Watch this short animated film, Man:

which artistically (and cynically) explores mans relationship with the natural world.

Post your reactions in the discussion using the following prompts as guides:

• Do you agree with this interpretation of man’s impact on the Natural Capitol of the land?
• If yes, why? If no, why not?
• What drives the “man” in the film to destroy? What is the main point the filmmaker is trying to relay to us?
• Did any scene or scenes bother or shock you? Or make you laugh? Or both? Explain.
• Do films like this have an impact for change?
• Would you recommend this film to others as a tool to demonstrate our impacts on the Earth?

NO MINIMUM WORD/PAGE REQUIREMENT, JUST BE SURE TO FULLY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

FILM: https://youtu.be/WfGMYdalClU

Read the Article:

These researchers developed a research question that came from observations of an environmental science problem in a community. They then designed an experiment to collect data/information to answer their question. Highly creative and interesting project! Dont you think?

The scientists knew that other research in predator/prey relationships showed that A number of small animals, including butterflies and frogs, sport large, intimidating eyespots. These eyespots scare away predators, perhaps by disorienting them, or tricking them into thinking their would-be prey is actually a different, larger animal

So, they creatively thought: Would this also work in this situation: to protect cows from predators? Lets try it!

The researchers then wrote their experiment and results in a scientific article and published it in a professional journal so others could learn and repeat the same experiment.

Next: Read their published scientific article:

Artificial eyespots on cattle reduce predation by large carnivores

Think about the Scientific Method – How Science Works diagram while reading it.

Can you find each step? Compare the style of writing in the magazine article with the journal article. Ask yourself: How and Why are they different? Why is the title different?

Assignment

Submit a two page reflection/ comprehension of the readings as a docx or pdf

Analysis must include (but not limited to) the following writing prompts

• Briefly summarize the articles
• Explain your overall response to the readings- what interested you, anything difficult or puzzling?
• Compare the style of writing in the magazine article with the journal article. How and Why are they different? Why is the title different? Why couldn’t they have just published the scientific journal article?
• Any further questions you have about their research that have stemmed from the readings?

Then

Answer the following questions while using the How Science Works diagram- the questions follow the diagram from top to bottom- working through the Scientific Method.

• What was the practical problem and motivation for the eye spot research?
• What were the observations they had and questions they proposed? This might be similar to #1 thats ok.
• What was the hypothesis – how did they use prior knowledge and previous research (think of eyespots on other animals)
• How did they gather data (the method?)
• What were the results of the experiment?
• The results/research was published. Yay! Did it reveal new questions? Is further research needed? Why?
• Any Benefits to the community? Did this science solve an everyday problem? Did they address a societal issue? Did they build on existing knowledge?

Grade includes: the ability to articulate your responses professionally, use of correct grammar, punctuation and spelling. So in other words this is not a text message or an email response, but a formal mini paper that demonstrates your understanding of the readings and the method.

Textbook: Global Climate Change: Turning Knowledge Into Action, Chapter 9

While reading this chapter, consider these questions:

• What is the global demand for energy and what are the challenges of meeting this demand?
• What are the conventional sources of power and what are some renewable sources?
• What are the politics behind climate change and how can society build a new energy infrastructure in response?

Final Submission: Global Climate Change Presenta!on (From all of the milestones – minus the commentary sections in the milestones)In Module Seven, you will submit a presenta!on on global climate change. It should be a complete, polished ar!fact containing all of the cri!cal elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorpora!on of feedback gained throughout the course.

What to Submit

Your presenta!on can be in the form of a report (up to eight pages in Word) or a slideshow (with up to 16 PowerPoint slides) or a propor!onal combina!on (e.g., four pages in text and eight slides, or two pages in Word and 12 slides, etc.). Cita!ons should be completed in APA format.

Use the background information to fill out the document correctly.

Complete Assignment: Lab #8: Biomes directions attached

Your job this week is to complete the Unit 1 Reflection on Climate Change. Make sure to include data that support your argument. For example, if you want to say that the temperature in some regions has been increasing – find out how much it has increased (this make take a Google search).

