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Running Head: Academic Literacies through Exploring Sustainability
Academic Literacies
through Exploring
Sustainability

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Contents
Assessment 1............................................................................................................. 1
Learning Reflection 1.............................................................................................. 1
Learning Reflection 2.............................................................................................. 1
Assessment 2: Annotated Bibliography......................................................................3
Assessment 4: Persuasive essay................................................................................5
References............................................................................................................... 10

Academic Literacies through Exploring Sustainability 2
Assessment 1
Learning Reflection 1
Sustainability refers to the ability to maintain consistency in the natural resources used by people
in the environment. Sustainability has now become the need of the era as the resources are
getting depleted day by day and people are harassing them for their use as well. I believe that if
these activities of human will not stop then the end of the whole word in near as no person can
survive without using natural resources. Be it electricity, water or petroleum people overuse it on
a regular basis. Like, water is misused by people during household chores, energy is wasted by
many factories, and overuse of vehicles creates pollution in my community. So, these are some
of the examples that act as concern for sustainability for my community.
If I talk about my personal understanding, what I believe about sustainability is that it is not one
person’s work; instead, it can only be achieved through group activities. Sustainability scenario
which I have chosen to further for the essay is Personal lifestyle choices in modern urban settings
as it talks about the lifestyles choice of people nowadays which affect the environment on a
whole. This scenario interests me the most because it talks about all the activities which are
implemented in a community for good or bad. I believe that this aspect includes all other aspects
as well because at the end what matters the most is the health and survival of the community.
Learning Reflection 2
After analyzing the topic of research that is personal lifestyle choices in modern urban settings, I
believe that sustainability, in this case, can only be attained by considering the three pillars that
are environmental, social and economic considerations. Balance in these considerations can
create sustainability in the environment. In the pillar of environmental, I think one should
consider the illicit effect of activities initiated by people which can easily be seen in the
environment. Social concern of sustainability should be the social welfare activities implemented
in the name of beneficiary but deteriorate the quality of life. Lastly, economic consideration
should be taken seriously as it relates to the lifestyle of people according to which they work in
the environment. In order to maintain their lifestyle people should not take action which
adversely affects the nature.

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I believe that all three concerns mentioned above are important and they should together be taken
into consideration to start a better approach towards the environment. As these activities are
interlinked so no specific environment lays more negative impact on the environment. I think
that an approach should be initiated in the community which shall collectively indicate all the
three pillars and respond them positively. Further, I have noticed that nowadays people have
different lifestyles and they do not want to ruin their image in the community at any cost due to
which they initiate such activities’ that harm the nature. So, according to my perception
sustainable outcome can be achieved by changing the perception of people in the community as
well.