1. In what ways have discriminatory policies, practices, or beliefs impacted the work and lives of environmentalists who are members of minoritized communities? Summarize three examples from the sources provided of discrimination impacting people’s engagement with the natural world as private citizens, in their education, or in their careers. (~500 words)
2. Describe the accomplishments of at least 5 of the following environmental leaders: Winona LaDuke, Bryant Terry, Robert Stanton, Kate Sessions, Mark Magaña, Robert Bullard, LeeAnne Walters, Mustafa Santiago Ali, Prolific the Rapper. (~500 words)
3. What suggestions do you have to increase the diversity of perspectives shaping the sustainability movement and the people heralded as it’s heroes? (~250 words)

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The economist Jeffrey Sachs argues that specific and achievable goals help to develop more effective policy reforms. As an example, he quotes President John F. Kennedy who gave the commencement address at American University in 1963. In that speech, Kennedy said: “By defining our goal more clearly, by making it seem more manageable and less remote, we can help all people to see it, to draw hope from it and to move irresistibly towards it.” Kennedy meant the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty needed to have specific and achievable goals to be effective, and Sachs meant that the clarity of the Millennium Development Goals has helped achieve policy reform. How would you use the same idea of specific and achievable goals to think about changes in policy or society in relation to sustainability? Specifically,
(i) Justify the relevance of Kennedy’s statement with the UN Sustainable Development Goals with specific references to the role of governments and private corporations.
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(ii) Identify three of the SDGs that you consider important (as they relate to either your local community or to your core values). With the three selected SDGs, evaluate the interdependence of those goals while considering how the funding needs and action plans for the goals are interconnected.

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