Write a paper identifying and weighing the effectiveness of strategies that serve to mitigate environmental injustice and work toward environmental justice. Assignment Directions This part of the Course Project expects you to address aspects of environmental justice by considering the following questions. What has the community done about environmental injustice? What have allies from outside … Read more
Final/Term Project ENSCI 108 – Environmental Conservation Problem Statement and Evaluation Criteria Submission will be a written report and PPT only. NO POSTER BOARDS FOR ONLINE Hassenzahl, D. (2011).Visualizing Environmental Science, (5th Edition). Wiley. Assignment: Select and thoroughly research one important environmental problem or issue associated with either energy or pollution. Parenthesis indicates minimum pages … Read more
Watch the video at CNBC: “https://www.cnbc.com/video/2014/08/25/ power-rundown-detroits-water-crisis.html.” and discuss Detroit and the burden of paying for water. How might we provide clean safe water to poor households who can’t afford to pay for the infrastructure necessary to get the water to them? How might this affect other health problems?
Student-1 initial post, I believe that my food is relatively safe and that I have taken measures to further ensure that it is safe. For example, I am a vegetarian because I learned about parasites and other diseases that can result from poorly cooked meat (apart from the environmental effects of the livestock industry). I … Read more
The diseases discussed in this module(Zoonosis and Vector Borne Diseases) have killed hundreds of millions of people over the last several thousand years. Many of them are facilitated by human behavior such as leaving standing water around homes allowing for mosquitoes to breed or people moving into the edge of forests where they come into … Read more
Student 1 Intial Ppast Post Student think that people are skeptical about global climate change for a couple of reasons. I think the first is that it has become highly politicized. I’m not exactly sure how it became politicized but some of the skepticism seems to stem from this. I also think that some people … Read more
Assignment Content Competency Describe the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere and how they interact. Student Success Criteria View the grading rubric for this deliverable by selecting the “This item is graded with a rubric” link, which is located in the Details & Information pane. Scenario Each of us has directly or indirectly been impacted by a natural disaster … Read more
Research an environmental pollutant, and compose a scholarly activity response that discusses the following aspects of the pollutant: Identify the pollutant. Discuss how this substance is produced and how it is used. Explain how the pollutant is introduced and transferred throughout the environment. Discuss the negative effect the pollutant has on the environment. Provide two … Read more
Reviewing a Scientific Assignment You have a choice – pick one article, either: – Gignac et al. “Co-creating a local environmental epidemiology study: the case of citizen science for investigating air pollution and related health risks in Barcelona, Spain” – Krengel et al. “Health symptom trajectories and neurotoxicant exposures in Gulf War veterans: … Read more
Utilizing the CSU Online library, identify three peer-reviewed research articles that review the toxic effects of a chemical substance on a specific organ or organ system. Create an annotated bibliography using these resources. The annotated bibliography should include 150-word descriptive and evaluative summaries following the full APA-formatted reference of each article listed. The summary of … Read more