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Assignment:

Sustainability Concepts:

Ecological health : Regeneration of ecosystem services is essential for sustainability.

Equity/Ethics : Ethics serves to guide human endeavor and is not just a topic for philosophy.

Interdependence : The interdependence of humanenvironmental systems is a condition of life.

Limits/Scale : Ecological limits and social ties should inform the scale of human activity.

Think of a recent purchase you have made that is relatively costly. Do not select food items. In light of what you have learned about sustainability, externalized costs, and the mission and core values of the social work profession, would you make the same decision to purchase this product if you had a second chance to decide? Why or why not?

175-200 WORD COUNT

Answer 1

Recently I bought a bicycle . Cycling has almost become a daily transportation in day to day lives of people . This transportation in the long run will help to reduce the usage of petroleum for the cars, bikes. A research has considerably shown that there has been an increase in the usage of bicycle.

It also reduces pollution , and helps to keep the environment clean. In fact , it has also been noticed that cycling has helped in the improvement of health condition of people.

Coming to the externalized costs of Cycling are the cost of injuries, a person can have .

Mission of Cycling :

1. It promotes good health of people.

2. It is cost - effective .

3. It does not pollute the environment , and maintains a clean one.

4. It is environmentally , socially and economically sustainable .

5. It helps in keeping people fit .

Yes , if given a second chance I would prefer to buy a bicycle. It helps in keeping my body fit and healthy. At any point of time , I would rather choose bicycle over car. Cars pollute the environment, hence causing air pollution. Bicycle are eco -friendly .