Doughnut Debate: UCD students apply economic model to modern problems

^{Pictured above left to right: event facilitator Sandesh Burada, EY, with organisers UCD Sustainability Student Ambassadors Giulia Schiliro' and Faith Azeez.}

Should global music tours like Taylor Swift and Coldplay be required to offset their carbon footprint even if ticket prices rise? Should KSI and Logan Paul be responsible for the health and social impact of promoting energy drink Prime to young fans? Should every government guarantee basics like food, water, health and housing for all - no matter the cost?

Using prompts like these from contemporary culture that pertain to climate change, health and social foundation, the Doughnut Debate* took place this afternoon in University College Dublin. 

Attended by some 50 students, debaters may have had their disagreements but all were gracious in the face of opposing ideas! 

This event was led by our fantastic UCD Sustainability Student Ambassadors Faith Azeez and Giulia Schiliro', with guidance and support from Ash Middleton. 

* 𝑫𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒏𝒖𝒕 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒔, 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑲𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑹𝒂𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉, 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑰𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒂 “𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆” - 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆’𝒔 𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 (𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏), 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒔 (𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈).