01 Oct Understanding Environmental Sociology
SOCS325 Environmental Sociology
Week 1 Discussion
Understanding Environmental Sociology
This week we will begin to explore the field of environmental sociology. To help us understand this important field of study and get our conversations started, address the following in your response.
Identify one pressing present day environmental issue (social problem) that may make planning sustainably for the future a challenge. Examples may include global poverty, consumerism, and so forth.
Why do you think planning sustainably is a challenge? Explain with the help of at least two reasons.
Discuss five precautionary approaches we could take to mitigate the influence of these factors on efforts toward sustainability. Examples include chaining cultural norms regarding consumption, revamping traditions to avoid excess or consumption, and so forth.
