Essay Undergraduate 1,502 words

UPS Sustainability Practice: A Critical Assessment

A critical review of UPS sustainability initiatives, examining emissions targets, renewable energy goals, and whether the company's efforts match its environmental impact.

Business

~8 min read

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Research Paper Undergraduate 2,163 words

Global Marine Biodiversity Conservation: Priorities and Strategies

Explores global priorities for ocean conservation, examining human impacts, biodiversity hotspots, and the need to combine policy and management interventions.

Environment

~11 min read

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1,959 words

Social psychological principles for sustainable agricultural development in Africa

Today more than ever before, societies around the globe are pressed with increasingly complex issues.

~10 min read

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2,076 words

The Yellow River's silt problems, devastating floods, and historical solutions

The Yellow River (also known as "Huang He" in Chinese) is the second largest river in China after the Yangtze River and the fifth largest in the world.

~11 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,463 words

U.S. Environmental Ethics: Laws, Agencies, and Policy

Explores U.S. government environmental ethics through EPA, DOI, and BLM mission statements, the Endangered Species Act, and contrasts Bush and Obama policies.

Environment

~13 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,478 words

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Physiological Needs in Kenya

Explores how humanistic theory and Maslow's hierarchy apply to Kenya's physiological needs—water, nutrition, shelter, healthcare, and gender equality.

Psychology

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,736 words

Globalization, Indigenous Peoples, and Alternative Economics

Explores globalization's impact on indigenous cultures, the Atlantic Complex, racial inequality, gender development, and Buddhist economics versus modern economics.

Social Issues

~9 min read

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Case Study Undergraduate 2,456 words

Affordable Housing Crisis: Challenges for Urban Planners

A case study examining critical challenges facing urban planners in the U.S. affordable housing crisis, including zoning laws, LIHTC, and public-private partnerships.

Government

~13 min read

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Reflection Paper Undergraduate 1,484 words

Facilitation, Mediation, and Consensus-Building in Negotiation

Explores how neutral facilitators add value in consensus-based negotiation, effective facilitation tactics, conflict types in the Keystone XL pipeline, and mediator neutrality.

Communications

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,441 words

Globalization and Trade Liberalization in Developing Nations

Examines whether neoliberal trade liberalization benefits developing nations, covering comparative advantage, neocolonialism, and globalization's democratic deficits.

Economics

~8 min read

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