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ENGLISH 23<\/span><\/p>\n

(A.K.A. CLIMATE CRISIS 101)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Week #10<\/p>\n

The Climate Crisis<\/p>\n

What It Was and What Each of Us Did About It<\/p>\n

Weekly Assignments<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read this page carefully, as this week’s assignments are unusual.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the exception of five short webpages (noted in #4 below), there is no reading for this week. In its place, you have an assignment, which is to evaluate your climate footprint.<\/p>\n

Here are the details:<\/p>\n

1) Please watch Ken\u2019s short YouTube video on \u201cCalculating your climate footprint<\/a><\/span>.” Make sure that you watch this video before moving to the below steps, as it has full details on how this week’s reading comment works.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2) Go to the online\u00a0Ecological Footprint Calculator<\/span><\/a> and calculate your personal climate footprint. If you are given the option to \u201cadd details to improve accuracy,\u201d please take it. When you are finished, please note how many Earths we would need if everyone lived like you. Then, select the \u201cFacts and Figures\u201d tab and also note your \u201cCO2 emissions in tonnes per year.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3) In the lower right corner, select the option to \u201cre-take the quiz.\u201d This time, play around with the settings. Curious what would happen if you just changed one thing in your life, such as eliminating beef or lamb from your diet? Then go ahead and run the calculator again, but, in order to see the climate impact of this decision, make this single change on the \u201cdetails\u201d popup of the page on animal-based products. If flying was a significant part of your initial footprint, try cutting it in half. Spend some time experimenting, repeatedly re-running the quiz to see what can be learned about your climate footprint<\/p>\n

4) After playing around with your footprint, select the \u201cSolutions\u201d tab and select \u201cLearn More\u201d for each of the five categories (i.e. City<\/a>,\u00a0Energy<\/a>,\u00a0Food<\/a>,\u00a0Population<\/a>, and\u00a0Planet<\/a> \u2013 or just click on the preceding five links). Please read all the relevant text on these five webpages (you do not need to read any linked pages). Note that while some of this material is similar to what we read in Project Drawdown, there is new and interesting info here as well. The information on these pages may well appear on the final exam.<\/p>\n

5) Finally, after doing all of the above, please make a comment to Ken’s above-mentioned short lecture on \u201cCalculating your climate footprint<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

This will be your weekly “reading” comment. *See the note below<\/span> regarding this week’s comments.<\/em><\/p>\n

Films<\/strong><\/p>\n

1) Rewatch AOC\u2019s short (7-minute) \u201cA Message From the Future With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/span><\/a>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

2) Watch its sequel,\u00a0A Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

After watching the above two \u201cMessage From the Future\u201d videos, please watch\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Ken\u2019s \u201cThe Climate Crisis: What It Was and What Each of Us Did About It<\/a>” video and comment on it. Make sure that you watch Ken\u2019s video before commenting on it, as it has full details on how this unusual comment should work.<\/p>\n

This will be your weekly “film” comment. *See the note below regarding this week’s comments.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Lecture<\/strong><\/p>\n

Because the final exam is on Thursday, there is only one lecture this week, which will be on Tuesday during regular class period.<\/p>\n

Final Lecture (2024)<\/p>\n

Pulling it all together: 20 things that each of us can do to save the planet<\/p>\n

download as a PDF<\/a> \/ watch as a video<\/a> \/ listen to as a podcast<\/u>\" >listen to as a podcast<\/u><\/span>