Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Top 5 World Problems

Top 5 List:
#1: Armed Conflict
#2: Global Population
#3: Water Supply
#4: Poverty
#5: Environmental Issues

I listed the problems in this specific order because I feel like although all of these problems are relevant, devastating, and equally important, I based it off of prevalence. Armed conflict is number one because it has been going on since the beginning of time, and its effects stay relevant even far passed when they occur. Furthermore, I put environmental issues last, even though this is as vitally important as everything else. Ultimately, I did decide to put it last because it would need a much longer recovery time.

Most Implementable Solutions:

#1 The water supply: Put more portable water filter in countries that need it, so that non-drinkable water becomes clean and usable on demand.
#2 Environmental Issues: Enforce and increase laws regarding the use of the things that are toxic to our planet. Furthermore, create ads to raise awareness about our environment, to persuade people to be more cautionary.
#3 Poverty: It is very difficult to try to think of a single solution for this intense problem, but one suggestion would be to have wealthier countries make donations to build up other countries who may not have the resources to get out of serious poverty.
#4 Global Population:  Find a way to allocate our resources more effectively and efficiently; so that what we do have can be used to the best of its ability.
#5 Armed Conflict: It's really hard to pin down a solution for this huge problem, but one possibility could be increased strictness on who can govern a whole country, to eliminate extremist points of view from power (hopefully calming down any feelings of hatred that would lead to terrorism/war).

Although all the solutions were hard to think of because the problems are so huge and complex, I ranked them in order based off of the ones that seemed most feasible. I put my water supply solution as number one because I know that there have been some versions of a portable water filters already used in some countries. I know that most of them have been very effective, so I figured putting more of these in countries that truly need it would be the most implementable solution. Armed conflict was the most difficult to deem implementable, just because of the large nature of the problem. There is not one single solution to such a problem, so it came in fifth.


















2 comments:

  1. I find your list very interesting. I think water supply, poverty, and environmental issues go hand-in-hand with one another. I'm just slightly confused on your order because you have a separate order for the implementing- I think that was what the order was supposed to be? Either way, good job.

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  2. Hello Cassidy. I agree with your top solution in regards to bringing clean water to many countries across the globe. For my solution to bringing clean water, I think wealthier nations should be providing the infrastructure to build these water systems that would have to be maintained by the people. Then they would be able to implement the portable water filtration systems into their sinks. Great idea! I didn’t even think of that. If you’d like, you can check out my blog on the “Top 5 World Problems. http://clarissaidos.blogspot.com/2016/01/top-5-world-problems.html

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