Goals for the Day:
● Understand the difference between two types of environmental ethics: Environmental Justice and Sustainability and consider if either of these are elements you would incorporate into your personal ethics.
● Know what “NIMBY” means
● Evaluate the tension between environmental preservation and environmental justice. Can we protect pristine wilderness areas AND make sure low-income communities are safe from environmental injustices/health hazards?
1. Starter 4.9: Watch this video on the concept of NIMBY-ism. What is your reaction? How did this video expand your thinking on the intersection between energy production and one's sense of place?
3. Follow the directions for the activities
Case Studies in Environmental Justice and Sustainability
(You need to make this up if you are absent today!)
4. Submit by email a document with all three activities completed. Put "Justice and Sustainability" in the subject line.
Add to document: 4. Synthesize your thoughts after your partner discussion. Discuss your thoughts on at least 2 of the questions.
(You need to make this up if you are absent today!)
4. Submit by email a document with all three activities completed. Put "Justice and Sustainability" in the subject line.
Add to document: 4. Synthesize your thoughts after your partner discussion. Discuss your thoughts on at least 2 of the questions.
HOMEWORK:
1. Finish Case Studies and submit by tomorrow. If you didn't have time for a partner discussion, try to find another 11th grader to talk to before tomorrow about the readings/questions. If you can't do so, answer 2 of the questions in part for in writing to the best of your ability.
2. Town Hall Debate prep for Friday!
FOR FRIDAY'S HOMEWORK:
***CHANGE THE 3rd LINK to THIS ONE:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/28/fukushima-cancer-rates-risks_n_2779729.html (This article discusses the cancer risks after the Fukishima nuclear power plant explosion)
***Use this source to figure out how health risks will be controlled:
http://pinonridgemill.com/operations.html
1. Finish Case Studies and submit by tomorrow. If you didn't have time for a partner discussion, try to find another 11th grader to talk to before tomorrow about the readings/questions. If you can't do so, answer 2 of the questions in part for in writing to the best of your ability.
2. Town Hall Debate prep for Friday!
FOR FRIDAY'S HOMEWORK:
***CHANGE THE 3rd LINK to THIS ONE:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/28/fukushima-cancer-rates-risks_n_2779729.html (This article discusses the cancer risks after the Fukishima nuclear power plant explosion)
***Use this source to figure out how health risks will be controlled:
http://pinonridgemill.com/operations.html