- Democracy in business equals better environmental outcomes of large polluters/ Do this buy pushing for laws that require referendums on large issues facing companies who are in a industry that are large polluters.
- Public transportation powered by electronic vehicles, buses, railways, air vehicles. Drone delivery systems
- Meat production, push for better and better vegan options. Invest in synthetic meat production. Relate awareness on the environmental impact of meat production and say for now we could cut emissions buy simply cutting down on red meat.
- Trash removal. Turn burned trash and waste into energy.
The earth is the only home we have, Currently we are destroying it at a rapid pace, We have no respect for the environment engrained in the current global economic model. Capitalism is ruthless towards the environment as well as totalitarian regimes who use industrialization. There is no checks and balances in these corporations in capitalism nor totalitarian regimes. Owners and managers make decisions based solely on profit or personal gain and do not take into account the affects on the environment. Democracy in business would allow for a vote of confidence on matters relating to the environment which would lessen the reckless decisions made by companies and nations that systematically destroy our planet.
While the typical student at The College at Brockport attends classes from day-to-day, they may be contemplating the ways their career goals will make a mark upon the world. For 2011 graduate Alana Yeoman, immersion in political science and international studies drew her to the conclusion that compiling original thought inspired by the materia she learned at the college into a published book was a notable goal.
Transferring to Brockport from Genesee Community College in 2009, Yeoman conceived her goal of making herself a published author and began taking steps to self-publish after graduation.
Releasing "The World in Our Hands: A Political and Economic Analysis" in 2011, Yeoman initially faced difficulty in acquiring publishing success, a struggle which he credited to her exploration of political practices which face criticism in the United States as well as her inexperience in the literary business. She ended up choosing to self-publish through Amazon Kindle, because of which sale proceeds are divided between the company and herself.
"I went through school studying the different political ideologies and came to my own conclusion," Yeoman said.
This conclusion being democratic socialism, Yeoman spent anywhere between four to eight hours a day on compiling his thoughts, writing "The World in Our Hands" in approximately eight months.
According to Yeoman's website, theworldinourhands.yolasite.com, "One only has to look at the countless wars and death and suffering to see that there are huge lessons to be learned by examining history not from a factual perspective but from an emotional and spiritual perspective of the people who lived the wars and plagues we learn about in our text books."
Part of his distaste for current national standings comes with personal experience, learning about the hardships of familial bankruptcy and an inadequate minimum wage for self-sustainability.
"We're being blinded by our current political system, to show us that we all have to live in near-poverty, in wage slavery, when it's not true," Yeoman said. "We're the wealthiest nation in the world."
Yeoman believes college to be a prime environment for exposure to diverse political systems, as it was instrumental in combining academic ideas with his personal concerns. Today, she believes international empathy is a necessary driving force in achieving global political and economic unity.
"They're still people just trying to live," Yeoman said. "One just grew up under communism, one grew up under capitalism. I try not to demonize other societies."
As for Yeoman's future, she has moved into nonprofit fields, working with the Red Cross and an organization called Judicial Process Commission, which assists teenagers and adults with criminal records obtain employment, with aspirations of someday entering government work.
"It [an underdeveloped understanding of political and economic systems] is put into our system," Yeoman said.
With the publication of her first book, Yeoman enters the political world as a Brockport graduate .
The book The World In Our Hands was written because I observed the recession and how many people suffered as a result. This was supposed to be the greatest country in the world and it had succumb to people being thrown out of their homes and waiting in bread lines or at the department of social services. These were all people who were ready and willing to work. They had simply fallen on hard economic times where simply the hardest and most productive worker could be laid off without any thought from management. This led me to realize that are ruthless version of capitalism is not healthy nor sustainable. I wrote this book to show that we can still have the production that capitalism provides but have a fair and just economy that protects hard working American’s and allows for an economic ladder that is climbable and attainable for any one who works hard and contributes great things to society.
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