Here are some heat/Health related articles I’ve seen recently:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/us/excessive-heat-wave-forecast-texas-california.htmlLinks to an external site.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/world/asia/pakistan-india-heat-wave.htmlLinks to an external site.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/world/asia/india-delhi-hottest-day-ever.htmlLinks to an external site.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/climate/extreme-heat-worldwide.htmlLinks to an external site.

https://www.nytimes.com/video/climate/100000009912640/weve-breached-a-key-limit-for-global-warming-now-what.html?smid=url-shareLinks to an external site.

All students have access to the NYT for free. See the “Student Resources” tab to the left.

This topic is closed for comments.

MICR 3502 ONL Spring 2026

Unit 1 Reflection

Case Study 1.1 in your book states: ” Climate change is the most pressing environmental health issue for the 21st century.”

In what way, or ways, will climate change impact environmental health in the 21st century?

Find three examples from the sources below (or other sources you find) and provide data that support each using the “Explore Our Data.” Data can include statistics about trends in environmental or health measures (e.g. disease rates, crop production, etc.). You should include a graphic for each measure. Provide a short paragraph for each example, that summarizes, in your own words, the data presented. I’ve provided an example of one below.

Explore our data. https://lancetcountdown.org/explore-our-data/Links to an external site.

References must be cited correctly.

Resources: You may use these resources or find your own.

The 2024 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change https://lancetcountdown.org/2024-report/Links to an external site.

The full report is long, but the webpage is very well organized for specific topics.

Citation for the 2024 report.

Romanello, Marina, et al. 2024. The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action. The Lancet, Volume 404, Issue 10465, 1847 – 1896. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01822-1Links to an external site.

Explore our data. https://lancetcountdown.org/explore-our-data/Links to an external site.

Other resources:

American Society for Microbiology: Climate ChangeLinks to an external site.

Mora C, McKenzie T, Gaw IM, Dean JM, von Hammerstein H, Knudson TA, Setter RO, Smith CZ, Webster KM, Patz JA, Franklin EC (2022) Over half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by climate change. Nature Climate Change https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01426-1Links to an external site.

. Traceable evidence of the impacts of climate change on pathogenic human diseasesLinks to an external site.

Example:

Example of an Environmental Health impact of Climate Change:

One way that climate change might impact environmental health is through deaths due to air pollution. Climate change is driven by anthropogenic production of greenhouse gasses. However, those same sources produce air pollution, especially particulate matter less than 2.5 micro-meters (PM2.5). This graphic shows that mortality due PM2.5 in different income regions. Mortality due to biomass burning is much higher in low-income regions than in high income areas, but mortalities due to air pollution caused by industry, transportation, and agriculture are more important in high and very-high income countries. Interestingly, coal burning is a major source of air pollution in medium-income countries and lower in high and very-high regions. This may be due to use of other sources of energy for electricity (solar, wind, nuclear, etc.) or cleaner coal burning technologies. Also interesting, is the overall decrease in air-pollution related mortality (decreased 6.9%) between 2016 and 2019, mostly in higher income countries, and which appears to be related to a decrease in coal-based power plants.

Romanello, Marina, et al. 2024. The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action. The Lancet, Volume 404, Issue 10465, 1847 – 1896. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01822-1Links to an external site.

Unit 1 Reflection Rubric

Unit 1 Reflection RubricCriteriaRatingsPtsExamples

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10 to >8 pts

Meets expectations

Three different examples are provided

8 to >6 pts

Approaching expectations

6 to >0 pts

Below expectations

/ 10 pts

Supports Each Example with data

15 to >12 pts

Meets expectations

Data are appropriate and match the example

12 to >9 pts

Approaching expectations

9 to >0 pts

Below expectations

/ 15 pts

Explains the data

20 to >17 pts

Meets expectations

Data are explained clearly and in own words. Explanations are specific and limited to the data provided.

17 to >9 pts

Approaching expectations

9 to >0 pts

No Marks

/ 20 pts

Cites resources correctly

5 to >4 pts

All of the time

4 to >2 pts

most of the time

2 to >0 pts

none of the time

/ 5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Sustainability

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threshold: 45 pts

Exceeds Expectations

4 pts

Meets expectations

3 pts

Approaching Expectations

2 pts

Below expectations

0 pts

Not demonstrated

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Impact of Microbes

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threshold: 45 pts

Exceeds Expectations

4 pts

Meets Expectations

3 pts

Approaching Expectations

2 pts

Developing

1 pts

Does Not Meet Expectations

0 pts

Not observed

Total Points: 0

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I certify that the work submitted here is my own and that I have properly acknowledged the work of others. *

As you continue in your studies of environmental science, it is important to consider various stakeholders and their motivations and behaviors with respect to environmental initiatives. A strong understanding of the motivations of stakeholders will support your ability to impact positive environmental outcomes. In this assessment, use your understanding of anthropocentric and biocentric rationale to analyze how different lenses might impact a persons level of engagement in an environmental effort.

