Hong Kong and Tempe: How I’ve Gained the Most Out Of My Study Abroad Trip

Gabrielle Blanchette

Hong Kong and Tempe: How I’ve Gained the Most Out Of My Study Abroad Trip

As I reflect on my overall experiences abroad, I have found that sustainability is slowly, but surely, becoming a prominent subject within my school and extracurricular activities. More and more it seems as though conservation scientists and biologists are being connected with sustainability. When there is a comparison, we tend to find that each tends to compliment each other in areas that are lacking. For example, conservation, at least in the context I am learning through my ASU classes, is primarily wildlife biology and ecology. How can we protect and preserve the environment and its natural cycles, and what mechanisms can we use to do this?

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Sustainability in Hong Kong

Gabrielle Blanchette

Sustainability in Hong Kong

By Gabrielle Blanchette

Hong Kong is a diverse city, home to many beautiful cultures far and wide. It is an international stopping point for many freight ships and an iconic city in the fashion world. As it continues to further as a hotspot for many anthropocentric activities, its current state trends are threatened with many challenges that harm the sustainable development of this iconic city. Of these challenges, I have highlighted three sustainability challenges and two sustainable activities that I experienced while abroad on my global intensive experience.

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