SIM Bernard Dentor

WEEK 10 16/04/18 -  Lecture: we had lectures on "Sustainability & Business in the 21st Century. It was delivered by a guest lecturer James Whittingham of LSBU. James talked about the key system that sustaining the Earth. This key system are air water and food. There all interconnected one way or the other to sustain life on Earth. We learnt that sustainability is the most amazing thing, in that, it is through it we human beings can do our bit to help in saving and preserving the Planet for ourselves and for future generations. He said that at present we are sustaining the unsustainable, in that, so much damage has been done to the atmosphere, the ocean and the land. He cited plastics pollution in the ocean, electronic waste on landfill sites, marine mammals, birds, animals, plants and the ecosystem dying and facing total extinction. James Whittingham stressed the need for society to make choices that would have positive impact on the planet. He gave some examples of what we c...

WEEK 9 06/04/18 Easter Holidays - for this break, there were no lectures nor seminars. However, we the Edge Consultancy group met together on the day of vacation and had briefing on the state of progress thus far. We decided on individual tasks to find solutions to the problem we have already identified in our chosen organisation (G Baldwin & Co). Due to Easter Holidays, we agreed to exchange finished tasks on WhatsApp platform for reviewing. Everyone did the tasks and posted on medium of communication. We individually scrutinised each other's work to choose the appropriate ones for the courasework. On Tuesday 03/04/18, we exchanged views and agreed to meet up in Kingsley house in the following week (Monday 09/04/18) to put the slides together for the presentation. It was a good break to rest and focus on completing the group work. It was fun! PS: I had done this blogging on 06/04/18 but it appeared on another student's blogger account. I had to do it again in seminar on...