Unit 3: Discussion Assignment
Population and Consumption
Reading:
The Story of More by Hope Jaharen. A course text.
Video:
Pyramids of Waste: The Light Bulb Conspiracy
https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/pyramids-of-waste-2010/ (Links to an external site.). Films for Action
Web Site:
Gapminder
https://www.gapminder.org/ (Links to an external site.)
Questions:
1. From the Gapminder web site, watch How not to be ignorant about the world and take the quiz. How did you score? What surprised you about global development? Did this change your global perspective?
2. In Gapminders Facts about world population, what effects has development played on population growth and the pent up global desires for consumption? How do we solve the problems of poverty through demography? What effects will this have on patterns of global consumption?
3. From The Story of More and Pyramids of Waste: The Light Bulb Conspiracy, how have our national patterns of consumption been reflected or have driven the Great Acceleration?
4. On page 88, Jahren states that we (Americans) should Use Less and Share More. Can this be done? Is this un-American? Choose and defend your response.
From the readings, what do you think are the major environmental problems and how should they be addressed both individually and collectively?
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