resonated with some of the topics that were discussed in my Ethics and Environment class. It was great to have the panelists themselves ask us the first question in what are our biggest environmental concern was. Sometimes, we don’t think much about the environment and the current possible events that are happening in our natural surroundings as we are leading our busy lives.

A main concern was global warming, which is an issue that has always been roaming around the news about climate change but has not seemed like an imminent threat. It is a good thing that now the recent democratic debate has brought global warming into the spotlight for more people to be educated about this realization of how much harm it can do. It is an improvement from previous political grounds. Another issue that was brought up was fracking, which was defined as the release of chemicals from the pipes running underground. It was interesting that I never thought before that fracking was not common around the world and that it was defined because we had people from different areas around the world. However, the panelists were common in one aspect that New York state and Ithaca in particular booming with environmental activism was very opposed to companies doing any fracking here.

Overall, I liked the set-up of the whole panel because it stimulated a more relaxed discussion about the environmental problems which are increasingly becoming and should become worries for society.