Sustainable development for
our country and for the world is the ideal situation, but the reality is that
people simply won’t commit to this.
Sustainable development aims to replace the resources we use and minimize
the damage to our environment.
Developing countries can’t really do this because green technology is so
expensive. I think that this fact is
what hinders the world from switching to green energy.
We can’t deny the fact that
people want to reduce their costs. We all don't want to run out of funds (I guess, I still have some puns left), and this is understandable. However, eco-friendly
products are usually priced at a premium because they help the environment. E-jeeps or hybrid cars, organic food, and
similar green products have to be subsidized in order for people that are not
in the upper middle class to actually buy them.
Which is why, I believe that our SL project can really be successful and
sustainable.
People are willing to have
these PET bottles installed into their homes because they don’t have to pay for
it. They don’t need to pay electricity to
have light in their room. This obviously
lessens their expenses, and people are unknowingly going green. If green technology or products can one day
be subsidized enough to become cheaper than the “normal” products, then I am
sure that people will go green.
The government has to become
a catalyst in instilling this change for our country. We have to start integrating it to our
culture. The Philippines is a country
full of natural resources, but they are now being slowly depleted. If we are all environmentally conscious and use
eco-friendly products, then our country will continue to prosper with our wealth
of natural resources. Poverty and
corruption is really the line, which hinders our country from progressing to
become a better place to live in.
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