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For this assignment, write a letter to someone related to the local issue you highlighted on the week 8 forum. You don’t need to provide your return address for the assignment, but you’ll need to include it if you decide to send your letter. Provide the name, position, and mailing address of one person you could contact regarding the local issue at the top of your submission. Then write a four paragraph (no more than 2 single spaces pages, including references) letter using this format:

Paragraph 1: introduce yourself and explain the problem;

Paragraph 2: explain the relevant history of the problem (cite your sources);

Paragraph 3: explain concepts and theories related to the problem (cite your sources and relate to course materials if possible); and,

Paragraph 4: propose possible solutions and explain what you want this person to do.

Your letter should have a professional tone and look and follow standard letter format. Add legitimacy to your claims by providing citations using the Turabian style and include a list of your references (required). Use 12 pitch, Times New Roman font and 1 inch margins. Include your last name in your file name and upload your work in a .doc or .docx file by Sunday of week 8. lastnamefirstnamefinalclasssectionumber example: GonzalesJose final IRLS21001 A template is attached for your convenience.

my discussion: In recent years, the phrase of Think globally, Act locally, has been echoed across the world. With the same idea, communities around the globe are focusing on their local environments to establish a secure global environment through collaborative efforts[1]. Communities implement numerous solutions that are environmentally conscious in their daily actions and decisions. Every little bit of effort towards climate change has an impact that aggregates towards a transformative global effect. For example, Ecosystem and biodiversity conservation significantly contributes to the achievement of global environmental sustainability and development goals[2]. Biodiversity is the core of economic activities such as fisheries, forestry, and agriculture. More than have half of the world’s population depends on natural resources for their basic and livelihood needs. The conservation of the environment has become a community and a global responsibility.

Civil and community organizations have become active and vital in the sustainable management of natural resources at the local level. This is through the development of various strategies such as control of soil erosion, afforestation, re-afforestation programs, and preservation of those plant and animal species that are threatened by extinction[3]. Indigenous people are the agents of change in the world, and therefore leaders within the local level are the role models in environmental protection, conservation, and effective management programs. On the other hand, at the global level, different nations have enforced environmental laws and regulations to promote sustainable use of natural resources, pollution control, and global biodiversity[4]. Organizations such as United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and other global environmental bodies have been in the frontline in providing financial funding and research to nations across the world towards the achievement of the environmental sustainability and development goals. Therefore, the environment has become a “Think Globally, Act Locally” issue on our planet.

[1] Paris, David C. “Think Globally, Act Locally.” (2017): 4-7.

[2] Murray, Dale. “Think Globally, Act Locally.” In The Global and the Local: An Environmental Ethics Casebook, pp. 384-451. Brill, 2017.

[3] Ibid 4-7.

[4] Ibid 384-451