Sustainable blogging

Maybe its time I wrote a little bit about school. "But school is boring!" you say? Why yes it is, but its also very enlightening at times, and today I shall attempt to share just a little bit of the educational process I have undergone in the last 2 months with you dear readers. My favorite course at HPU, and the only reason I im not pissed beyond belief that I have to study so hard, is Ecological Economics and Sustainable Developement (EESD). I think I have mentioned this earlier but now, two days before the dreaded midterm, I feel like I finally know the course well enough to explain why I like it so much. Reason nr. 1: Its economics. "Well THATS not a very good reason" you say? Normally I would agree, but the interesting thing about approaching ecology and sustainability through economics is that you get to share the economist's (who rule the world!) point of view. And more importantly you learn how to argue within their frame of reference, and possibly even win the argument. Put shortly the main difference between classical economics and ecological economics is that The Classics do not recognize the environment as having any impact on the economy. Resources are abundant and forever, and if they run out we shall simply invent a technology that gaps the lack of said resources. Also The Classics have no opinion of equity of distribution, which Ecological does. As I mentioned its very interesting to become familiar with the terminology of the economists, but so far I must say that Ecological Economics carry a rather suspicious resemblance to Socialism og at least Social Liberalism (as i think Venstre coined the term back home). I'm sure we simply havn't gotten to the section of the textbook where someone explains to me how rampant liberalism and sustainable development can live happily together ever after... The other awesome thing about EESD is that we get to do Public Affairs. I know I have mentioned this earlier but I just think it demonstrates purpose on the side of the lecturer to run a course on Ecological Economics and combine it with some practical hands-on experience with the PA and PR aspects that we are most likely to be working with in real life. I'm doing a policy memo on geo thermal energy in Kenya (thank you Iben) for next time. Who would have thought?



Until next time: Keep it green y'all! (Oh and don't drive Buicks. Its bad for the environment)

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