In living our private lives, our lifestyles and related decisions have impacts. Some of these impacts are potentially far-reaching and can have unintended consequences. Reflect on how your choices in your life’s private sphere and the lifestyle you live impact social and environmental justice.
Online Reflection 1
For this reflective exercise, I want you to submit a reflection on the following question:
(400 words)
In living our private lives, our lifestyles and related decisions have impacts. Some of these impacts are potentially far-reaching and can have unintended consequences. Reflect on how your choices in your life’s private sphere and the lifestyle you live impact social and environmental justice.
Online Reflection 2
For this reflective exercise, I want you to submit a reflection on the following question:
(400 words)
In your previous reflection, you considered the impact of your private life and lifestyle on social and environmental justice. For this reflection, think about what you can do in your private life to ensure that you positively contribute to social and environmental justice in your private life. In your answer, consider how you can potentially measure your actions’ actual impact to help you work towards a positive impact on social and environmental justice.
Online Reflection 3
For this reflective exercise, I want you to submit a reflection on the following question:
(400 words)
Our professions and work are, in many cases, central to our identities and how we contribute to society in a broader sense. The industries we work in and the kind of work we do shape the nature of this contribution. Reflect on how your profession and the industry you work in impacts society and the environment. What impact are you having on social and environmental justice in society?
Online Assignment 4
For this reflective exercise, I want you to submit a reflection on the following question:
(400 words)
In your previous reflection, you considered the impact of your industry and work on social and environmental justice. For this reflection, think about what you can do in your profession and work to ensure that you positively contribute to social and environmental justice. In your answer, consider how you can potentially measure your actions’ actual impact to help you work towards a positive impact.
Important note:
There is no memorandum for these asignments, because every assignment will be different. These are individual assignments. I will however use the following rubric to grade your assignments. Use this as a guideline to prepare your presentation.
Good luck and be creative!
Within the past four decades, research has been increasingly drawn toward understanding whether there is a link between the changing human–nature relationship and its impact on people’s health. However, to examine whether there is a link requires research of its breadth and underlying mechanisms from an interdisciplinary approach. This article begins by reviewing the debates concerning the human–nature relationship, which are then critiqued and redefined from an interdisciplinary perspective.
The concept and chronological history of “health” is then explored, based on the World Health Organization’s definition. Combining these concepts, the human–nature relationship and its impact on human’s health are then explored through a developing conceptual model. It is argued that using an interdisciplinary perspective can facilitate a deeper understanding of the complexities involved for attaining optimal health at the human–environmental interface.
During the last century, research has been increasingly drawn toward understanding the human–nature relationship and has revealed the many ways humans are linked with the natural environment. Some examples of these include humans’ preference for scenes dominated by natural elements, the sustainability of natural resources, and the health benefits associated with engaging with nature.
Of these examples, the impacts of the human–nature relationship on people’s health have grown with interest as evidence for a connection accumulates in research literature. Such connection has underpinned a host of theoretical and empirical research in fields, which until now have largely remained as separate entities.
Since the late nineteenth century a number of descriptive models have attempted to encapsulate the dimensions of human and ecosystem health as well as their interrelationships. These include the Environment of Health, the Mandala of Health, the Wheel of Fundamental Human Needs, the Healthy Communities, the One Health, and the bioecological systems theory.
Each, however, have not fully incorporated all relevant dimensions, balancing between the biological, social, and spatial perspectives. In part this is due to the challenges of the already complex research base in relation to its concept, evidence base, measurement, and strategic framework. Further attention to the complexities of these aspects, interlinkages, processes, and relations is required for a deeper sense of understanding and causal directions to be identified.