Assignment Instructions
(Page 358 of Chapter 14, on Culture and Sustainability, of your textbook poses the question, “What political, economic, and cultural factors are prohibiting world leaders from agreeing on solutions to global environmental challenges?” (Palmer, 2020).
For this assignment you will write a letter, to the world leader of your choice based on the concepts you are learning in this course.
The letter should be about potential solutions to global environmental challenges.
Please include the following:
- Describe political, economic, and cultural factors you see as prohibiting world leaders from agreeing on solutions to global environmental challenges. In other words, what is getting in the way and stopping leaders from agreeing on solutions to global environmental challenges?
- You will need to support your points with information from the textbook.
- Be sure to consider the political, economic, and cultural factors from a broad, anthropological perspective.
- Argue for a recommended next steps for the world leader. Describe clear next steps and keep your recommendations grounded in a broad anthropological perspective or support your recommendations from an anthropological perspective.
- The letter should be double-spaced and formatted in Times New Roman 12 point font.
- The letter should be 1-to-3 pages.
- Be sure to cite any factual sources you used (including your textbook) with parenthetical, in-text citations.
- Include an APA-style reference page as well.
- Letters must be addressed to the proper title of the world leader being addressed (i. e. “Dear Mr. President,”).