Over-Population Problem: Sustainability And Resource Management

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The summary clearly shows that there is an over-population problem and that a possible solution to this problem is to spread awareness through a mandatory high school course called “Sustainability and Resource Management”. The courses main objectives are to help show students on how to be more environmentally aware and show the effects of over population. The proposal then goes on to explain the issues the course would address in more detail, this includes such topics as how climate change is effecting the earths systems and how global warming can hurt eco systems. It then goes on to address how over population is causing more of the world’s natural resources to be depleted. The final issue addressed in the course is how more waste is being …show more content…
Most people now a days have heard about global warming and realize that it is an issue that needs to be addressed. So proposing this idea to the public or the school board would be a good idea because it is a relevant topic that a large portion of the population cares about. The idea is well justified because it goes into a fair amount of detail in the issues that the course will be addressing. The proposal states that if temperatures continue to rise storms will become more powerful as well as ocean levels will rise because of icebergs melting and that the increase in water levels could affect the habitats and cities of the world. If that happened several wild life and humans would be killed or injured from the rising water levels. It is also clearly explained and justified in the other paragraphs as well. Lots of people know about how the world is quickly increasing its population and how some countries have even implement a one child only policy. The proposal also clearly explains it by saying that with the increase of population more resources are required to meet the demand of the people of the world. The final issue is explained and justified by explaining that how with a higher population there is going to be more waste and how it is going to fill up landfills create toxins in the air. This is justified because of the increased pollutions in the air as the population increases. As it stands it the costs seem reasonable they could just be made

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