This lab exercise is a further exploration of sustainability. For this exercise, you will be challenged to find ways to improve the sustainability of your own lifestyle. You won’t be required to aim for a Zero Carbon Footprint, but hopefully, you will see that there are small changes that you could make that will benefit the planet. And who knows, these changes could also provide a financial benefit. Yes, unplugging those phone chargers can actually save money!
This exercise will ask you to watch a video that discusses sustainable practices. You will then explore an environment, your home, neighborhood, or campus to identify ten practices that could be made more sustainable. Here is a list of questions that you will be required to answer:
How could you apply all three principles of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle could be applied to using plastic bottles for drinking water:
Explore your home, neighborhood, campus or other location to identify ten practices that could be made more sustainable. What location did you select and why did you select this location?
List the ten practices that you identified. Be careful to number the practices 1-10.
Provide a more sustainable alternative each of the practices listed in your answer to Question 3. Make sure to follow the same numbering system as in your answer to Question 3.
Four additional questions related to your alternatives.
Procedure:
Explore your home, neighborhood or other location to identify 10 practices that could be made more sustainable.
Be able to provide a sustainable alternative for each of these practices.
Complete the lab report.
You may take up to two attempts with this report up until the due date, however, previous answers will be lost and will need to be re-entered. Additional attempts are not permitted after the Lab Report is graded.
The point value for each question is indicated in the Lab Report. Partial credit may be awarded for short answer questions based on the percentage of the response that is correct vs. the percentage incorrect.
Late Lab Reports can not be accepted for Unit 5.
