ENV0002 Assignment 1 - Interconnectedness (20%) This assignment relates to the following Course Learning Requirements: CLR 1 - Explain the concept of environmental citizenship and provide examples demonstrating the roles and responsibilities of people within the global ecosystem. CLR 2- Relate the history of environmental trends to contemporary society and to future direction. CLR 3-Explain the relationships between poverty, education, health and environmental sustainability. Objective of this Assignment: To research an environmental topic and discuss the interconnectedness of impacts related to this topic. Instructions: This assignment is an individual research assignment. One of the key concepts in environmental citizenship is the idea that we are all interconnected in a single global system - connected to each other and to our surroundings (the air, water, land, plants and animals around us). When something occurs or changes in one part of the system, it has repercussions elsewhere in the system, either as a major precipitating incident or as a trickle-down type effect. In this assignment, you are asked to select a topic related to the environment about which you will do some research and submit a written port. General, and purposely broad, subject areas are listed in the discussion forum entitled Assignments 1 and 2 Topic Sign-Up. Follow the instructions in the discussion forum to finalize your choice of topic. Once your topic is chosen, use whichever resources are available to you (textbooks, course material, Internet, libraries, personal experience, etc.) to research your topic. Your written report should identify your topic and speak to the interconnectedness of impacts related to land and forests. For example, if you choose clear- cutting a forest as your topic, your paper should summarize the activity of clear-cutting and identify the impacts that this activity has, for example, on the land, biodiversity, water, and human life of the surrounding area. Your report should be about 800 words (that's about 3-4 pages, double-spaced, font = 12). I recommend that you use headings throughout to help identify your key concepts. References should be properly cited. Please create a title page as part of your report.

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