ACTIVITY GUIDELINES AND EVALUATION RUBRIC – TASK 2: WRITING

ASSIGNMENT

GRUPO: 90170_54

SANDRA MILENA MONTOYA VERA

C.C. 1096192990

ESCUELA DE CIENCIAS ADMINISTRATIVAS, CONTABLES, ECONÓMICAS Y DE

NEGOCIOS

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA UNAD

CEAD BARRANCABERMEJA

21 DE OCTUBRE 2020

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 INTRODUCCION

With this work it was possible to talk about past and future events, give recommendations and
express your opinion using "wish" and "hope", as well as conditionals.

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Stage 1: Technology and its effects on environment (1st week)

The advancement of technology has made human life much simpler, generating technological
advances for our benefit, but these in turn have caused a negative impact on the environment, in
recent years the temperature of our planet has changed notably, largely causing the
disappearance of the poles, and a large increase in the planet's temperature, population growth,
degree of urbanization, industrial development, mechanization of agriculture, or the use of
natural resources affects negatively all ecosystems, thus causing food and raw materials to
become scarce, technology has brought many benefits to man, but has generated negative
changes for the environment, leaving an uncertain future for future generations.

Stage 2: Technology and global warming (2nd week)

I think that if current trends in technological development and consumerism continue to grow at
such an accelerated rate, in the not too distant future we will not have a healthy world to live in,
all this uncontrolled rhythm of technological advances causes severe damage to the environment
and also to humans, all this causes air pollution, which has caused a notorious increase in
respiratory diseases, I believe that all this technology has made things much easier for man, but it
has also destroyed natural environments, due to the growth of the population and the inadequate
exploitation of natural resources, it is important to generate sustainable and renewable measures
for the environment in order to live in a world free of pollution.

Stage 3: What can be done? (3rd week)

Technology and all its advances have caused damage and harmed the environment, just as we
use it for our benefit, we should also use it to try to care for and conserve what remains of it,
there are currently measures and actions that help mitigate those damages ecosystems, I
recommend that all schools begin to educate children with the mentality that we must take care
of the environment, create a subject with the help of governments in which conservation
measures, reforestation and preservation of the ecosystems, another measure that I would do
would be to implement the three R's, "reduce, reuse, recycle", this allows to reduce the amount of
garbage that is generated and improve its management processes, another alternative would be to
create renewable energy sources, learn to manage our garbage, garbage management is key so
that water sources do not continue to be contaminated, all these actions greatly help to conserve
the environment, but this would not be possible if the government and the authorities do not
commit to this initiative, which is so important for nature and for us human beings.

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Sandra Montoya
Cra 61 # 48 A 39 Barrancabermeja /322 773 3516 / sandramontoya0116@hotmail.com

09/10/2020

Mr. António Guterres

Executive-Secretary
United Nations
405 East 42nd Street
New York, 10017, USA

Dear António Guterres

Receive a cordial greeting,

The reason I am writing this letter is to express the big concern I have about the current state of
the environment, I believe that technological advances have caused a negative impact on it.

I suppose that technology has brought many benefits to man, but at the same time it has greatly
affected natural resources. In today's world there is a lot of pollution, either from the products we
use or from the appliances we buy for our homes, I believe that nowadays almost everything
generates pollution and part of the blame lies with technology, because to create all these new
inventions, many times the raw materials that come from nature are abused.

Because of the magnitude of the problem, I would like you and political leaders around the world
to help prevent and avoid this. Presidents in their respective countries of origin could create
measures that protect natural resources, that in their legislation make it a crime to attack the
environment and its wide diversity, I believe that if we don't do something about it we won't
have a future for our children and our children's children, today there is a lot of pollution and this
is one of the main causes of death in the human being, we must stop now, otherwise I think that
in a not too distant future we won't have a healthy world in which to live.

Thank you for your attention.

Sandra Montoya.

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 CONCLUSIÓN

This work was about writing a clear and detailed text related to the subject, a letter to the
Secretary General of the United Nations1; Talk about the effects of technology on the
environment; Talk about past events; Using "if clauses" to express future meaning; "Wish" to
express hypothetical situations; Give advice and recommendations.

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