Assignment
(i) Name the three pillars of sustainable development; (ii) indicate three major economic and social challenges to achieving sustainable development; and (iii) explain why and how these economic and social challenges undermine the goals of sustainable development - be specific.
Indicate (i) the principle of sustainability; and (ii) three specific concerns that triggered the emergence of the sustainability paradigm. 2
Explain in detail (i) the characteristics and (ii) environmental benefits/ outcomes of both the transportation and green space elements of Curitiba's model of sustainability.
Briefly explain how recycling in Curitiba;s model of sustainability is incorporating/ mutually reinforcing the three pillars of sustainability. Be specific.
Based on the Havana, Cuba video (i) explain on detail the two geopolitical dynamic and associated consequences that prompted urban food growing in Havana and (ii) indicate how and why the food is grown throughout the city.
How does Havana's approach to urban food growing incorporate the three pillars of sustainability? Explain detail, be specific.
In 1993 the city government of Belo Horizonte declared that food was a basic right of citizenship. Based on the video and class discussion indicate (i) the goal of the initiative; (ii) the particular approach of the initiative -provide detail; and (iii) its results and the cost.
Indicate main )i) environmental and (ii) public health aspects associate with their he plastic bag problem in Nairobi.
Explain in detail the critique/ explanation of urban entrepreneurial initiative in the Global South that the author offers in the required (Slum) reading.
(i) Indicate why mountain top removal (MTR) emerged since the late 1970s, i.e. What is the main rationale for adopting this mining strategy; and (ii) locate MTR practice geographically.
Based on the MTR movie and our class discussion, explain in detail what constitutes environmental injustice in the movie. Discuss by focusing on the distributional inequity dynamics associated with coal mining/ their location and effects vs. "cheap" electricity/ location and effects.
Indicate and briefly explain the three major reasons that support an increased push/ benefit to switch our energy sources form fossil fuels to renewable energy.
Explain the negative (i) environmental and (ii) social consequences associated with the production of bioethanol and palm oil. Be specific.
Indicate two main approaches that Earth Quaker Action Team employs to enhance environmental and economic justice in their projects.
Indicate two explicit climate change adaptation methods that Temple Office of Sustainability has incorporated on campus.
Indicate four explicit ways in which Temple Office of Sustainability has worked to improve food security on campus.