Workbook 19

Activity 1: Governance, Economics, and Environmental Issues

 

Get Focused

In the Section 2 Introduction and Section 2 Inquiry, you began to think about various environmental issues and how they impact your quality of life.

What environmental issues concern you the most?

Complete the Environment Issues Organizer by clicking on one of the links below.

Environmental Issues Organizer (Word)
Environment Issues Organizer (pdf)
Environment Issues Organizer (Google Doc)

Save your completed work to your Activities folder.

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Now that you have made a list of environmental issues that concern you, view the video, Global Environmental Issues. This video is approximately 26 minutes in length.

• As you view the video, consider the issues presented and how they may influence your quality of life.
• Make a list of the environmental issues discussed in the video. Consider how these issues may affect your quality of life.

Then, save the list in your Activities folder.

This list will be helpful when you are asked to develop a personal plan of action to respond to an environmental issue in your assignment.


In this activity, you will answer these questions:

• What are the connections between governance, economics, and environmental issues?
• How do they affect my quality of life?