ask Overview:

This assessment represents the final product which brings together all your brainstorming,
thinking, planning, learning, researching, notetaking and summarising into a clearly organised, and
referenced persuasive essay. It is a chance to put into practice what you have learned about
writing academic essays and bring together all you have learned in the unit about sustainability.
The skills you learn through writing this essay will continue to apply throughout your study, and
the knowledge about sustainability will be relevant to your daily lives and in your future
profession.

Task Details:
Write a 1500-2000 word essay on the following:

‘Sustainability is a paradigm for thinking about the future in which environmental,
societal and economic considerations are balanced in the pursuit of an improved
quality of life’ (UNESCO 2015).
• Choose a scenario from the list below and scope it to a specific location, community,
organisation and/or aspect.
• Explain the key sustainability concerns from the perspective of each of the three key
dimensions: environmental, social and economic.
• Discuss synthesised responses to these concerns that could help to achieve sustainability.
Scenarios
1. Food production
2. Extreme climate events
3. Consumerism
4. Resource usage in a professional organisation (e.g. hospital, school, law firm, etc.)
5. Tourism