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1. Give 3 reasons why you believe and should care that tropical rain forests are disappearing.
2. How would you explain the importance of tropical forests to people who think that such forests have no connection to their lives?
3. As an environmental health practitioner, list three environmental policy/regulations you want to implement to preserve the disappearance of the tropical rain forests. (number your responses and provide reference.
Analyze an alternative to fossil fuel propulsion. most carriers in air transportation use jet or turbojet aircraft that burn either pure fossil fuel (Jet A-1) or fossil fuel blended with a small amount of Sustainable Aviation Fuel. With the goals of CORSIA and the EU ETS in mind, manufacturers are developing alternative propulsion methods/fuels to reduce the carbon footprint of aircraft.
Discuss an issue you care about related to environmental quality and find an article, video, or infographic (from the CQ Researcher database or other appropriate location from the Shapiro Library) to support it. Post the resource link in the discussion board.
A link to the CQ Researcher database is provided in this module’s optional resources.
How does the issue in the resource relate to environmental quality and equity issues?
Who is impacted by the same issue in the resource, and who would be responsible for fixing the issue?
use the following scenario to answer questions listed above:
Scenario 2: Social Justice
Scenario from Project Guidelines and Rubric You live in a neighborhood with an active community organization. You and your neighbors are very concerned about inequity, as the city is spending money on improving road conditions in some areas, but not others. One of your neighbors asked you to join them in attending a community action meeting to address these observations in the form of an informational campaign. By reading the Elm Glen city profile, you will learn about an example that highlights sustainability in action. In the Project Template, you will describe some actionable steps the organization could take for each pillar of sustainability. Organization Profile Elm Glen is a primarily residential neighborhood in a mid-sized city. It is a densely urban area with a diverse population. About a quarter of the people in the community speak a language other than English as their primary language. The median family income is average compared to the rest of the city. The neighborhood is served by public transportation and is home to a commercial strip along Academy Boulevard. The neighborhood has a community organization called the Elm Glen Community Association, which is made up of a small group of residents of the neighborhood who work to make sure the area is safe and well maintained by the city. The neighborhood has a mix of streets, with some generally more well maintained than others. Members of the community association have observed that the city has prioritized spending money on repairing broken sidewalks, clearing sewer drains, and beautifying medians in some areas, while neglecting other areas. In looking at the environmental concerns they have for the neighborhood, the association has decided to look at the specifics of the Flint, Michigan, water crisis to see what issues, missteps, and obstacles the city encountered in addressing that crisis. They will then use that information to help determine the steps they should recommend the city takes to prevent inequity in addressing the concerns of the neighborhood. Case Study Summary The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, is a case of governmental negligence and environmental injustice. As a sustainability pillar, environmental justice relates to the human impact on environmental quality and its unfairly distributed impacts. Flint’s mishandling of the water supply in 2014 adversely affected the drinking water supply of 100,000 people, and the impacts disproportionately fell on those with little resources to effectively provide themselves with safe drinking water. The city’s governmental leaders failed in providing the basic necessity of water to its residents, resulting in tragic lead poisoning, which is especially dangerous to children. As you will read in detail, the Flint water crisis is about much more than lead water pipes; it is about intentional environmental injustice. In the aftermath of the tragedy, we have learned lessons about promoting environmental justice in sustainability decision-making.
Describe the sustainability practices of a business or organization that you frequently engage with.
(You can usually find this information online by searching for the name of the business or organization, along with “sustainability strategy” or “environmental goals.”)
How do you think the business or organization is greenwashing? Explain.
How is the business or organization being socially responsible? Explain.
Submit the finished version of your Environmental Issues in the News article. It consists of the introduction, conclusion, and sociological analysis of the environmental impact of the topic you chose
What are the adaptation challenges that the climate crisis poses to cities? How are cities going about planning for these challenges? Describe the different scenarios or imaginaries that characterize these different approaches. Is Boston taking climate risks seriously enough? Can we continue business-as-usual in the city over the next few decades, or will we need more drastic measures? What are the limits of using models and translating everything into financial terms? How might we price risk more accurately to create the right incentives? Who should pay for climate adaptation and how? Could we use this as an opportunity to reshape the city and address other challenges, such as inequality?
After completing the module readings, discuss one issue that population growth will cause. This could be an issue related to the environment or to human health and well-being.
In your response posts, discuss how a concept or theme covered in this course could be used to address the issue you peer identified and promote sustainability. Will this concept continue to address the issue, or will it have to evolve in the future to respond to our growing needs?
Write an essay about Lung diseases caused by air pollution
Briefly outline how uncontrolled CO2 emission has contributed to global warming.
Write a 3-5 page paper on environmental ethics, following the paper template provided to ensure that all points are covered. This is a take-a-position paper. In environmental ethics, there are various world-views that influence our relationship with the environment. You will research 5 common world-views as they relate to the environment, such as anthropocentrism, biocentrism, ecofeminism, etc. Apply the world-views to environmental problems of our time and then take a stand or develop your own worldview.
This paper requires the use of supporting evidence, such as journal articles, reviews, or scientific sources of info. You may not simply copy material from another source and insert it into your paper as your own ideas. Summarize supporting evidence and present it in your own words, making sure to cite the sources of this information using APA format. Also, make sure to create a list of references used at the end of your document. See the separate paper template file, as well as the APA format guide for more information.