SCI 362 ENTIRE COURSE

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word proposal to a local city council in which you propose deciding how to use money to best serve the environment within a community.
 
Address the following:
 
Take the role of one of these stakeholders listed in the simulation
You have investments that total $250,000.
Decide how you would spend this money to improve the status of the environment in this community.
Explain how environmental justice plays a part in your proposal.
Explain to the council why they should choose your proposal.
Include how your proposal will benefit the community while maintaining sustainability.
 
SCI 362 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Case Study Outline/Presentation
 
Develop an outline for the Watersheds 4 Case Study.
Create the outline as a preliminary Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation of 12 to15 slides, and include speaker notes.  
Include the following:
 
Describe the historical development of the issue based on the Watersheds 4 case study.
 
Examine the long-term effects of the issue on the environment.
 
Identify the stakeholders involved in the issue and explain the nature of their involvement.
 
Describe the perspectives of the major stakeholders—for example, scientific, economic, aesthetic, or societal—and analyze how these perspectives have influenced how the issue has been addressed.
 
Identify the environmental theories and ethical positions of each stakeholder, and identify how these theories and ethics have influenced how the stakeholder has addressed the issues.
 
Describe the responsibilities that arise from the ethical positions of the stakeholders involved.
 
Describe how the issue has been or should be resolved.
 
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
 
SCI 362 Week 4 DQS 
 
DQ 1
 
Do you agree or disagree with the idea that climate change is an environmental justice issue? Why?
 
 
DQ 2
 
         Who should be held responsible for environmental issues as they arise? Should we have better means of tracking the damage that can occur in the future? Explain your answer. 
 
 
 
 
 
SCI 362 Week 5 Individual Assignment Alternative Energy Graphic Organizer or Paper
 
Consider the government's role in alternative energy.
Create this assignment as either:
 
Option One: A graphic organizer
Option Two: A 700- to 1,050-word paper
 
Address the following:
 
Explain various viewpoints on climate change.
Explain and justify, briefly, your viewpoint on the issue of climate change.
Describe command and control regulations versus incentive based regulations, and provide the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Identify each type of energy source (both fossil fuels and alternative) and its relative abundance and environmental impact.
Evaluate the economic and ethical issues of each energy source
Describe which type of regulation you would advocate if you were in the Federal Congress or Administration and why.
 
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines..
 
 
 
 
SCI 362 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Case Study Project
 
Write a 1,750- to 2,100-word comprehensive paper examining your faculty-approved case study.
Use the following resources to prepare for this assignment:
 
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, available through the University Library
Facts on File News Services, available through the University Library
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) website (http://www.epa.gov)
Ethics and the Environment journal, available through the University Library
Electronic Reserve Readings
 
Include a reference page with at least six references.
Format your paper and presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
Present the Ethics and the Environment Case Study Presentation.


For Local Campus students, these are oral presentations accompanied by PowerPoint® presentations.
For Online and Directed Study students, these are PowerPoint® presentations with speaker notes.
 
 
SCI 362 Week 5 DQS 
 
 
 
DQ 1
 
         What do you think is the proper role of the state and federal governments in fostering alternative energy sources? Should the government be involved in promoting conservation efforts for individuals and businesses? If we have the technology, are we obligated to use it? How much has our energy consumption increased in the U.S. per capita in the past two decades? 
 
 
 
DQ 2
 
         Given that the effects of human activities on climate change are uncertain, do you support some sort of national or international carbon tax? Why or why not?