we want to see ourselves in that poisition we need to at least be past that first push. Although hybrid/electric cars and veganism are being promoted more positively now more than ever, how long will it actually take to see people switch to these alternatives ti halt climate change. There's still so much stigma around these things and supply and demand makes it a lot more difficullt to afford. As far as gender inequality, i think that gender-based discrimination is always going to exist and besides the amount of policies and protection acts we pass, theres only so much we can do. Hunger has and always will be an issue but with that being said are we redistributing our wealth to the extent we need to be doing currently to end this?

its relieving to know that this class will have a focus on compassion when it comes to feedback because i feel this is a great way to easily ensure we all do our best and get the most use and gained knowledge out of each others responses.

this is a nice tip because i feel like you're more likely to take in constructive criticism if it is offered in a positive tone.

i thought this tip was really interesting because most people's first reaction when responding to someone is to just respond without thinking about how they are going to take in the information. i think it can be very useful to set an intention to take in the writer's information completely because then you're focused on the information they're giving you and can fully process what they are saying to you and how it makes you feel. This can be beneficial to you because it will help with how much knowledge and value you take in while reading, but in a peer review setting can also help you think of what feedback you want to give back to the reader and how beneficial some feedback might be as opposed to other.