You convinced your prospective intern sponsor that you have a grasp of the global crisis (essay assignment #2). You have secured the internship. Congratulations!
Your boss has prepared your first assignment as an intern. A debate has broken out among her staff about the obstacles to world sustainability -- the disabling analysis of Learning Module #3. Your boss knows that you have not been a party to the debate among the staff but that you have a working grasp of the literature. She has asked you to prepare a confidential memo for her eyes only that indicates what some of the obstacles might be in achieving world sustainability.
She has given you a bunch of things to read and view (Learning Module #3) and she wants you to include at least ten concepts or ideas you gathered from these readings in the memo you prepare for her. To help her track these concepts, she would like you to underline these concepts and, of course, to provide citations. You may include for five of these concepts material that you have discovered on your own.
She wants to confirm that you are following her directives and doing the assignments. She also wants to make sure that you can think critically. That means that you can demonstrate that you can reflect upon and question prevailing belief systems and that you can clarify the assumptions underlying your knowledge, perspectives, and opinions. She knows that critical thinking enables us to examine economic, environmental, social, and cultural concepts within the context of sustainability -- skills that she is looking for in her staff.
The essay should be about six double-spaced pages (longer is fine) and is due on November 20. She will assess your work as to depth, content, integration (coherence of the presentation), and writing style.
The essay is worth 20 points toward your grade and will be assessed on the grading criteria displayed in the syllabus. Your essay should refer frequently to the readings from Learning Module #3. The essay is due on November 20.