Opening the Window

Discussion Forum 1 - Opening the Window

This assignment relates to the following Course Learning Requirements:

CLR 1 - Explain the concept of environmental citizenship andprovide examples demonstrating the roles and responsibilities of people within the global ecosystem.

CLR 4 - Identify your day-to-day practices and their impact on theglobal ecosystem and, in turn, the global ecosystem's reciprocal impact on you.

CLR 5 - Explain the concept of ecological footprint andidentify ways in which personal environmental impact can bemitigated.

Objective of this Assignment: In this discussion forum you will consider the concepts of environmental citizenship and sustainable development.

Instructions:

1. Focus on the following questions to help formulate and encouragediscussion:

When you look out the window now, after having workedthrough the first lesson, do you see anything differently than when you looked out the window before you started reading? What was different? Why?

Based on your understanding so far, is current development sustainable? Why or why not?

What roles and responsibilities do each of us have in order to ensure a sustainable future?

Are there barriers to performing those roles and responsibilitiesproperly?