YCP Spring 2025

Food sovereignty addresses the transition from localized to global food systems by emphasizing community control over food production, distribution, and consumption, prioritizing local knowledge, and promoting sustainable, culturally appropriate food practices

litering. When people do this and throw things into the water it will poison the water and harm the ecosystem living in the water.

It will defiantly hurt the water supply due to decreased water predictability. We will not know the amount of supply that we can rely on having.

It offers a more resilient alternative to the modern food system.

The people affected most are those who are in the lower class. This is because when land is needed for projects those are the first people that can be forced to move away.

In dunmore there is a landfill. The main issue for the surrounding community is the smell from the landfill. There is also a highway right next to the landfill which again can cause a bad smell for the driver.

This is going great on my campus. We are learning a lot about what we can do to make a difference.

This is going great on my campus. We are learning a lot about what we can do to make a difference.

There really isn't anything preventing me from doing this. When ever I drink something that would require a mug I use a reusable one. It is nice to know how many things I do that contribute to the environment.

Getting a reusable water bottle is more expensive then using bottled water. Some people just don't have the money to make a purchase like that. Also in some areas the water is not clean which makes it easier to buy bottled water. I can make this a permanent habit by continuing to use a renewable water bottle.