Week 1 to Week 7 All Activities - Bundle
SOCS 325 Week 2 Activity | Environmental Injustice: Local Sighting of a Landfill -- $12.00
SOCS 325 Week 3 Activity | Applying Theories: Treadmills of Production and Consumption -- $12.00
SOCS 325 Week 5 Activity | Toxins in the Body -- $12.00
SOCS 325 Week 6 Activity | Interview a Classmate, Friend or Family Member -- $12.00
SOCS 325 Week 7 Activity | Volunteer or Research Problems Faced by Local &..
Week 1 DQ 2 (Graded):Constructs of Environmental Racism and Justice:Compare and contrast, providing examples of each, the constructs of environmental racism and environmental justice...
SOCS 325 Week 2 Activity:
Environmental Injustice: Local Sighting of a Landfill
Choose a local example of an environmental injustice (e.g. local
sighting of a landfill, power lines, power plant). Research the background of the case, the decision to locate the facility at the site, and the impacts on
the local environment and community and submit a paper.
Local Sighting of a Landfill - Summarizing
If you have every traveled across country, you would recognize how America has such a v..
SOCS 325 Week 2:
Article Detail: Making Markets Work By Hawken et al
Assignment Brief: After reading the article “Making Markets Work” located in Doc Sharing, write a paper summarizing, agreeing, disagreeing,
responding to, or reflecting your personal thoughts and observations about the
article. Article SummaryThe goal of natural capitalism is to extend sound principles of the market to all sources of material value to guarantee that all forms of wealth are as carefully stewarde..
Week 2 DQ 1 (Graded):
Define “externalities” as they relate to the price of goods and services, and Examine how they can distort market forces of supply and demand, detailing both positive and negative effects.
Let's start by defining externalities in terms of how they connect to the price of goods and services. For better or worse, how do these "externalities" distort .....
Week 2 DQ2 (Version 1) - (Graded)
The advances in Technology is a word used to
aggregately depict or depict the progressions, capacities, relations,
endeavors, perspectives, and information of a particular gathering of persons: we as mankind. The propelled .....
Week 2 DQ 2 (Version 2) - (Graded):Describe and explain the relationship between the advances in technology and;Such goals as reduced human workloads, environmental and resource stresses, free time, and contentment.Exploring the link between technological advances and environmental
changes (or conservation) is to me one of the most fascinating aspects of
environmental sociology. To start .....
SOCS 325 Week 3 Activity
Applying Theories: Apply the theory of the interlocking treadmills of production and consumption to schoolwork and the pressure to get a degree, and then an advanced degree, and so on. For example, consider the rising levels of qualifications required to gain a good-paying job and the rising levels of consumption expectations that define what a “good-paying job” is and submit a paper.
Education Treadmills of Production and Consumption
Since most of us were young we ha..
SOCS 325 Week 3:
Article Detail - Tyree, S., & Greenleaf, M. (2009). The environmental injustice of “clean coal”: expanding the national conversation on carbon capture and storage technology to include an analysis of potential environmental justice impacts. Environmental Justice, 2(4), 167-171.
Assignment Brief - After reading the article “The Environmental Injustice of ‘Clean Coal’: Expanding the National Conversation on Carbon Capture and Storage Technology to Include an Analys..
SOCS 325 Week 3:
Collaborative Group Project
Recyclenergy
Two environmental issues that I feel passionate for are world pollution and
recycling. Air pollution can harm us when it accumulates in the air in high enough concentrations. Millions of Americans ...
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Week 3 DQ 1 (Graded):
Green Businesses:
Evaluate and debate the promise, drawbacks, and reality of green businesses such as organic foods and ecotourism.
In today's markets the organic industry is booming with multiple options for customers to choose from and with an expanding market comes fierce competition between suppliers. The reason .....
Week 3 DQ 2 (Graded):
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs:
Given Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and its strengths and weaknesses, describe and explain how it relates to consumption and the environment.
"A Theory of Human Motivation" was a hypothesis in psychology by Abraham Maslow about a hierarchy of needs. Eventually studying under the perception of people’s inherent .....
