Episode 36 - Are you an a****** for flying cheap?
This episode is about a burning debate on personal responsibility regarding minimizing our carbon footprint on the environment in the context of western society and democratic states. The aim is to present the ongoing debate on different approaches regarding how to solve the Climate Crisis. The hosts and also the fierce debaters are Marianna Vaga and Klaas de Boer. According to Marianna's argument, each individual is directly responsible for their own negative impact on the environment, therefore each individual must make an effort to minimize it. On the contrary, Klaas' argument states that each individual should not be held responsible for the negative impact on the environment they have, therefore the government must remove the unsustainable choice. Klaas have interviewed an expert from Tallinn University, Katrina Koppel, to back up his claims and Marianna has done extensive research on multiple scholars and uses their arguments and research findings to support her stance in this debate combat. Will the two find a common ground? What solution would be proposed, if any? Stay tuned till the end to find out! This episode was brought to you by TLU Student Podcast. Team: Marianna Vaga, Klaas de Boer, Johanna Randmann, Ksenia Polubinskaja and Emma Lapinleimu Special thanks to Terry McDonald and Avo Ulvik! References: Aronson, E., Wilson, D. T., & Akert, R. M. (2005). Social Psychology. NJ: Prentice Hall: Upper Saddler River. Borunda, A. (2020, 4 20). We still don’t know the full impacts of the BP oil spill, 10 years later. National Geographoc. Retrieved 11 22, 2021, from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/bp-oil-spill-still-dont-know-effects-decade-later Clifford, K. (2021, 9 26). Climate psychologist says neither gloom-and-doom nor extreme solution-obsessed optimism is the best way to discuss climate change productively. CNBC. Retrieved 11 22, 2021, from https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/26/how-to-discuss-climate-change-productively.html Dale, A., Robinson, J., King, L., Burch, S., Newell, R., Shaw, A., & Jost, F. (2020). Meeting the climate change challenge: local government climate action in British Columbia, Canada. Climate Policy, 20(7), 866-880. Güney, T. (2017). Governance and sustainable development: How effective is governance? The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 26(3), 316-335. Laurian, L., & Crawford, J. (2016). Sustainability in the USA and New Zealand: explaining and addressing the implementation gap in local government. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 59(12), 2124-2144. Lennan, A. M., & Ngoma, W. Y. (2004). Quality Governance for Sustainable Development. Progress in, 4(4), 279-293. McGrath, M. (2020, 11 4). Climate change: US formally withdraws from Paris agreement. BBC News. Retrieved 11 22, 2021, from https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54797743 Milman, O. (2021, 1 20). Biden returns US to Paris climate accord hours after becoming president. The Guardian. Retrieved 11 22, 2021, from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/20/paris-climate-accord-joe-biden-returns-us Saldanha, C. (2004). Strategies for Good Governance in the Pacific. Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, 18(2), 30-43. Schultz, W. P., Khazian, A. M., & Zaleski, A. C. (2008). Using normative social influence to promote conservation among hotel guests. Social Influence, 3(1), 4-23.