Please write an essay of 750-1000 words on one of the following topics. (I chose question 1 on the three possible approaches to changing global environment)Here are the essay topics from which you may choose: 1) Steffen et al. outline three possible approaches to the changing global environment. Identify which approach you think is most desirable and why. In addition, identify the strongest arguments against your chosen approach and try to rebut them. 2) Discuss some of the complications with the concept of a baseline in light of the different and sometimes conflicting ideas asserted by some of the authors we have read so far, and explain how the baselines you've discussed can be useful for thinking about nature and environmental problems 3) Is John Muir's preservationist philosophy compatible with the concerns of the environmental justice movement? Why or why not? What role should preservationism play in contemporary environmentalism? [Show Less]