Graded Assignment: Climate Change and Sustainability评分作业：气候变化与可持续性

The essay response should be no more than 500 words. We've included an additional 100 word space for citations, which can be abbreviated.
文章回答不应超过 500 字。我们额外提供了 100 字的引用空间，可以缩写。

Topic 1 Find ways to assess and then reduce your carbon footprint. You can, for example, sign up with Joulebug.com or Handprinter.org to do this. Recruit at least three other people to sign up. Report on your results.
主题 1 寻找评估并减少您碳足迹的方法。例如，您可以注册 Joulebug.com 或 Handprinter.org 来执行此操作。招募至少三人注册。报告您的结果。

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Topic 2 Many have reported on the difficulty of getting people to focus on climate change because it’s such a long-term problem. Describe two techniques you have found useful in getting people to either change the pattern of their own energy consumption or to advocate for public policies that address environmental threats
主题 2 许多人报告说，由于气候变化是一个长期问题，因此让人们关注气候变化的难度很大。描述您发现的两种在改变人们自身能源消耗模式或倡导解决环境威胁的公共政策方面有用的技巧。

Plagiarism Plagiarism, the misrepresentation of another person's thoughts, ideas, or expressions as your own work, is a serious offense and is considered a form of cheating. When you use the ideas or expressions of another person, you should always credit the other person. If using their exact words, you should indicate the quoted text using quotation marks, and name the originator and the work you are citing (e.g., In Partner to the Poor, Farmer states "One disturbing trend has been the use of rights language by powerful governments such as our own to justify military adventures: nothing could more effectively deprive rights language of its moral force.") When paraphrasing another person's words, thoughts, or ideas, you should also name the originator and the work (e.g., In Partner to the Poor, Farmer argues that governments undermine the moral force of rights language by using it to justify military action). In both cases, you should accurately indicate the originator's name and the original source.
剽窃剽窃，将他人的思想、观点或表达作为自己的作品进行歪曲，是一种严重的违规行为，被视为一种作弊形式。当你使用他人的观点或表达时，应始终注明出处。如果使用其原话，应使用引号标明引用文本，并注明来源和所引作品（e.g., 在《与穷人同行》中，法默指出“一个令人不安的趋势是，像我们这样的强大政府使用权利语言来为军事冒险辩护：没有什么比这更能剥夺权利语言道义力量的了。”）。在释义他人的话语、思想或观点时，也应注明来源和所引作品（e.g., 在《与穷人同行》中，法默认为政府通过使用权利语言来为军事行动辩护，从而削弱了其道义力量）。在这两种情况下，都应准确注明原作者姓名和原始来源。

评分标准概述

Your essay will be graded for relevance and completeness of argument, accurate use of references to the readings and lectures in support of your argument, and the clarity and organization of your writing. Keep in mind the overarching questions of the course: What do we know? Why do we care? What can we do? Be thoughtful and thorough in your response to the essay topic; construct an argument that carefully leads the reader through your ideas; and attempt to synthesize and build upon the ideas discussed in the lectures and readings. And, importantly, demonstrate steps you can take to make a positive difference in the world.
你的论文将根据论证的相关性和完整性、对阅读材料和讲座内容的准确引用以支持你的论证、以及写作的清晰度和组织性进行评分。请记住课程的总体问题：我们了解什么？我们为什么关心？我们能做什么？在回应论文主题时，要深思熟虑、全面；构建一个仔细引导读者理解你想法的论证；并尝试综合和扩展讲座和阅读中讨论的观点。重要的是，展示你可以采取的步骤来为世界带来积极影响。