Assignment
Imagine a future in which human beings have achieved environmental sustainability on a global scale. In this second part of your final assignment, you will be describing what a sustainable Earth will look like in the future, providing examples throughout to support your descriptions. You will be including all the terms that you have researched during Part 1 through 4 of this class, underlining each term as you include it. In your paper, use grammar and spell-checking programs to insure clarity. Proofread carefully prior to submitting your work.
Finally, you will submit the document to Waypoint.
Your paper will consist of seven paragraphs: an introduction, a conclusion, and one paragraph relating to each Part's topic. In your paper, use this format to address the following elements with the assumption that environmental sustainability has been achieved:
• Introduction:
o Describe how our relationship to nature will be different from what it is at present.
o Examine how we will cope differently with the ways that natural phenomena affect our lives.
• Part 1:
o Describe what Earth's biodiversity and ecosystems will look like.
• Part 2:
o Examine how agricultural production will be different in the future.
• Part 3:
o Differentiate between how we will manage our water resources in the future compared to how we do so right now.
• Part 4:
o Examine how we will meet our energy needs in the future in a way that will enable us to maintain a habitable atmosphere and climate.
• Part 5:
o Describe how waste management will be different in the future.
• Conclusion:
o Summarize some of the major social, economic, political, and ecological choices and tradeoffs that will need to be overcome for this sustainable future to arrive.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.