urban homework

COMPUTING YOUR ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT http://www.myfootprint.org/

URBS 150: The Urban Scene

Students will be required to complete a quiz that aids one in the calculation of an ecological footprint. This exercise takes approximately 15 minutes. Upon completion of the quiz and receiving your output, please complete a 1pg summary of your results. In this summary you should react to:

• Whether you thought your carbon footprint was higher or lower than the actual? • Whether you will change any behaviors as a result of the findings? • If so, which behaviors will you change?

(Each focus is worth 2pt) 1. Quality of Assignment – all major points above

are covered and provides a summary written in your own words.

2. Concise – did not use excessive writing 3. No Grammar or Spelling errors – major problems

with sentence structure that make the assignment difficult to read will cause deductions

4. Logical – ideas and concepts are presented in a logical order.

5. On time – If late assignments will automatically have 1 pt deducted and if turned in 1 week after due date, the student will not receive any credit.

TOTAL SCORE: Total possible score is 10