PAVESS10-1: Globalization and the Environment

Section 1—The Environment (10 marks)

Globalization and the Environment

You have been asked to contribute an editorial about globalization and the environment for a news special on Earth Day, April 22. How do actions and/or policies of economic globalization affect the environment?

Begin by gathering information from the assigned readings in your textbook.

Select one of the following topics as the subject of your editorial. Analyze the action and/or policy and how it impacts the environment.

Kyoto Accord
Alberta’s initiative on resource sustainability
Mackenzie Valley Pipeline
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
impacts of globalization on caribou populations and migration
impacts of globalization on climate and seasonal change
impacts of globalization on water, oceans, lakes, ponds, and rivers
impacts of globalization on forests
impacts of globalization on traditional Aboriginal hunting and harvesting

You may choose to create a video, audio, or text editorial.

Your editorial should be a minimum of three minutes or 750 words.
The response you create in your editorial about the relationship between globalization and the environment should be informed, persuasive, and clear.

Scoring Criteria: Globalization and the Environment

	Underdeveloped (1)	Competent (3)	Well-Developed (5)
Relevance of Information	Most of the information does not relate to the editorial topic.	Approximately half of the information relates to the editorial topic.	All of the information clearly relates to the editorial topic.
	Underdeveloped (1)	Competent (3)	Well-Developed (5)
Editorial	Provides limited persuasive information on the editorial position.	Provides sufficient information on the editorial position.	Provides detailed and very persuasive information on the editorial position.