Suggested Length: Approximately 3 pages of text (Visuals and a Works Cited List are extra.)
We would like you to examine your family’s impact on climate change, and your own impact, from a historical perspective (the past first, and then the present). And we would like you to provide some analysis, as described below.
This is optional, but you can also analyze your grandparents’ impact on climate change.
· Does your family’s experience parallel overall trends in society (more income, more consumption, more energy use?
· Do you see yourself as (proportionately) responsible for the current situation?
· How does your family’s impact [including your own impact] compare to the average individual on the planet?
· Do you see yourself modifying your behavior in particular ways to reduce, for example, your carbon footprint?
Photos or other visuals are welcome.
You can use headings such as Past, Present and Analysis to organize your paper.
If you do any outside research, please include a Works Cited List.
SOCL3800: Climate Change
Fall 2017
Individual Assignment 1: An Energy History of Your Family
S
ubmission Date:
Friday, September 15
th
at 11:59 pm
S
uggested Length:
A
pproximately 3
pages
of text (Visuals and a Works Cited List
are extra.)
We would
like you to examine your family’s
impact on climate change
, and your
own impact,
from
a
historical
perspectiv
e (
the past
first
,
and
the
n the present)
.
And we would like you to provide
some
analysis
, as described below
.
Past
: P
rovide information on
your early fami
ly life. Examine the jobs of your
parents
[including the climate change impact of the companies they worked for],
the number of children they raised, where they lived, including how the dwelling
was heated, what kinds of transportation they used, and whate
ver ot
her relevant
details you know.
(Note: If, for example, there was a divorce and a remarriage,
include the aspects that affecte
d you while you were growing up; if you moved
frequently, you can select the living situation that you remember best.
)
Pick a
time period [for example, when you learned to drive] and detail how many and
what
kind of vehicles the family possessed.
This is optional, but
you can also analyze your grandparents’ impact on climate
change.
Present
: Discuss
your
current lifesty
le and your impact on the environment.
Describe where and how you live, how heat is provided to the dwellings you
reside in, including Wentworth dorms and classrooms and labs and studios.
Describe how you are, in general, transported from place to place;
i
f you have
flown in an airplane in the last five y
ears, make sure you include
details.
Consider
how your food is produced and
how
the items that you possess have been
manufactured.
Think about waste disposal and any use of renewable energy
sources.
(Yes, y
ou may not be able to know all of the details.)
Some Further Considerations for
Analysis
: View
your (and your family’s) impact
on cl
imate change f
rom a socio
-
economic perspective and from an ethical
perspective.
Here are some questions to ponder.
·
D
oes your family
’s experience parallel overall trends in society (more
income,
more consumption,
more energy use
?
·
Do you see yourself as (proportionately) responsible for the current
situation?
SOCL3800: Climate Change
Fall 2017
Individual Assignment 1: An Energy History of Your Family
Submission Date: Friday, September 15
th
at 11:59 pm
Suggested Length: Approximately 3 pages of text (Visuals and a Works Cited List
are extra.)
We would like you to examine your family’s impact on climate change, and your
own impact, from a historical perspective (the past first, and then the present).
And we would like you to provide some analysis, as described below.
Past: Provide information on your early family life. Examine the jobs of your
parents [including the climate change impact of the companies they worked for],
the number of children they raised, where they lived, including how the dwelling
was heated, what kinds of transportation they used, and whatever other relevant
details you know. (Note: If, for example, there was a divorce and a remarriage,
include the aspects that affected you while you were growing up; if you moved
frequently, you can select the living situation that you remember best.) Pick a
time period [for example, when you learned to drive] and detail how many and
what kind of vehicles the family possessed.
This is optional, but you can also analyze your grandparents’ impact on climate
change.
Present: Discuss your current lifestyle and your impact on the environment.
Describe where and how you live, how heat is provided to the dwellings you
reside in, including Wentworth dorms and classrooms and labs and studios.
Describe how you are, in general, transported from place to place; if you have
flown in an airplane in the last five years, make sure you include details. Consider
how your food is produced and how the items that you possess have been
manufactured. Think about waste disposal and any use of renewable energy
sources. (Yes, you may not be able to know all of the details.)
Some Further Considerations for Analysis: View your (and your family’s) impact
on climate change from a socio-economic perspective and from an ethical
perspective. Here are some questions to ponder.
Does your family’s experience parallel overall trends in society (more
income, more consumption, more energy use?
Do you see yourself as (proportionately) responsible for the current
situation?