Things to consider:

• Sustainability applies to people, prosperity, and planet and their integration – human health and economic health, not just planetary health.
• Look at the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (Links to an external site.) for ideas on connecting your
• You do not need to cover ALL three aspects of sustainability. Pick the one(s) that is(are) the most relevant and applicable to your field.
• Think big picture here (something more than recycling or LED light bulbs). How about police departments implementing restorative justice, or occupational therapists doing therapy outside in green spaces, or marketing executives specializing in promoting corporations that practice social and environmental corporate responsibility, or golf courses using sustainable best management practices on their courses?

DRAFT Essay Content

• Review the rubric below as you write your draft.
• The more polished and complete this draft is, the easier it will be for me to give you productive and useful feedback.
• Your introduction should give me the background information I will need to understand what your topic is and why you chose it.
• The body of your essay will support the position you’ve taken in your introductory paragraph.
• Use your conclusion to synthesize your thoughts and present them in a new and engaging way. Don’t just restate your introduction.
• including 3-5 citations (more citations are OK)
• Use credible sources from the FGCU Library databases (Links to an external site.) or Google Scholar (Links to an external site.).
• Credible sources can include scholarly articles, books, trade journals, government reports, and so on.
• Make sure to cite each source in the body of your essay and include a References page at the end of your essay, formatted appropriately.
• Use APA or MLA style for your citations and works cited. However, keep things simple: there’s no need to write an abstract, or use cover sheets, running headings, or excess margins and spacing.