Questions and Topics We Can Help You To Answer: 

In his conclusion, Caradonna argues that the contemporary sustainability movement is “a modernized revival of past wisdom” (254). Choose one idea or characteristic of the contemporary sustainability movement (late 1970s to the present) and show how this idea or characteristic has its origins in the past. In other words, how did “past wisdom” influence the development of this contemporary idea or characteristic?

Essays should be two to three, double-spaced pages. Make sure that your name appears on the first page. Please use standard margins (one inch) and font size (twelve points). Your source (the book that you are writing the essay about) should be cited. You may use APA, MLA or the Chicago Manual of Style.

Posted with this assignment is a writing guide that identifies and explains common mistakes made by students in their papers. You should consult the writing guide when composing and editing your paper. Returned papers will include annotations that reference the writing guide. In general, students should not use the first person (I, me, we, us) or second person (you) in their essay responses.

For your essay, in addition to the book, you may reference lecture material (which need not be cited). However, you are not permitted to consult any additional sources. Doing so will result in an automatic zero on the assignment. Papers may be submitted by the professor to turnitin.com to check for plagiarism.

Paper should be written as if the entire book was read and not just the beginning.