This week (week of may 7), we had a seminar in class about sustainability. This seminar was based on books that were read by students. Some of the problems discussed were about our culture of convenience. This gets in the way of sustainability because achieving it requires thought and care. For example, waste cannot be simply thrown away as we are all so used to doing, it must be composted and recycled to the extent that it can be in order for sustainability to be possible. As Mr Stewart pointed out, it is important to get people to enjoy practices that promote sustainability because that is what it takes in order to have a cultural shift away from convenience. I personally read the book the Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry. This book discusses the environmental, cultural and economic impacts of industrialized farming. These impacts include an increase in the psychological distance between Americans and the land in which their food is grown which leads to a loss in respect for the natural environment, the destruction of farming communities, and the reliance of farmers
on federal subsidies. 
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