隔壁班同学 with MscED folks

我修读纯发展学，却选修了三门与环境有关的科目。因此，与环境发展学的同学混了两个学期。今天是本学期“环境发展政策与课题”的最后一堂课，我参加了他们为班上两名同学主办的庆生会。

在众多与发展学有关的选修学科中，从选修人数就可以知道各项问题在人们心目中的比重，政治与经济是最热门的。我是否可以以此假设，女生比男生更关心环境？因为环境发展学只有两位男同学。环境问题与人类的生存息息相关，但它往往却是人们最后选择关心的问题。

过去几个月，让我印象深刻及启动我的思考机器的几个问题简单来说包括了：
（1）环境本身是多变的、动态的。人类与环境是相互依赖的，如果人类自以为是主体，环境为客体，人对环境、资源的索求将是无止境的（结果出现了现代人对于污染、资源匮乏的担忧）。
（2）关注不同群体的人们对环境问题及环境风险的不同理解。有时候，所谓的“科学家”、“专家”常自以为是，而忽略了“当地人”对于利用与保存环境资源的传统知识。
（3）处理环境管理时须留意及回应不同层次的管理问题。
（4）... ...

This picture was taken at a birthday party after our last PIED lecture with my coursemates in MSc in Environment and Development. Although I am a MADS student, I have attended 3 optional courses which are related to environment issues, therefore I spent most of my lectures with them in the last two semesters.

The most interesting thing is: there are only two boys in the class, can I assume that girls are more concern about environmental issues?^_^ However, it is truth that among many issues in development, environment is always the last thing that people want to think about and do something.

In the past few months, there are several issues which always make me to reflect :
(1)Environment is DYNAMIC. People and environment are interrelated. When people think of themselves as subject, environment as object, there will be overconsumption and overuse of natural resources.
(2)Concerns about risk perception of different groups. Divergence between expert knowledge and local knowledge in dealing with environment problems.
(3)Be aware of different SCALE of managements when we are dealing with environmental issues.
(4)etc... ...

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