Assignment: Module 10: Environmental Wellness - Discussion

HLTH 101: Health for Adult Living
2015-01-23T23:57:05Z

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Module 10: Environmental Wellness

How our Personal Choices Impact the Planet

Discussion Forum

Outcomes

Identify which behaviors use environmental resources

Estimate and examine your personal resource usage

Discuss strategies that would use less environmental resources

Discuss the significance of resource conservation.

Activities

1. Complete this Household Carbon Footprint Calculator at the EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) website: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/ind-calculator.html

1. Select and view a documentary style movie about the environment. Choose a full-length movie rather than a short You-Tube clip that examines an aspect of the environment. Some examples include: food, the food system, energy use, bottled water, water pollution, waste systems and climate change. Search using terms like, “environmental documentaries”.

1. Discover ways you could lower your score on the quiz and impact the environment. The Wellness Workbook, on pages 25-26 and page 117, provides some information and ideas for lowering scores. In addition, you may search for websites that are focused on ways to reduce your carbon footprint.

Assessment

Answer the following questions in the discussion forum:

1. Summarize your results and impressions from the Household Carbon Footprint Calculator you completed in Task 1. Include your current household emissions in lbs/year compared to the US average.

2. Which film did you select and watch? Write several paragraphs discussing “take-home” message of the movie and what you thought was particularly interesting from the film.

3. In your post, discuss some possible ways you could lower your score. Relating to the film you watched, include what you can do to help the environment.

4. Do you think it's important to reduce your personal use of resources to reduce the impact on global resources? Explain why or why not.

Criteria

For maximum points, your posts must follow the discussion criteria outlined in the syllabus.

Module 10: Environmental Wellness

How our Personal Choices Impact the Planet

Discussion Forum

Outcomes

Identify which behaviors use environmental resources

Estimate and examine your personal resource usage

Discuss strategies that would use less environmental resources

Discuss the significance of resource conservation.

Activities

1. Complete this Household Carbon Footprint Calculator at the EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) website: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/ind-calculator.html

1. Select and view a documentary style movie about the environment. Choose a full-length movie rather than a short You-Tube clip that examines an aspect of the environment. Some examples include: food, the food system, energy use, bottled water, water pollution, waste systems and climate change. Search using terms like, “environmental documentaries”.

1. Discover ways you could lower your score on the quiz and impact the environment. The Wellness Workbook, on pages 25-26 and page 117, provides some information and ideas for lowering scores. In addition, you may search for websites that are focused on ways to reduce your carbon footprint.

Assessment

Answer the following questions in the discussion forum:

1. Summarize your results and impressions from the Household Carbon Footprint Calculator you completed in Task 1. Include your current household emissions in lbs/year compared to the US average.

2. Which film did you select and watch? Write several paragraphs discussing “take-home” message of the movie and what you thought was particularly interesting from the film.

3. In your post, discuss some possible ways you could lower your score. Relating to the film you watched, include what you can do to help the environment.

4. Do you think it's important to reduce your personal use of resources to reduce the impact on global resources? Explain why or why not.

Criteria

For maximum points, your posts must follow the discussion criteria outlined in the syllabus.