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Unit 7 Discussion

unit 7 discussion

Q Follow and use the structure when answering these questions (this is a part of your grade) Discussion prompt: Go to the global footprint website https://www.footprintnetwork.org/ (Links to an external site.) and calculate your ecological footprint. AND... then do some research online and find (read) an article on global climate change & ecological challenges and (synthesizing your ecological footprint information and the article together). Discuss your findings and answer this question: 1. Summarize what you consider to be the greatest ecological issue facing the international community today (reference the article)? 2. Do you think ecological climate problems are overstated or understated? Or are they taken seriously enough by the global community? Why? 3. What are some details of this issue (article) and which aspects of the forces and dynamics of foreign policy mentioned in the reader are involved? 4. Then, with your peers, discuss the questions raised for you in the article. "Post" a substantive post (about two or three paragraphs - 250 words or more...) and Then "Respond" to at least three (3) of your colleagues' Posts.

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I consider the rise in the sea water levels as the biggest ecological crisis facing nations across the globe. The carbon footprint that I leave was calculated to be 16. It is fairly high considering the results showed that if everyone on earth lived like them then we would need 9 earths. Moving aside, it can be argued that the carbon footprint that people like me generate is leading to a combined rise in global temperatures