#09-UN field Experience + Air/Atmosphere (More tips given)

 
Read: As reference the websites mentioned below in the assignment instructions. They are (1.) the IPCC summary (The doc is below) report (specific pages 3,4,5 and 32, 33 at a minimum), The UN SDGs ( http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainab… )and a sustainability web page and or report specific to a business of your choice that you select to profile their sustainability goals.
Watch:
(Required) Neil Degrasse Tyson’s Cosmos, Episode 12 ( https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3c58oj ) Video (39 minutes). (This is a good overview of atmosphere and climate change – and includes a short explanation of feedback loops at 21 min)

• If you missed the UN trip, you can find the UN speaker video (This video is too big, more than 40GB, please try to answer questions without video first. If it is necessary, I can give you my school account, and you can login to watch.)of speakers in the Module in Canvas

Write: Due Friday, 11/9, at 11:59 pm.
1- Reflect on your Field Experience to the UN and the Cosmos episode. (5 points) Write a two-page word reflection answering the prompts below. Please make use of both the UN trip and Cosmos episode, the the take careful notes, so you may reflect on the speaker’s comments.
Joel Towers spoke about “redesigning for resilience,” the IPCC Summary (below), and the Sustainable Development Goals.
http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals.html (SDG), which are meant to balance “social well-being, economic prosperity and environmental protection.” (IPCC Summary p.24)

1. How have the SDGs helped (or not) in the reduction of CO2? (Look at the IPCC summary for this)
2. How is our atmosphere becoming more or less like the atmosphere on Venus? (This is explained in The episode of Cosmos)
   1. Is this good or bad. Explain why?
3. Identify a business, which is applying an SDG to their own business goals and practices?(Consider a business that might inform your final project. You should select 1 SDG and apply this to the existing business. You can find information in the businesses’ sustainability report on line or on their webpage under sustainability.)
   1. Name the SDG and what activity the business is doing that supports the SDG you identified.
   2. How effective are they at achieving their sustainable goal?
   3. What do you see as their biggest challenge to reaching their goals?
   4. If you were hired as a sustainability designer by the organization, what suggestion would you make to the business, and how feasible do you think your solution would be?

Reminder to include all of your sources and use proper in-text citation. (films require a time stamp on the film, documents require a page number)
Come to class prepared to discuss your experience of the trip and films as well as your final project.
Submit a Word or pdf document into Canvas that is double-spaced text in Times New Roman font size 12), with one inch margins, and with single space add your name, assignment number, and date on the top-right corner. By submitting your assignment, you are making the statement that you alone are the author of this assignment. All work submitted will be evaluated according to the standards of academic writing. Evaluation will be based on text within the prescribed page, (or word) limit. Late submission will be deducted a half letter grade per day late.