Anthropocene

TASK: Please answer each of the questions below. Support your answers with information provided during lecture, from your readings, and/or additional research. Reflect about what we have discussed and present your own perspective in your responses. Please use stay away from big/complex words while formulating your response.

1) First, weigh in the baseline debate (discussed during the Lecture). Do you believe we are living within the Anthropocene? Why or why not? If so, make an argument for when it began.

2) The idea of the Anthropocene raises significant questions for humanity. If human activities are transforming the Earth, then one can argue that our national and individual lifestyles play a role.

• To explore further, go to the Global Footprint Network website: https://data.footprintnetwork.org/(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
• Click on any country and then click on the blue button “Learn More”. On the left-hand side of the screen, select the option “Ecological Footprint (Number of Earths)” and with your mouse, follow the path of the graph – this will tell you how many earths that would needed to sustain the population based on that country’s average ecological footprint for each year. See screenshot below for example.
• Investigate three countries: report the average ecological footprint for each country you have selected in the year 2022 and compare them. Which country had the highest ecological footprint? The lowest? Why do you think that is (i.e. what makes one country’s footprint different from another)?

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