Part I: (More than 300 words with at least 2 citations ) Answer one of the following: Taking inspiration from Geddes' Outlook Tower, produce a visual essay that relate the global ecosystem to your...

Answer one of the following:

1. Taking inspiration from Geddes' Outlook Tower, produce a visual essay that relate the global ecosystem to your individual existence.


2. What is bioregionalism? Relate this concept to Farmingdale State College and its daily activities/outputs.
   
   


3. Discuss the everyday workings of the "city" and how these ecological footprints produce (un)sustainability.


4. Discuss one of the world most environmentally-friendly cities. What have city planners done to achieve such recognition?


5. Does the U.S. have any particularly "sick cities" and if so, what are politicians, citizens, and NGOs doing about the problem?


6. In examining your own ecological footprint, what are you proud of and where do you think you can improve?


7. Discuss the "sense of place" and how this can be operationalized for sustainability campaigns.


8. Do you think that the environmental justice movement will ultimately become radicalized as predicted byGreenpeace. If so, when and how?


9. Recount your own experiences in supporting local sustainability, no matter how small.


10. Interview a representative of a local NGO focusing on some aspect of sustainability. Report your main findings to the class.

"Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean."~ John Muir

MAIN ASSIGNMENT:

Track your personal consumption for a single day, interrogating how "sustainable" your own existence is. Begin when you wake up and end when you go to sleep. Your essay should include the following: food (meals, drinks, etc.); energy (fossil fuels, A/C or heating, computer/TV use, etc.); shelter (housing, clothing, etc.); and all economic consumption (purchases, expenditures, etc.). (Note: Include ongoing expenses such as Internet fees, rent, etc.) All students should keep a journal entry for the day and scan/photograph it for others to review. Evaluation will be partially based on the level of detail provided. In the final paragraph, students will reflect on the major themes of the course and how their own "situatedness" as university students in the U.S. and scales of lived space compare with the sustainability profiles of their peers in other parts of the world (e.g., Uzbekistan and Uruguay).

Part III reply to the post below:

In the mist of rapid industrialization and urbanization, major cities around the world are struggling on how to incorporated eco-friendly ideas to protect our planet. With the rapid growth of population this requires an increase in the demand of energy use and natural resources. One of the most environmentally friendly cities I came to learn about is the city of Reykjavik located in Iceland.

Iceland is the world’s second most highly performing country in environmental issues, according to the 2016 Environmental Performance Index (EPI).

Reykjavik is the smallest amazing green city on the list, with only about 115,000 people residing in the city and roughly 300,000 people in the entire country of Iceland.(Trimarchi, 2019). The cities impact on the environment has been admiring to follow. By the year 2050, Iceland plans to free itself from dependence on fossil fuels and become a hydrogen economy. Already, Reykjavik is harnessing energy and produces electricity entirely from hydropower and geothermal resources.

With all this geothermal heating this means that their accommodations are naturally sustainable and comfortably warm during the cold winter days. The city is also known for the use of renewable energy to power hydrogen-fueled buses for transportation and free of greenhouse gas emissions. Iceland has developed an environmental policy and the goal of their policy is to minimize their total environmental impact and to establish sustainable practices by optimizing the use of the resources (Sigurdur, 2017).

The city of Reykjavik has gotten recognition about how economically friend they strive to be. Many others want to do the same and are also work to reduce their energy consumption by adopting environmentally friendly urban development practices and embracing green living lifestyles.

Sources:

Trimarchi, Maria, and Jacob Clifton. “10 Amazing Green Cities.” HowStuffWorks Science. HowStuffWorks, August 5, 2019. https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/five-amazing-green-cities10.htm.

Sigurdur. “Sustainable and Green Reykjavik.” Meet in Reykjavik, November 5, 2017. https://meetinreykjavik.is/green-reykjavik/.