Week 14 Tasks - more on Carbon Footprints

Tuesday 13 May, 2008

Week 14 Tasks

Hi guys!Week 12 tasks related to "An Inconvenient Truth" were to a) write a summary of the movie (200+ words) and b) evaluate or review it (150+ words). If you've not finished, hurry up! (;Week 13 tasks are1) finish 2 more quizzes in WebCT Vista Vocabulary. That means finishing up to and including quiz 6. You also need to post 2 more NICE (but critical) comments on other classmates' blogs. That means 4 posts now -- 2 each week from week 12.
2) measure your carbon footprint at either http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/ or http://www.myfootprint.org//. You might want to try both quizzes! I did the first one. I thought I was very environmentally friendly but was shocked that my score was 3.59. That means I am living as if there were 3.59 earths and, too, I am above the U.K. average! For the second, my score was a horrible 10.77 (10.7 earths!). My scores were poor for food (I'm eating too much meat) and goods and services (buying too many new things) but good for home energy, transport and housing
3) Make a post entitled "My Carbon Footprint: Problems & Solutions" (200+ words). You should write 4+ paragraphs. Suggested format:a) introduction (define the term "carbon footprint" and say what your score is and what it means)b) body paragraph 1 - problems (identify 3 of your carbon footprint problems. For example, one of mine is that I travel a lot by plane, so this contributes to atmospheric pollution)c) body paragraph 2 - solutions (identify 3 specific solutions for your carbon footprint problems - for example, I could do more travel by bus within the UAE instead of going to other countries during breaks like Eid)d) conclusion - brief commentary on carbon footprints/global warming and future statement.Please included 2+ nice photos to accompany your post. Links to suitable videos would also be a plus. I will check your post (#3) if you finish it by 1 pm on Thursday, May 14 AND let me know. -- Enjoy!

Plus check out the Natioanal article:

http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Industry/10211839.html

A recent article about 'Power - and Carbon Footprints' in the UAE should be very interesting
about arternatives to regular energy creation...

the Fox

Also, next Blogpost will cover 'Voicethreads' something to add to your blogs, which we 'forgot' to do / cover up to now which is important for your blogs! Check out:

http://voicethread.com/ Good stuff !!

tF