Topic: Man on the environment

Complete the first part of this lab at Footprint Calculator (accessible through the Labs section of Contemporary Environmental Issues). You will use the ecological footprint calculator to evaluate your environmental footprint. Then, complete the second part at Household Emissions Calculator (accessible through the Labs section of Contemporary Environmental Issues). You will use the EPA?s household emissions calculator to quantitatively identify three to five everyday products or practices that contribute most to your footprint and identify measurable solutions to each. That is, you will estimate savings of both carbon emissions and money that can be achieved via the solutions. In the study questions, reflect upon your results and relate them to themes covered in Contemporary Environmental Issues.

In order to complete this lab, download the Environmental Footprint Instructions. Answer the Lab Questions at the end of the document. Save it as a Word document and submit it.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Write a paper on the sustainability of different foods eaten by humans and their impact on the environment. Which foods have the highest impact on the environment? Which foods have the smallest? Why? How should we, as individuals, make decisions based on this data? Should this information shape public policy? If so, how?