GEOGRAPHY HW ...!

Your 500-word essay (about two pages) will be in response to: ( bring in appropriate evidence from the learning materials )

Respond to this: "If we do not understand that most people had no choice but to devote their lives to growing and cooking food, we are incapable of comprehending that modern food allows us unparalleled choices not just of diet but of what to do with our lives."

Learning materials:

· From Colombia with love

· Growing food, and land area

· In praise of fast food

· Stop idealizing the home-cooked family dinner

· The future of meat?

Your 500-word essay (about two pages) will be in response to: ( bring in appropriate evidence from the learning materials )

So, by now, you will have gained an idea of the distribution of economic activities around the world.  What do the readings this week tell you about your own economic future?

Learning Materials:

· The law of averageness

· Food truck locations

· 24x7 shopping

· What does "Made in" label mean anymore

· Humans need not apply?

Your 500-word essay (about two pages) will be in response to: ( bring in appropriate evidence from the learning materials )

I will leave this open: what in the readings made the most impression on you, and why you do think the class ought to discuss it in detail?

Learning materials:

· The single most important object in the global economy

· Nearly 60 million displaced people in the world;read any of the stories here

· Migration and US cities

· Fewer cars in the future?

· Smart ships and smart cargo

Your 500-word essay (about two pages) will be in response to: ( bring in appropriate evidence from the learning materials )

Given that humans want to pursue economic activities, and given that economic activities have harmful effects on the natural environment, then does it mean that continuing with economic growth is a recipe for doom?

· No kids = good environment?

· Poop to clean energy

· Plastic bags are good for you

· Why growth is good