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2. LIB 315(ASH) Focus Dreams/uophelp.com LIB 315 Entire Course (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • LIB 315 Week 1 DQ 1 The Connection between Nature and Spirit • LIB 315 Week 1 DQ 2 Perceiving Nature • LIB 315 Week 2 DQ 1 Traditional Views of Nature • LIB 315 Week 2 DQ 2 Transforming Traditional Views • LIB 315 Week 2 Final Project Proposal (Global Climate and Atmospheric change) • LIB 315 Week 3 DQ 1 Ecofeminism

3. LIB 315(ASH) Focus Dreams/uophelp.com LIB 315 Week 1 DQ 1 The Connection between Nature and Spirit For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Week 1 DQ 1 The Connection between Nature and Spirit • Gottlieb asks, “Of what value is nature?” Based on your reading of Part I, “can we speak of love or mutual respect for a particular tree, an endangered species, or an ecosystem?” Select at least two writers from this section and analyze how their responses to these questions may vary or agree with your own.

4. LIB 315(ASH) Focus Dreams/uophelp.com LIB 315 Week 1 DQ 2 Perceiving Nature For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Week 1 DQ 2 Perceiving Nature In the Introduction, Gottlieb suggests that there is both “good news and bad news” regarding the environment. He states that how individuals view nature may be influenced by their personal theology, philosophy, or worldview. In your opinion, do we need religion or philosophy to help us perceive the value of nature? Is religion or philosophy essentially a “private matter of personal faith” or is it a necessary prerequisite to create a community response to an environmental crisis?

5. LIB 315(ASH) Focus Dreams/uophelp.com LIB 315 Week 2 DQ 1 Traditional Views of Nature For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Week 2 DQ 1 Traditional Views of NaturBased on your reading of Part II of the textbook, how have traditional religions or philosophies helped to shape our understanding of and our conduct towards nature? Compare and contrast two different views of nature.

6. LIB 315(ASH) Focus Dreams/uophelp.com LIB 315 Week 2 DQ 2 Transforming Traditional Views For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Week 2 DQ 2 Transforming Traditional Views • Gottlieb asks, “How has the environmental crisis challenged and transformed modern theology and spiritual practice?” Based on your reading of Part III of the textbook, select at least two different views of nature. In your opinion, has contemporary ecotheology transformed traditional theological or philosophical perspectives toward the environment? In your opinion, “will this body of thought remain merely an intellectual construct? Or will it, as in the case of the Civil Rights Movement, bring a religiously inspired vision into critical social struggles?”

7. LIB 315(ASH) Focus Dreams/uophelp.com LIB 315 Week 2 Final Project Proposal (Global Climate and Atmospheric change) For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Global Climate and Atmospheric change • LIB 315 The Environment and the Human Spirit

8. LIB 315(ASH) Focus Dreams/uophelp.com LIB 315 Week 3 DQ 1 Ecofeminism For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Week 3 DQ 1 Ecofeminism • Based on your reading of Part IV of the textbook, how does the ecofeminist perspective view humanity's spiritual relationship with the natural world? In your opinion, will an ecofeminist perspective positively or negatively affect society’s ability to address current environmental concerns? What impact do you think ecofeminism has on these contemporary environmental debates?    

9. LIB 315(ASH) Focus Dreams/uophelp.com LIB 315 Week 3 DQ 2 Deep Ecology For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Week 3 DQ 2 Deep Ecology • Based on your reading of Part V of the textbook, how would you define Spiritual Deep Ecology? How does this perspective affect our utilization of nature? In your opinion, what influence does this perspective have on contemporary environmental debates? Can individuals in capitalist societies still be deep ecologists?

10. LIB 315(ASH) Focus Dreams/uophelp.com LIB 315 Week 3 Final Project Draft Research Paper (Global Climate and Atmospheric change) For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • LIB 315 Week 3 Final Project Draft Research Paper (Global Climate and Atmospheric change)

11. LIB 315(ASH) Focus Dreams/uophelp.com LIB 315 Week 4 DQ 1 Environmental Racism For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Week 4 DQ 1 Environmental Racism • Read Environmental Racism: An ecumenical study guide. What is your definition of “environmental racism?” According to this document, what is the relationship between the environment and the human spirit? In your opinion, is environmental racism a reality that governments must address, or it is an intellectual construct without a basis in reality?

12. LIB 315(ASH) Focus Dreams/uophelp.com LIB 315 Week 4 DQ 2 Sustainability For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Week 4 DQ 2 Sustainability • Visit Sustainable Supply Chain – About McDonald’s and review McDonald’s Corporation corporate policies related to “Sustainable Supply Chain,” “Resource Conservation,” and “Environmental Responsibility.” Also, watch The Road to Sustainability – About McDonald’s.In your opinion, should the public care that large multinational corporations like McDonald’s are promoting sustainable environmental practices? Why do you think McDonalds would invest considerable resources in sustainable programs? Should multinationals that promote sustainable practices be praised for their leadership, condemned for hypocrisy, or ignored because it does not make a difference?

13. LIB 315(ASH) Focus Dreams/uophelp.com LIB 315 Week 4 Final Project Draft Creative Presentation For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Global Climate and Atmospheric change • LIB 315 The Environment and the Human Spirit

14. LIB 315(ASH) Focus Dreams/uophelp.com LIB 315 Week 5 DQ 1 Global Warming For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Week 5 DQ 1 Global Warming • Read The Science of Climate Change and Global warming basics | Pew Center on global climate change. Also, watch An Inconvenient Truth. In your opinion, is global warming fact or fiction? What responsibility, if any, do individuals, corporations and/or governments have regarding the world’s climate? Does contemporary literature, music, art, or film reflect or create an environmental ethic?

15. LIB 315(ASH) Focus Dreams/uophelp.com LIB 315 Week 5 DQ 2 Environment and the Human Spirit For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Week 5 DQ 2 Environment and the Human Spirit • Throughout this course, we have explored how nature writers, theologians, philosophers, corporations, artists, and others have responded to the complex relationships between people and the world in which they live. As you reflect on this course, explain how you view the relationship between the environment and the human spirit. Support your discussion with specific examples through your experiences or reference citations.  

16. LIB 315(ASH) Focus Dreams/uophelp.com LIB 315 Week 5 Final Project (Global Climate and Atmospheric Change) For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Global Climate and Atmospheric Change

17. LIB 315(ASH) Focus Dreams/uophelp.com for more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com