Environmental Geology Film Review: Why Lakes and Rivers Should Have the Same Rights as Humans by Kelsey Leonard

Overview

Environmental geology is a subdiscipline of geology that applies the principles of geology to understand our intersection with the natural environment, including how we impact it and it impacts us.  The issues that fall under this overarching topic are varied and frequently the focus of political and cultural discourse.  We will watch environmental-geology related videos in this class that introduce you to some of the environmental-geology themed topics being discussed today. You will watch the video and individually consider the issue by composing and submitting a response to a prompt outlined below. 

Instructions

Watch the video below.

After watching the video, use the textbox provided when you click on “Submit Assignment” 

Lists the topics and/or terms that you recognize from the content presented in class and/or your textbook.

Describes how people, society, and/or the environment are affected positively by the main issue discussed in this video. NOTE: This may be explicitlyLinks to an external site. stated in the video or it may be something that you extrapolateLinks to an external site. from what you heard/saw. 

1. Describes how people, society, and/or the environment are affected negatively by the main issue discussed in this video. NOTE: This may be explicitlyLinks to an external site. stated in the video or it may be something that you extrapolateLinks to an external site. from what you heard/saw. 

Describes, in your own words, what you thought the central message of this video was.  In other words, what do you think the speaker was trying to convince the audience of?

Discusses whether you agree with the speaker’s central message or disagree with the speaker’s central message AND why, specifically referencing what you have learned in class in this Module and/or past Modules.

Lists two questions that came to mind while you were watching this video.

https://www.ted.com/talks/kelsey_leonard_why_lakes…