Week 4 DQ 1 (Graded):
Environmental Stress
REMINDER: Please open and respond directly to my posts and your classmates’ posts via the respond link at the bottom of each individual post; do not use the general respond link at the top of the thread. Review the Discussion Posting Guidelines announcement for the requirements regarding quantity and quality of posting. On this thread we’ll explore the relationship between standards of living, fertility rates, hunger, and local environmental stress. T..
Week 4 DQ 2 (Graded):
Environmental Stress -
Describe the relationship between the status and educational level of women in developing countries and the local economic and environmental conditions.
The 21st century has witnessed the rise in recognition of women and their roles in the society. Women have been granted the freedom more than they had for the past centuries. Irrespective, they still suffer .....
Page-1 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)1. (TCO 1) Which of the following is a predicted outcome of continued
global warming?2. (TCO 2) The Conservation Reserve Program was funded in the United
States to conserve which of the following precious resources?3. (TCO 3) Environmental goods and environmental bads are:4. (TCO 4) According to the economist Fred Hirsch, a "positional
good" is a good or commodity:5. (TCO 5..
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)1. (TCO 1) Ecological dialogue can best be summarized as:2. (TCO 2) Which of the following is the major cause of species
extinction?3. (TCO 3) What environmental problem did the Montreal Protocol seek to
address?4. (TCO 4) According to the economist Fred Hirsch, a "positional
good" is a good or commodity:5. (TCO 5) Of the many techniques advertisers use to persuade customers
to purchase goods, which is th..
MCQs1. (TCO 1) Which of the
following is a predicted outcome of continued global warming?2. (TCO 2) The
realist-constructionist debate in environmental sociology is characterized by
differences in materialist versus idealist explanations of social life. Which
of the following distinguishes a constructionist perspective on environment
problems?3. (TCO 3) The 1995 Nobel
Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists whose work led to discovery
of the causes ..
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)1. (TCO 1) Climatologists
continue to debate global warming. Which of the following is NOT an argument
against the global warming hypothesis?2. (TCO 2) The Conservation
Reserve Program was funded in the United States to conserve which of the
following precious resources?3. (TCO 3) Environmental goods
and environmental bads are:4. (TCO 4) According to the
economist Fred Hirsch, a "positional good" is a good or commodi..
SOCS 325 Week 5 Activity:
List some of the toxins that persist in the human body, and the potential sources of those toxins in your environment. What are the substances that your body comes into contact with during a normal day? Make up a dialogue between your body and your environment and submit a paper.
Toxins in the Body
Eighty thousand toxic chemicals have been released to our environment since the dawn of the industrial revolution and only a few have been tested in order to determine w..
SOCS 325 Week 5:
Article Detail - Sheffield, P. E., & Galvez, M. P. (2009). US childhood obesity and climate change: moving toward shared environmental health solutions. Environmental Justice, 2(4), 207-214.
Assignment Brief - After reading the article "U.S. Childhood Obesity and Climate Change: Moving Toward Shared Environmental Health Solutions" by Sheffield & Galvez located in Doc Sharing, write a paper summarizing, agreeing, disagreeing, responding to, or reflecting your ..
SOCS 325 Week 5:
Collaborative Group Project: Spring 2019
Twitter Chat: #Recyclenergy
According to Ann Smarty, a social media examiner, “A Twitter chat is a public Twitter conversation around one unique hashtag. This hashtag allows you to follow the discussion and participate in .....
Week 5 DQ 1 (Graded):Question: Examine, debate, and explain both the social and environmental consequences of an environmental disaster; such as the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Bhopal chemical release, Love Canal toxic waste, or any past or recent environmental disaster (i.e., Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill).
Environmental Disasters: AnswerThere is no doubt to the fact that environmental disaster has a crucial effect on both the social and environmental consequences .....
Week 5 DQ 2 (Graded):
Question: Discuss and debate how Western societies address risk with regards to the regulation of toxins in the marketplace and environment. Does this differ from Eastern societies? Why?
Western & Eastern Societies: Answer
It is seen that the western world, composes mostly of developed countries, which makes their societies are very active, especially in making sure that they are being .....
