Lesson 6.2

Lesson 3

Lesson 3—An Individual in a Globalizing World

What can I do?

Get Focused

In Module 5 you examined the impact of bottled water on environmental sustainability. What impact did changing your water habits have on beverage companies and environmental sustainability?

Research

Global Footprint

Your global or ecological footprint is an assessment of how much of the Earth’s resource is consumed in comparison to the Earth’s ability to renew or maintain available supplies of the resource.

Take the quiz HERE. What does it tell you about how much you consume? What changes could you make? Take the quiz again based on some changes you could make in your own life. What impact does this have?

Explore 1

What actions can an individual take?

Multimedia

The Endpoverty2015 website features an animated report about the future of children in a globalizing world. It is entitled The Story of the Future. Open the report and click on the airplane icon. Make sure you click the green arrow to get an update. What action is still waiting to be taken?

 

The Endpoverty2015 website features an animated report about the future of children in a globalizing world. It is entitled The Story of the Future. Open the report and click on the newspaper icon. Make sure you click on the newspaper to view the transition of headlines. What headlines could you change?

Assignment

Please complete the What can I do? Assignment at this point.