To What extent do you think that it is your duty as a citizen to be 'informed'? Are you informed? How do you get to be informed about serious issues? To what extent do you think that you should leave the complicated decisions up to others?

I feel that sustainable development is an issue thats important. Everyone should be informed and educated on the subject. However i also feel that it is those who, like me are interested and possibibly studying it as a module, have more availability to resources and information on the issue.

Some people don't understand the concept of Sustainable development and global warming and just dont see it as a big issue, they therefore do not feel they need to change their lifestyle. One main attribute to sustainable development is most probably recycling.
Over the years Recycling has improved greatly showing an increase in us as citizens being informed.. However some would argue that we are not being informed and we are literally being handed recycling bins, bags and bottle banks and simply being told to fill them with the correct Waste. I personally feel that we are being informed on the consequences, possibilities and improvements but in a very basic and 'bland' way and i only understand because like i said previously, i show an interest in this area therefore i study it. But many of us dont.

I feel that i am informed of sustainable development due to various reasons, The main reason being Through education. Local Councils are the ones that tend to inform the community on recycling but they could possibly do a litttle more to educate us in why we are doing this, using Al gore's film as an example.

One of the main points, that i am going to repeat and already have throughout this blog is that; The more of an interest you have in Sustainable development, the easier it is to access resources and the easier you pick up on it in the News. Therefore alot of the sustainable lifestyles are learnt behaviours such a recycling, Eco Friendly resources such as cars and packaging that is already of a bio degradable nature. As all of these are introduced and have became a way of life without stressing why certain materials have been made the way that they have.

By Watching the News regularly, reading broadsheet newspapers and using the internet, can inform you on what the important facts of Sustainable development. i feel that tabloid newspapers are to be avoided as they are skeptical and tend to use scare tactics when writing about subjects such as global warming.

Lastly i feel that The 'complicated' decisions should definatly be left to those who are studying into this area of work. However when concerning politicians who tend to get side tracked into political debates, should, in my eye not be responsible for decisions on the welfare of humanity, in terms of Global warming without research backed up by scientists.