In the current world, the matter of climate change and preservation of nature are important goals to strive for and to be conscious of. I am personally very interested in the subject and is the reason that I chose to take this class. Throughout, my life, I have participated in many activities and roles which promote these ideas. I am an Eagle Scout, meaning that I have been on countless service projects having to do with nature, as well as many camping trips that allowed me to connect with nature on a more personal level. I have seen first-hand, the impact of human involvement on nature and seen how people are trying to restore it. Aside from this, I also see the more legislative side of business. I was part of a small group promoting to white house representatives important environmentally safe practices for religious institutions on the east coast
Currently, I am studying business which is very intertwined with the environment. Big business is many times are the ones many point fingers to in regard to harming the environment. However, throughout many of Kogod courses I have learned how this is changing. In the courses I have taken so far, we learn how big businesses are starting to feel more corporate responsibility to the environment. Protecting earth from pollution and global warming are becoming more important to people, and businesses are starting to feel the obligation for the part they play in the world. As a result, many businesses are adding sectors in their company with the sole purpose of managing these environmental concerns to try and abide by the government standards
Aside from just big business, many non-profits have opened up with the goal of helping the environment. Through my research I have found that the EDF, Environmental Defense Fund, is one such nonprofit having over two million members. These non-profits seek to find lasting solutions to environmental problems we have today, and employ many businesspeople to work them. https://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/documents/business_and_the_fourth_wave.pdf