2 Annotations

How much should the government help the environment?

Susskind, Lawrence. "Strengthening the Global Environmental Treaty System." Issues in Science and Technology Vol. 25, No. 1 Fall 2008. SIRS. .

The author of this article is Lawrence Susskind. He is currently a professor of Urban and Environmental planning at MIT. He has a B.A. in English literature and sociology from Colombia University.He also has a Masters in city planning and a PhD in Urban planning from MIT. He has also won many awards including the Global Environmental Award for his work contributing to the field of environmental conflict. Lawrence Susskind is also the founder and president of the Consensus Building Institute. This institute helps mediate disputes between countries worldwide. This article by Lawrence Susskind is about the problems of international treaties that are specifically about environmental issues. These problems include there being no way for the treaties to be enforced, not all the countries are joining and there is no profit for them to join, and the fact that the countries do not know what each countries contribution should be, considering how developed the country is. Finally, the article discussed ways the treaties could be improved, including making it profitable for counties to join and having groups in the various countries try and help the countries follow the treaties.

Jayson, Sharon. "What It Means to Think 'Green'." USA Today 13 Aug 2008. SIRS. .

The author, Sharon Jayson, is currently a journalist for USA Today, specializing in articles about behavior and relationships.She has worked in the media for a long time and has had jobs in different media areas. She was a journalist for the Austin American-Statesmen before she worked for USA Today. She has also worked for radio programs and been anchors for newscasts. This article by Jayson is about the psychology of thinking green. It talks about experiments by different psychologists including experiments about the effect of propaganda on peoples’ opinions on being green. The article is also about how people do not always understand what they can do to help the environment and how they do not understand everything they are hearing about such things as global warming.