Some Thoughts on Thinking and Writing

You have all chosen your topics for the research paper and submitted your Prospecti. Now you have time to think and start writing. I would urge you to start writing as soon as possible. Good writing is NOT done after you have done the research, but rather along with it.

We have included below a series of links to lectures that can give you some help in learning how to take electronic notes and think critically about sources you will be drawing upon.

Now all you need to do is begin. This is not always easy. If you find it difficult getting started, try to focus on what was most compelling in drawing you to environmental ethics in the first place. Then, give yourself credit for growing and expanding your understanding of both the seriousness of our circumstance and the urgency that you feel in addressing what lies before us as a human community.

Some Tips on Electronic Note Taking

For some suggestions on acquiring, organizing and presenting information with electronic tools see:

"From Research to Writing: Accessing, Organizing and
Presenting Evidence in the Electronic Age"
(Environment Program, video lecture + PDF Slides - 18 March 2007).

"Documentary Research in the Internet Age"
(Environment Program, video lecture, 2008).

"Electronic Research and Note Taking"
(Environment Program, video lecture, 2008).