CODE 1023 Environment and Sustainable Society

Paragraph 1 : Have you spent much time considering your own personal environmental practices, or is this a fairly new process for you?

 

Explain why/how is this a new process, or explain how you’ve assessed your eco footprint in the past, and if it made an impact on your lifestyle or led you to make changes (and why or why not?).

 

Paragraph 2: What were your results for this particular survey?

 

Where did you get the lowest scores and where did you get the highest?

 

Did anything about it surprise you?  Why or why not?

 

Where can you see the greatest room for improvement?

 

Paragraph 3: Is there anything about a survey like this that you find problematic? Is it fair? Is it comprehensive enough? Are there important things it leaves out?  Why or why not? And if you find it problematic, what would be a more effective way of gauging one’s eco footprint?

 

Paragraph 4: How do you feel about your results?

 

Do you see any point in taking a survey like this?  

 

*Please note that in addition to content and mechanics (spelling, grammar, etc.), you will be graded on the effort you put into your answer: please dig deep and really try to wrestle with your honest feelings here.  Students should demonstrate that they’re engaged with the subject and grappling with the notion of personal responsibility in sustainability. Paragraphs typically have around five sentences or so, but sentences vary in length and content can either be good or not, so you must use your best judgement about whether you’ve really written enough for an assignment worth 15% of your final grade.