Click on this link to read an article by Mark Sagoff on environmental and ethical concerns related to overconsumption. Write an essay in which you describe identify some reasons for believing we overconsume, other possible explanations (overconsumption aside) for global environmental problems, and some of the moral, religious, prudential and economic reasons people have for wishing to protect the environment. Briefly summarize in your essay what Sagoff sees as common misconceptions about how increasing consumption will lead to depletion and scarcity. What is Sagoff's conclusion? Do you agree? Why or why not?
Click on this link and read an article about an environmental activist who has gone to great lengths to protect a growth of redwood trees. Write an essay in which you describe her actions, her motivation, and the criticisms has she encountered as a result. Do you agree with her? With her critics? Would you go to similar lengths for environmental reasons? Explain.