SOCS 325 Week 6 Activity
Interview: Interview a classmate (or friend or family member) of the other gender about the way he or she most likes to enjoy nature, or to describe his or her most memorable experience in nature, or to describe the aspect of being “in nature” most feared or most disliked. Then consider the extent to which the kinds of things mentioned differ among men and women and the extent to which they are similar. Last, consider the extent to which any differences in men’s and w..
SOCS 325 Week 6:
Article Detail - A Tapestry Of Browns And Greens” was written by Nalini Nadkarni, a pioneering canopy ecologist and professor at The Evergreen State College.
Assignment Brief - After reading the article "A Tapestry of Browns and Greens" located in Doc Sharing, write a paper summarizing, agreeing, disagreeing, responding to, or reflecting your personal thoughts and observations about the article.
Article Summary:
This article describes detailed accounts of an I..
Week 6 DQ 1 (Graded):
Question: Evaluate various religions' attitudes towards humanity's relationship with the environment.
Religion and The Environment: Answer
It was stated by the Director of Publications at the World watch Institute; an environmental research organization based in..
Week 6 DQ 2 (Graded):
Question: Evaluate how the level of environmental concern varies among different groupings (social, economic, racial, national, etc.)
Environmental Concern and Groups: Answer
Indeed it is seen that social class or race does affect how people look at the environment. Mainly because the poor people or even racially discarded people live in places that .....
SOCS 325 Week 7 Activity
Volunteer: Volunteer in or research a local environmental campaign for a day and write about the problems the campaign faces in terms of the themes of this week’s reading, using concepts such as knowledge cultivation, the dialogue of solidarities, and double politics in your essay.
The paper must be double-spaced, a minimum of two-pages in length, and follow APA format.
Local Environmental Campaign: By Alaska Conservation Foundation
I spent a lot of time tryi..
SOCS 325 Week 7:
Article Detail - Lowman, M. (2009). Canopy walkways for conservation: a tropical biologist's panacea or fuzzy metrics to justify ecotourism. Biotropica, 41(5), 545-548.
Assignment Brief - We are not doing this assignment. Please see the announcement regarding this week’s assignment. In the announcement above mentioned article is given and following instructions were stated.
After reading the article "Canopy Walkways for Conservation: A Tropical Biologist’s..
SOCS 325 Week 7:
Collaborative Group Project: Spring 2019
Twitter Live Chat: #Recyclenergy
In over two weeks, I have prepared myself for my twitter live chat. I will begin by explaining what a twitter chat is, and why is important to participate in a twitter chat. A Twitter chat is .....
Week 7 DQ 1 (Graded):
Question: Examine the precautionary principle and assess the advantages and disadvantages of applying it to environmental problems.
The Precautionary Principle: Answer
When examining precautionary principles, I’d first hope to find a form of topic with which a rational discussion can be debated concerning any risks or benefits of a chosen topic, as .....
Week 7 DQ 2 (Graded):
Question: Compare and contrast bottom-up and top-down approaches to creating an ecological society, examining the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Creating an Ecological Society: Answer
To build an ecological society while considering the risks and benefits to using a “bottom-up” or “top-down” approach depends how you like to .....
SOCS 325 Week 8:
Collaborative Group Project Discussion: Spring 2019
One member of each team must post their teams’ Collaborative Group Project Presentation. Each class member is required to give feedback to a
minimum of three group Vision-Board PowerPoints before the closing of Week 8.
Reflection Paper
Did you consider the chat a success? Why? What would you do differently next time?
What challenges did you experience while planning the chat? What frustrations di..
Final Exam – Page 11. (TCO 8) As the Ojibwa people of Grassy Narrows found out, the symptoms
of methyl mercury poisoning mimic the effects of: (Points : 5)2. (TCO 8) In Melanie Dupuis’s phrase NIMB, the B stands for: (Points :
5)3. (TCO 8) A University of Massachusetts study refutes claims of
pervasive environmental racism. Which of the following statements characterizes
how this study was conducted? (Points : 5)4. (TCO 8) Ulrich Beck argues that t..