consultant-report-2
•7 to 8 pages or 3,750 to 4,250 words
•1.5 spaced
•Bibliography with at least 5 sources
•The important thing about choosing a topic is to pick one that you’re interested in, and that is complex enough to involve the kinds of analyses and systems perspective that industrial ecology requires. Some people have written about specific technology systems and others about scenarios involving engineered. But it’s always more fun to write about something you’re interested in, so start there.
•Pick an Earth Systems topic which is both broad in scope and also contains a wicked side, complex feedback loops, high degree of interconnectedness and then present environmental and social impacts
•Examples
–Meat grown in factories from stem cells — technology systems
–Florida Everglades and sugar cane – engineered system
–Floating island country/cities – engineered system
–Trans Africa railroad – engineered system
–Lethal robots for military use – technology system
–Colorado River water management across western states – engineered system
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/englishforengineers/…
Use the attached files to help. Thanks! (Using the textbook Reconstructing Earth by Braden Allenby might be helpful)