Scenario
Each of us has directly or indirectly been impacted by a natural disaster or severe weather event. For this assignment you will be required to recall a personal, real-world experience about the power of one of the Earth’s four spheres that you have experienced in your lifetime, creating a mixed media PowerPoint presentation that brings this event to life. The goal is to illustrate the interconnectedness of the Earth’s four spheres to human health and safety, to the current state of our climate, and to the mitigation of such disasters in the future as the consequences of climate change continue to worsen.
Instructions
In a well-organized presentation using PowerPoint, you will construct a visual presentation that illustrates the power of a natural disaster/geologic event in history from the standpoint of a personal experience. Consider a time in your life when you have been impacted, either directly or indirectly, by a natural disaster or severe weather event.
Your presentation should include the following elements as well as a robust discussion of each in the slides' speaker notes section:
• Discuss background, history, and location of your chosen event/disaster. (Where did this event occur? How many people were impacted by this event?)
• Specify measures taken to mitigate the event/disaster. (What was the response of the community/state/country to this event?)
• Discuss how we might mitigate a similar event/disaster in the future. (How can we mitigate disasters to more fully protect human health and safety?)
• Be sure to include images/maps/statistical information from your chosen event/disaster.
Deliverable 2 - Environmental Issue Presentation
Scenario
You are an environmental lobbyist who has been asked to make a presentation to your state's legislature. You will gather data about a local or regional environmental issue unique to your area or home state and prepare a PowerPoint Presentation. You may focus on any environmental issue, but the area of focus must be in your local area or home state. The environmental issue may be related to land, water, or air.
Instructions
Choose a Superfund website that is registered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). You can use this search engine to find a Superfund site in your state.
Each assignment leading up to the final assignment is evaluated and graded independently. Your instructor will provide specific grading criteria for each step of the project prior to its due date.
The Superfund website will have information about contaminated areas, how they became contaminated, and who is responsible for the contamination, as well as clean-up plans for the contamination.
Your PowerPoint Presentation should include:
• Your voiceover narration using Screencast-O-Matic for each slide as well as references in APA format
• The issue (background information from the website, contamination, clean-up)
• The major players and stakeholders involved (the people who created the problem, the people who can fix the problem, and the people who are most impacted by the problem)
• Possible controversies (differences in opinion about the issue)
• Impact of this environmental issue to the surrounding environment (nearby rivers, streams, farmland, animal habitats, etc.)
Deliverable 3 - Environmental Law Infographic
Scenario
You are a member of a community planning committee. The committee is reminding local citizens about recently enacted environmental laws. You are responsible for developing an infographic to showcase one of these new laws. The infographic will be displayed at the next community meeting in the community center.
Instructions
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) website contains information concerning laws and regulations that impact the environment. Search this EPA website to choose one law to focus on.
The infographic should contain:
• A recently enacted environmental law (The law can be local or national, and focused on any part of an environment such as water, air, land, energy, wildlife, etc.)
• Present the major players and the stakeholders (Who is involved and who is impacted by the new law?)
• Examine the impact to the economy (Does the law help or hinder the economy and why? Do the benefits outweigh the costs?)
• Identify the controversy surrounding the law (differences in opinion)
• Your infographic should be clear and organized. References should be in APA format
Deliverable 4 - Food Resiliency Management Plan
Scenario
You have been hired as an environmental scientist for a local firm. For your first project, you are asked to construct a food resiliency plan for your firm. Given our changing global climate, growing population, overuse and scarcity of resource, such a management plan for the production and distribution of food is crucial. The goal of this proposed plan is to reduce waste and CO2 emissions contributed by your firm.
Instructions
Construct a detailed management plan for food resiliency. Your plan should consist of three separate paragraphs, (5-7 sentences in length) and should contain the following elements:
• Your first paragraph should specify where and how your company will source its food given a goal year (e.g., 2030).
• This paragraph should consider measures to promote a fluid and organized plan for food resiliency that is realistic and achievable by the end goal (e.g., aquaponics/vertical farms sourced from local community centers to give residents access to fresh, organically grown produce).
• Your second paragraph should specify steps or measures that will be taken to move the firm towards this food resiliency plan.
• This paragraph should highlight the phasing out of foods sourced from farms that use pesticides/chemicals.
• Your third paragraph should discuss the potential reduction in food miles and CO2 emissions that would be achieved by the end date.
• This paragraph should highlight the end goal of reducing food miles and reducing CO2 emissions through sourcing food from local sources.
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