Environmental Issues
- Environmental Issues
- This assignment should be completed in âEnvironmental Issuesâ forum from the left hand menu.Topic should be related to environmental issue that interests you. Some ideas include Use of plastic, chemical fertilizers, soil pollution, endangered species, air pollution, overfishing, whaling, ocean acidification, impact of coal industry, flooding, illegal dumping, species extinction, wildlife trade, poaching, illegal logging, effect of industrialization, effect of war on environment, and many others.
- Choose a topic to research and address the following questions
- Your topic should be specific to a region or place and focusing an important environmental issue. For example âAir pollution in Chinaâ or âOil spilling in Kuwaitâ etc. Research online articles and websites and gather information to explain the following information about your topic. Do not repeat topics already chosen by others. Title of your entry should be the environmental issue chosen
- Make a clear statement of the topic(Ex. Causes of water pollution in Potomac river) , mention a place affected by your topic and all the details below about it
- How did you choose it? What made you interested in this topic?
- What are the causes for this issue? How, why and when it became a major concern?
- What are the effects on environment? What is the impact on organisms and plants?
- Who is directly affected by this issue? How, why and how much?
- Is the effect limited to a time period, region or global? How and why?
- What is the damage? How quickly does it spread? How does it affect future?
- What can be done to prevent/reduce the damage? How can you create awareness?
- What are the institutions working for this cause? Include related graphs, data tables, pictures, news articles, websites and sources.
- Read and respond to any two posts before due date discussing the main idea, your reflection and ideas for further research in your comments.
A-5 Part B
- My role in environmental protection
- For this assignment express your knowledge, understanding and concern about environmental protections. List the activities you have taken up or planning to take up in future.
- Define environmental protection. Why should we protect environment?
- What causes change in environment? What are the most important concerns around you?
- How can we create awareness?
- List activities taken up at home or community (Recycle, planting etc.)
- Mention agencies, people, magazines, and websites working to create awareness. How do they help?