Overview
In this competency, you will explore how sustainability can be considered in various contexts of environmental quality. For your project, you will use the knowledge gained in this competency to explain how human and environmental systems are interconnected for one of the following scenarios.
Scenario 2: Social Justice
You live in a neighborhood with an active community organization. You and your neighbors are very concerned about inequity, as the city is spending money on improving road conditions in some areas but not others. One of your neighbors asked you to join them in attending a community action meeting to address these observations in the form of an informational campaign. By reading the Scenario 2: Social Justice section of the Scenario Profiles document linked in the Supporting Materials section, you will learn about an example that highlights sustainability in action. In the template, you will describe some actionable steps the community group could take for each pillar of sustainability.
Directions
Select one of the given scenarios for your project. You will use information from the scenario profiles linked in the Supporting Materials section to support your work on the project. This document contains descriptions of the related group for each scenario and a relevant case study that relates to the sustainability issue. Based on your chosen scenario, respond to each of the items below by completing the Project Template. Your chosen scenario will require you to demonstrate your understanding of the actionable steps you could take to address sustainable issues for your chosen group.
You will focus on describing actionable steps related to sustainability for your chosen group. To do this, you will highlight the current state of your chosen group’s sustainability practice and then describe actionable steps for each pillar of sustainability. Specifically, you must address the following:
Explain why sustainability improvement is needed in your chosen group.
What areas of sustainability are needed in your chosen group?
What are the benefits for your chosen group if they improve sustainability practices?
Describe how the perspectives of the various stakeholders of your chosen group provide a context to improve sustainability practices related to the concerns of the group.
How do the perspectives within the group influence efforts made to improve sustainability practices?
Explain how cultural diversity in your chosen group can be of value in addressing sustainability issues.
Recommend actionable steps your chosen group could take for each pillar of sustainability.
Reflect on what you know about your chosen group and sustainability. What are some actions that could be taken to improve sustainability?
For each pillar of sustainability, what are some benefits of improving sustainability practices within your chosen group?
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What to Submit
Every project has a deliverable or deliverables, which are the files that must be submitted before your project can be assessed. For this project, you must submit the following:
Approaches to Sustainability Issues Report
Submit your report as a 500- to 1,000-word Microsoft Word document using the Project Template. Include appropriate citations, as needed.
