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SOCS 325 Week 2 Discussion: Advances in Technology (GRADED) | VERSION 1

SOCS 325 Week 2 Activity – Environmental Injustice (GRADED A)

SOCS 325 Week 7 Discussion, The Precautionary Principle Examine the precautionary principle & assess the advantages & disadvantages of applying it to environmental problems. When examining precau tionary 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 the precautionary principle measure effects each debating party differently. The book discusses GMO’s for their topic & how too many contr...

SOCS 325 Week 7 Discussion, Creating an Ecological Society Compare & contrast bottom-up & top-down approaches to creating an ecological society, examining the advantages & disadvantages of each. To build an ecological society while considering the risks & benefits to using a “bottom-up” or “top-down” approach depends how you like to live. If you prefer structures of government having control of your daily life or having more freedom to live within your own boundaries will determine which...

Running head: WEEK 7: ACTIVITY – VOLUNTEER 1 SOCS-325 Week 7 Activity – Volunteer (Audio PowerPoint) Week 7: Activity – Vol unteer I spent a lot of time trying to find a local environmental campaign to write about, with very little success. What I found was either environmental organizations on a state level or organizations that were clever representations of a national or global interest. Don’t get me wrong, I am sure that there are plenty of active environmental campaigns in my area; ...

SOCS 325 Week 4 Midterm Question 1. Question : (TCO 1) Which of the following is a predicted outcome of continued global warming? Student Answer: A shift in climate z ones Changes in rainfall patterns Rising sea levels Instructor Explanation: All of the above Chapter 1, page 7. Question 2. Question : (TCO 2) The Conservation Reserve Program was funded in the United States to conserve which of the following precious resources? Student Answer: Water Soil Petroleum Instructor Explanation: Recyclabl...

SOCS 325 Week 8 Final Exam Question 1.1. (TCO 8) As the Ojibwa people of Grassy Narrows found out, the symptoms of methyl mercury poisoning mimic the effects of: (Points : 5) Alcohol abuse Cocaine addiction Hyperactivity None of the above Question 2.2. (TCO 8) Which of the following is not part of the UN Development Programme's Human Development Index? (Points : 5) GNP per capita Life expectancy Knowledge access Level of inequality Question 3.3. (TCO 8) What does the HDI (Human Development Inde...

SOCS-325 Week 2 Article Summary (Review, Discover, and Comment) The goal of natural capitalism is to extend sound principles of the market to all sources of material value to guara ntee that all forms of wealth are as carefully stewarded as money is by facilitators of financial resources. The author states that the remedy for unsustainable market activities is the implementation of justifiable market activities. These activities include creating markets in avoided resource depletion & abated pol...

SOCS-325 Week 5 Activity – Toxins in the Body Exercise: 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. The paper must be double spaced, minimum two-pages in length, and in APA format. In our everyday lives, we are in contact with many sort of toxins. These toxins ...