This boxed insert provides interesting material which is designed to get students thinking about environmental issues and how those issues are impacted by the four-day workweek and telecommuting.

1. Using material contained in this insert as well as other material that you find, develop a list of arguments that the 4-day workweek is better for the environment than the 5-day workweek. Then develop a list of arguments that the 4-day workweek is not better for the environment than the 5-day workweek. Which list is most persuasive?

2. Using material contained in this insert as well as other material that you find, develop a list of arguments that telecommuting is better for the environment than the 4-day workweek. Then develop a list of arguments that telecommuting is not better for the environment than the 4-day workweek. Which list is most persuasive?