Description
Address how you view nature and ecological integrity. Do you value nature or take it for granted?
The purpose of the Eco-Solution Plan is to have you to look at yourself, evaluate how you use resources, how your use of resources affects others and most importantly, how we can make a difference by implementing solutions in our daily lives.
I don’t want to know about countries, cultures, humans, society or people in general. I want to know about YOU and how YOU use resources and what YOUR solutions to environmental problems will be.
Your plan should answer the following questions IN DETAIL (make sure to answer ALL aspects of the questions I’ve asked.:
1) Based on the definitions posted in the presentation in this week’s resources, do you view yourself as Biocentric or Anthropocentric? EXPLAIN IN A STRONG PARAGRAPH (5-6 THOUGHTFUL SENTENCES)
2) How do YOU use resources? Make a list of the resources you use each and every day. Are they renewable or non renewable? Tell me why it is important to be able to determine and understand this.
3) Watch the video I posted this week about our ecological footprint and take your own ecological footprint by using the ecological footprint calculator I posted in this week’s resources. Based on YOUR use of resources, is your own ecological footprint worse or better than most? Make sure to state why.
4) How does your PERSONAL use of resources affect other living things and others around the world? Give some examples.
5) Thus far in class, we’ve looked at the resources we use and how our use of resources have negative impacts on the environment. What possible solutions or alternatives can YOU think of that would be more positive to the environment? How SPECIFICALLY will they help?
6) How do YOU believe we can make others more aware of their impact on the environment? If you had to come up with an awareness plan, what SPECIFIC major ENVIRONMENTAL points would it cover AND WHAT VEHICLES WOULD YOU USE TO MAKE PEOPLE MORE AWARE? Be specific.
Sample Solution
someone else is making the choice for them. Battin claims that no act is fully rational with coercion (131).Ã This demonstrates that suicide by force could not be rational because if you are being forced with no other options then there is no way that could fully be your decision. Battin also reinforces this in which one of her criteria is that it should meet the interests of that individual (Williams, cited in Battin 1995, 146). Also, both of these points fail the criteria of ability to reason, in which they can move from premises to conclusion (Battin 133). If the individual is being forced or influenced by others, then they cannot figure out the premises or conclusion by themselves. If suicide is forced or not their decision, then it does not meet their interests but the interests of others, demonstrating that suicide in that regards could not be rational. One objection to my argument could be that the person was able to make those decisions by themselves even if they were coerced or influenced by anothe>
someone else is making the choice for them. Battin claims that no act is fully rational with coercion (131).Ã This demonstrates that suicide by force could not be rational because if you are being forced with no other options then there is no way that could fully be your decision. Battin also reinforces this in which one of her criteria is that it should meet the interests of that individual (Williams, cited in Battin 1995, 146). Also, both of these points fail the criteria of ability to reason, in which they can move from premises to conclusion (Battin 133). If the individual is being forced or influenced by others, then they cannot figure out the premises or conclusion by themselves. If suicide is forced or not their decision, then it does not meet their interests but the interests of others, demonstrating that suicide in that regards could not be rational. One objection to my argument could be that the person was able to make those decisions by themselves even if they were coerced or influenced by anothe>
