Key Sustainability Concepts and their Practical Application

demonstrate critical thinking and integrate a minimum of three 3 quality resources that directly relate to and support your thesis statement.

• Life Cycle Thinking - Define and explain life cycle thinking and how it relates to sustainability.
  • First define the term generally, citing the textbook or a peer-reviewed article.
  • Next, choose an example that illustrates the concept. Use the example to further explain the concept in a clear and concise way that a new reader could understand.
    • You might consider discussing the specifics of the plastic or electronics life cycle as an example.
• Circular Economy - Define and explain the term circular economy and how it relates to sustainability.
  • First define the term generally, citing the textbook or a peer-reviewed article.
  • Next, use the example you introduced earlier and expand upon it to illustrate the circular concept further.
    • You might consider including a new source to explain the concept in a different way so the reader can better understand.
• Life Cycle Assessment - Define and explain the term LCA and how it is used as a measurement tool.
  • First define the term generally, citing the textbook or a peer-reviewed article.
  • Next, continue to build upon previous examples to further inform your reader.
    • Be sure to use in-text citations every time you cite a source, even if you have cited it previously in the paper.

• Life Cycle Cost Analysis - Define and explain the term LCCA and how it is used as a measurement tool.
  • First define the term generally, citing the textbook or a peer-reviewed article.
  • Describe why costs are an important step in assessing how to approach a sustainability argument/proposal. You should continue to build upon previous examples to ensure unity in your paper.
• Triple Bottom Line Perspective - Define and explain the term triple bottom line
  • First define the term generally, citing the textbook or a peer-reviewed article.
  • Describe why business owners, policy makers and the public should pay attention to social and environmental impacts along with economic impacts. You should continue to build upon previous examples to ensure unity in your paper.

Explanatory (Expository) Thesis Statement. An explanatory thesis statement tells your reader what you will explain and what aspects or parts of the topic will be considered.

For example, Sustainability is a general term that encompasses many different ideas, viewpoints and concepts.

Paper Organization using First Level Headings. You should consider using a fist level heading for each of the sustainability concepts that require a definition, explanation and example.