Assignment
Throughout this course, you are keeping a journal about your experience in the class. The purpose of this activity is to enable you to reflect on your learning: what new things you have discovered, what surprises you have encountered, what topics or ideas you have found particularly challenging, and how the course is going for you. Last week you began the Environmental Footprint Reduction Project. This week you will begin using this journal as a space for a progress report on your efforts. Your entries will be evaluated in terms of how well they met the topic and length requirements, and your writing clarity.
Complete the following:
In the first paragraph or two of your journal entry this week, provide a status report on your Ecological Footprint Reduction Project. Have you encountered success with implementing your intended changes? What challenges have you encountered? What have you learned so far from this activity?
In another one or two paragraphs, share your thoughts about the second week of class. What did you learn? What experiences stand out for you? What tasks or content did you find difficult or frustrating? What activities did you find surprising or exciting? Looking ahead, what are your intrigued or concerned by in the third week of the course?
Required Resources
Text: Bensel, T., & Turk, J. (2014). Contemporary environmental issues (2nd ed.). Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu
Chapter 3: Feeding the World
Supplemental Material
Carolina Distance Learning. (n.d.). Properties of soil: Agricultural and water availability impacts investigation manual [PDF].
This lab manual provides background information on soil properties and will assist you in your Properties of Soil: Agricultural and Water Availability Impacts Laboratory assignment. This manual is available for download in your online classroom.
Recommended Resources
Multimedia
Happen Films. (2017, May 21). Organic sustainable farming is the future of agriculture - The future of food (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. [Youtube Video file].
This video provides information about community supported sustainable agriculture and may assist you in your Sustaining our Agricultural Resources assignment this week.
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GRACE Communications Foundation. (n.d.). Sustainable agriculture: The basics.
This web page provides information about the basic elements of sustainable agriculture and may assist you in your Sustaining our Agricultural Resources Assignment.
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UC Davis, Agricultural Sustainability Institute. (n.d.). What is sustainable agriculture?
This web page provides information about the philosophy behind sustainable agriculture and may assist you in your Sustaining our Agricultural Resources Assignment.
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Union of Concerned Scientists. (n.d.). What is sustainable agriculture?
This web page provides information about sustainable agricultural practices and may assist you in your Sustaining our Agricultural Resources Assignment.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.