Project Descriptions

A total of five homework assignments and a single paper are due on the dates indicated in the Course Schedule.

Homework Assignment #1 involves expounding upon your current understanding of environmental issues.

Homework Assignment

Environmental Philosophy: Short Answer Questions

Please answer the following questions with short-essay type answers:

1. What is your current environmental worldview?
2. What is your familiarity with current environmental issues such as the ozone hole, El Niño effects, global warming, deforestation, water resources, fragmentation, biodiversity, and oceans amd marine environment?
3. What factors in our lifestyle contribute to these problems?
4. What, if anything, needs changing?

At the end of this course, evaluate your answer to learn which, if any, of your basic environmental beliefs have changed, or if you have gained insight and depth of knowledge regarding the issue.

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