Topic: SCI 207 Our Dependence upon the Environment Number of Pages: 1 (Double Spaced) Number of sources: 2 Writing Style: APA Type of document: Essay Academic Level:Undergraduate Category: Environmental Issues Language Style: English (U.S.) Order Instructions: Week 1 - Journal Ecological Footprint Update and Course Reflections [WLOs: 1, 2, 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Welcome to SCI207! Throughout this course, you will be asked to keep 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. During the five weeks in which you are participating in the Environmental Footprint Reduction Project, in Week 2 through Week 4 you will also use 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. Your entries should be a minimum of one typed page each (double-spaced, Times New Roman, and 12-point font) and will be submitted through Waypoint. Complete the following: In the first paragraph or two of your first journal entry, please reflect on your previous experiences, if any with environmental science and environmental issues. What new things do you hope to learn in this course? What concerns or fears do you have about this class? What strategies to you plan to put in place to address them? In another one or two paragraphs, share your thoughts about the first 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 second week of the course? Finally, make a list of at least five lifestyle changes you plan to commit to making for your course-long Ecological Footprint Reduction Project. Once you have recorded them in your journal, you should begin taking those steps and keeping a weekly journal record of your efforts. You will report on the results in a class discussion in Week 5. REQUIRE RESOURCES TO DO JOURNAL PLEASE: Text Bensel, T., & Turk, J. (2014). Contemporary environmental issues (2nd ed.). Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu Chapter 1: Ecosystems Chapter 2: Human Population Dynamics Chapter 4: Land Use Changes and Biodiversity Loss Multimedia Moovly. (2015, January 8). The ecologiKcal footprint explained [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/fACkb2u1ULY This video provides information about what ecological footprints are and why they are measured, and will assist you in your Ecological Footprints discussion this week. This video has closed captioning and a transcript. Accessibility Statement Privacy Policy Weekend Edition (Producers). (2010, August 2.

1. Topic: SCI 207 Our Dependence upon the Environment
Number of Pages: 1 (Double Spaced)
Number of sources: 2
Writing Style: APA
Type of document: Essay
Academic Level:Undergraduate
Category: Environmental Issues
Language Style: English (U.S.)
Order Instructions:
Week 1 - Journal
Ecological Footprint Update and Course Reflections
[WLOs: 1, 2, 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Welcome to SCI207! Throughout this course, you will be asked
to keep 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

2. particularly challenging, and how the course is going for you.
During the five weeks in which you are participating in the
Environmental Footprint Reduction Project, in Week 2 through
Week 4 you will also use 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. Your entries should be a minimum of one
typed page each (double-spaced, Times New Roman, and 12-
point font) and will be submitted through Waypoint.
Complete the following:
In the first paragraph or two of your first journal entry, please
reflect on your previous experiences, if any with environmental
science and environmental issues. What new things do you hope
to learn in this course? What concerns or fears do you have
about this class? What strategies to you plan to put in place to
address them?
In another one or two paragraphs, share your thoughts about the
first 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
second week of the course?
Finally, make a list of at least five lifestyle changes you plan to
commit to making for your course-long Ecological Footprint
Reduction Project. Once you have recorded them in your
journal, you should begin taking those steps and keeping a
weekly journal record of your efforts. You will report on the
results in a class discussion in Week 5.
REQUIRE RESOURCES TO DO JOURNAL PLEASE: Text
Bensel, T., & Turk, J. (2014). Contemporary environmental

3. issues (2nd ed.). Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu
Chapter 1: Ecosystems
Chapter 2: Human Population Dynamics
Chapter 4: Land Use Changes and Biodiversity Loss
Multimedia
Moovly. (2015, January 8). The ecologiKcal footprint explained
[Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/fACkb2u1ULY
This video provides information about what ecological
footprints are and why they are measured, and will assist you in
your Ecological Footprints discussion this week. This video has
closed captioning and a transcript.
Accessibility Statement
Privacy Policy
Weekend Edition (Producers). (2010, August 28). ‘The sound of
a snail’: A patient’s greatest comfort [Audio podcast]. Retrieved
from
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1294756
25?storyId=129475625
This article provides information on how a nature experience
can happen anywhere and despite overwhelming obstacles, and
will assist you in completing your Nature Experience Project
you will begin this week. The full project is due in Week 5.
This podcast has a transcript.
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Web Pages
Global Footprint Network. (n.d.). What is your ecological
footprint? Retrieved from http://www.footprintcalculator.org/
This web page provides an interactive calculator for
determining your resource consumption and is necessary for
completing your Ecological Footprints discussion this week.
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United States Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.). Carbon
footprint calculator. Retrieved from
https://www3.epa.gov/carbon-footprint-calculator/
This web page provides an interactive calculator for
determining your greenhouse gas emissions and is necessary for
completing the Ecological Footprints discussion this week.
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Website
Water footprint calculator. (https://www.watercalculator.org)
This website provides an interactive calculator for determining
your water consumption and is necessary for completing your
Ecological Footprints discussion this week.
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Supplemental Material
Carolina Distance Learning. (n.d.). Stream morphology
investigation manual [PDF]. Retrieved from
https://ashford.instructure.com
This lab manual provides background information on stream
morphology and will assist you in your Stream Morphology
Laboratory assignment. This manual is available for download
in your online classroom.
Recommended Resources
Article
Carrington, D. (2018, March 12). What is biodiversity, and why
does it matter to us? The Guardian. Retrieved from
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/12/what-is-
biodiversity-and-why-does-it-matter-to-us
This article from The Guardian provides information about our
global biodiversity crisis and may assist you in completing the
Sustainable Living Guide Contributions, Part One of Four:
Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystems assignment.
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Multimedia
Biointeractive [HHMI Biointeractive]. (2015, April 8). Humans,
biodiversity, and habitat loss - HHMI biointeractive video

6. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/1drkFgHbcWY
This video provides information about biodiversity loss and how
people are contributing to it, and may assist you in completing
your Sustainable Living Guide Contributions, Part One of Four:
Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystems assignment. This video
has closed captioning and a transcript
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TED-Ed. (2015, April 20). Why is biodiversity so important?
[Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/GK_vRtHJZu4
This video provides information about biodiversity and why it is
important, and may assist you in completing your Sustainable
Living Guide Contributions, Part One of Four: Sustaining
Biodiversity and Ecosystems assignment. This video has closed
captioning and a transcript.
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Web Page
GreenFacts. (n.d.). Biodiversity & human well-being. Retrieved
from https://www.greenfacts.org/en/biodiversity/l-3/1-define-
biodiversity.htm
This web page provides detailed information about global
biodiversity issues and may assist you in completing the
Sustainable Living Guide Contributions, Part One of Four:
Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystems Assignment.

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