Fully read Chap. 12: Global Sustainability, plus the three articles listed on the syllabus at the links listed there. Then, respond to the following three questions:
- How do fossil fuel economies impact both our climate and our human well-being?
- What are the competitive advantages of business/organizations being environmentally aware and active?
- What are the 10 aspects of the environmental change process, and their impacts?
resources:
Chapter 12: Global Sustainability + AI and Climate Change – Ethics of Environment & Business
Chaney, M. etal (2021). Opportunities and challenges for machine learning in weather and climate modelling: hard, medium and soft AI:
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsta.2020.0083
Hao, K. (2019). Here are 10 ways AI could help fight climate change:
https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/06/20/134864/ai-climate-change-machine-learning/
Greenman, S. (2019). How can AI help tackle climate change?
https://towardsdatascience.com/how-can-technology-and-artificial-intelligence-help-tackle-climate-change-b97db0ff4c95
Memos / Forums – Section Summary
Forums and Memos are due prior to the start of every Thursday class … before 3:30 pm
Weekly Memos and Forums require that you respond to my posted questions about the assigned chapters, readings, and to one another on some assignments. Your writing must be analytical, researched, and individually written 3 – 4 full paragraphs in your own words ( NO copied wording; NO quotes!)
Hint: Does your written discussion demonstrate: 1) your comprehension of the assigned readings, 2) your own edited analysis of the key concepts/arguments from the readings with corrected spelling and grammar, and 3) a Reference section at the end of your posting listing your cited text pages and external business news/website/other research sources in APA reference format (Wikipedia is NOT a permitted reference!)
Memos / Forums are Due: prior to the start of each class (submission portal closes at exactly 3:30 pm each Thursday) [NO make-ups, late, or emailed submissions!]
GRADING: 0 – 10 pts. each week's submission. Excellent and complete analytical writing uses clear references to the assigned readings without grammatical errors. Points are reduced for incomplete, vague, inaccurate, off-topic discussions and needed edits. Did you list your references at the end of your document – Author, Text/Article, pg. numbers used?? Copied or plagiarized memos = 0 pts and a discussion about academic integrity / referral to Office of Student Conduct (https://conduct.sfsu.edu/academic-dishonesty).
My comments for each week's assignment and your grade points will be included in your gradebook before the next class meeting.