ENVS 1000 – Environmental Science - Winter 2014 - Assignment # 1 This Assignment is worth 6% of your final mark in ENVS 1000 Assignment # 1 is due by Thursday February 6‚ 2014 (by 5 p.m.) through the Blackboard Assignment Box. NAME: STUDENT #: Part 1: QUESTIONS BASED ON THE MOVIE “HOME” As you watch this movie‚ answer the following questions IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Keep answers brief and concise. (Note:
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Assignment 1 – Environmental Footprint TABLE A. Ecological Footprint Footprint Results (Answers to the following 2 questions will be given upon completion of footprint) If everyone lived like you‚ how many planet Earth’s would we need? 4.2 To support your lifestyle‚ how many productive global acres area needed? 21.4 Ecological Footprint Breakdown (Values can be obtained by scrolling over pie chart generated at completion of footprint) Percent of emissions from Food 31%
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How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint A carbon footprint is the measure of how an individual’s domestic and social activities are affecting the environment in terms of the amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere. Everyone has the responsibility to reduce their individual carbon footprint‚ and there are lots of ways to do so. It is easy to reduce the carbon footprint left by automobiles. It starts by driving appropriately‚ and keeping up on maintenance of the
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summer I was lucky enough to visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington‚ D.C. Although it’s hard to believe‚ the most impactful object I saw in the museum was an old‚ barely visible footprint! Obviously‚ there were numerous important artifacts I saw that day‚ but that footprint helped teach me the importance of always offering as much help as one can give. About midway through the museum‚ a timeworn train car was arranged as a doorway to the next exhibit. Despite the fact that
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U.S. military’s color-coding scheme‚ was also the site where the 6th Army of the United States stormed ashore shortly before MacArthur’s return. A museum nearby displays historic photographs‚ a copy of MacArthur’s speech‚ and bronze casts of his footprints. Close by is the 50th Leyte Landing Anniversary Commemorative Rock Garden of Peace. Other nearby attractions include the historic Hills 120 and 522‚ which also figured in World War II‚ and the first-class MacArthur Beach Resort. History *
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We need to find food as soon as possible‚” I yell across the field of sand coursing through my feet as I sprint parallel to the ocean. Due to the unbearable weather conditions‚ we reside in the forest. The trees provide a wonderful habitat for us because of the shade‚ and the subtle cool breeze allows some resistance to the
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Shyla Wang 5/27/2024 English 2 Honors Pumpkin Island Chapter 1: Screams explode around me. As the world fades away. I catch glimpses of yellow and red streaking past me. My instincts are telling me to stay still‚ but‚ the catastrophe occurring around me is begging me to run. Before I determine my next action‚ a fiery sensation takes me aback. I look down as my ripple of black slowly climbs up my leg. As I try to run‚ I lose my balance and end up landing on something sharp. Realizing I had just impaled
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Assignment 1 – Environmental Footprint TABLE A. Ecological Footprint Footprint Results (Answers to the following 2 questions will be given upon completion of footprint) If everyone lived like you‚ how many planet Earth’s would we need? 4.8 To support your lifestyle‚ how many productive global acres area needed? 21.2 Ecological Footprint Breakdown (Values can be obtained by scrolling over pie chart generated at completion of footprint) Percent of emissions from Food 12% Percent of emissions
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Lab: Tuesday PM – Leah March 3rd‚ 2013 Use of Ecological Footprinting to Determine Sustainability “The ecological footprint (EF) has reached worldwide popularity in the last decade as an interesting environmental indicator‚ and its applications have been extended to different fields” (Herva et al‚ 2012). Due to the increase of the human population and activity‚ society is falling into a path of unsustainably rather then sustainability which is what should be aimed for (Hay‚ L.‚ Duffy‚ A. and
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Debate over Carbon Footprint of Wind Energy Mark Jacobson is a Professor of Civil and Environmental engineering at Stanford University. Among other degrees he holds a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science. Dr. Jacobson is a proponent of wind energy and outlined many of his claims about the future viability of wind energy in the TedTalk debate with environmentalist Stewart Brand. Dr. Jacobson’s argument in the debate claims that we don’t need to turn to nuclear energy for energy support in this country
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