In SUS/300: Environmental Sustainability, you completed a stakeholder environmental motivation analysis. It may be helpful to reference that assessment as a starting point for updating this stakeholder motivation analysis. This analysis could serve as a deliverable to demonstrate to future employers your ability to understand factors that motivate stakeholders in projects.

Identify and research one (1) sustainability-related effort that interests you.

Use your reflection, which you created in the Wk 1 Summative Assessment: Meta-analysis Model Construction, to imagine how you, as a stakeholder, would engage in the sustainability effort you identified for this weeks assessment. Try to consider only the knowledge and experiences you had at Week 1.

Reflect on how your thoughts and ideas about environmental ethics have changed throughout this course. Discuss these changes and imagine how you, as a stakeholder, with all the knowledge and experiences you have gained throughout this course, would engage in the sustainability effort you identified.

Create a 1,050- to 1,225-word report (essay body content; title and references pages not included in word-count) in which you analyze the different motivations of the stakeholder to engage in your selected sustainability effort. Include the following in your analysis:

Use the following headings / subheadings and address all bullet points:

Suggestion / recommendation – Use a separate paragraph for each bullet.

• Sustainability Effort
• Describe the sustainability effort you selected.
• Explain your rationale for selecting that sustainability effort.
• Your View of Environmental Ethics
• Analyze your Week 1 selfs view of environmental ethics and how that would impact your ability and motivation to engage in the sustainability effort.
• Analyze your Week 5 selfs view of environmental ethics and how that would impact their ability and motivation to engage in the sustainability effort.
• Analyze how the changes in your view of environmental ethics over the five weeks would impact your ability and motivation to engage in sustainability efforts.
• Reflect on what changed or reinforced your previous views of environmental ethics
• Recommendations for Supporting Different Ethical Views
• Provide recommendations for what you, as an environmental scientist, can do to understand people with varied environmental ethical views.
• Provide recommendations for enhancing their ability and motivation to engage in the sustainability effort.
• Comparing Differing Rationales
• Compare anthropocentric and biocentric rationales.
• Evaluate how anthropocentric and biocentric rationale will impact human motivation to engage in sustainability efforts.

Use your personal works, as listed above, course textbook, and at least two (5) external resources.

Use headings and subheadings (see above) for essay organization.

Use APA formatting, including approved APA font style and size, essay body citations, double line spacing, and title and references pages.

Submit your assignment as a Word or pdf file.

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Note: Meet the required word-count to be eligible for an optimized grade.

Penalties / point deductions: Incomplete/erroneous/missing headings and content (bullet prompts), incorrect line spacing, missing citations, references, and title page.

please use the following readings for the assignment.

[Clapp & Dauvergne]: Jennifer Clapp and Peter Dauvergne, Paths to a Green World: The Political Economy of the Global Environment, second edition, London: England, 2011. (Pages 1-26),(Pages 161-165, 174-185, 190-191)

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[Stiglitz]: Joseph Stiglitz, Making Globalization Work, New York: Norton, 2007 (Pages 3-24),(Pages 187-210)

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Pick ten important points derived from reading the article from Standard and Poor’s regarding the criteria rating agencies (such as S&P) and how the operational criteria apply to publicly-traded companies (NYSE, Nasdaq).

It is your choice on which points to discuss; pick those issues which resonate with you. They should be expressed in a bulleted list, with a short paragraph on each item. Please be sure, if you quote any item, to provide the author and page number in which you find the information. Materials to be reviewed include the textbook, PowerPoint, or other materials included in the Readings and Resources Section.

Resources:

Review Chapters 7 and 9 of Marc Epstein’s book “Making Sustainability Work”

PowerPoint presentation:

Climate change The Basics https://www.epa.gov/climatechange-science/basics-climate-change