Discussion 1: What Is The Size Of Your Footprint?

You will calculate your own ecological footprint and reflect on your behaviors that lend to negative consequences to the environment. Use this website http://www.footprintcalculator.org/ to determine your own ecological footprint and then comment on the following points in your discussion post.

What was your calculated ecological footprint?
Were you surprised?
What were some of the recommendations given for lowering your footprint?
Did your footprint results effect your mental model of human impacts on the environment?

Discussion 2: Challenges To Finding A Solution

You will research a current environmental issue and analyze it for the challenges that exist in finding a solution.

Research a current environmental issue using online websites.
Find a website that you feel provides enough information for you to summarize both the environmental issue and comment on at least two challenges, from the ones you learned about in this module, in implementing a solution to this issue in your discussion post.
Include the website link in your discussion post.