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This assignment relates to the following Course Learning Requirements:
1 - Explain the concept of environmental citizenship and provide examples demonstrating the roles and responsibilities of people within the global ecosystem.
2 - Relate the history of environmental trends to contemporary society and to future direction.
3 - Explain the relationships between poverty, education, health and environmental sustainability
4 - Identify your day-to-day practices and their impact on the global ecosystem and, in turn, the global ecosystem's reciprocal impact on you.
5 - Explain the concept of ecological footprint and identify ways in which personal environmental impact can be mitigated
Objective of this Assignment: In this discussion forum you have the opportunity to discuss the future of the environment.
Focus on the following questions to help formulate and encourage discussion:
Based on what you've explored in this course and experienced in your own life, do you feel that the environment faces a more positive or a more pessimistic future?
Keep in mind that we (human beings) are critical components of the environment that will both be able to shape the future and be shaped by it.