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PROJECT TWO
What’s YOUR impact?
1. Watch the documentary, ‘No Impact Man’ (Available in 3-hour reserve in the USF-Tampa main
library or currently available at http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/no_impact_man/), directed by
Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein, 2009, 92 minutes. It is also available through private rental companies.
‘Colin Beavan decides to completely eliminate his personal impact on the environment for the next year.
It means eating vegetarian, buying only local food, and turning off the refrigerator. It also means no
elevators, no television, no cars, buses, or airplanes, no toxic cleaning products, no electricity, no
material consumption, and no garbage. No problem – at least for Colin – but he and his family live in
Manhattan. So, when his espresso-guzzling, retail-worshipping wife Michelle and their two-year-old
daughter are dragged into the fray, the No Impact Project has an unforeseen impact of its own’.1
2. Calculate your carbon footprint at the Nature Conservancy website**:
http://www.nature.org/greenliving/carboncalculator/index.htm
Calculate your carbon emissions based on all of the categories including: home energy usage, driving
and flying, food and diet, and recycling and waste. Make sure to complete all sections of the carbon
calculator. Make notes as you are going through the calculator. What are your inputs? What are your
results? How do your carbon emissions compare to the average of a person from the United States and
the world (per person)? Think about what changes you can realistically make now to reduce your carbon
emissions.
3. Take the Sustainable Synergy, Inc. green living quiz to assess how green you really are**:
http://www.transformyourhealth.com/webnewsletters/jan08/howgreenareyouarticle.htm
Carefully take the quiz, being sure to look at all the possible answers. Make notes as you are going
through the exercise. What do you do? What don’t you do? What are your results? Don’t focus on your
final score or results…focus on the inputs!
4. Write a combined reaction paper to the documentary AND the results from the carbon calculator
AND the green living quiz. Reaction papers are designed so that you’ll consider carefully what you
think or feel about something you’ve read or seen.
**If you are having trouble accessing the websites, try using a different browser.
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The Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/11/no-impact-man-the-moviee_n_282472.html (August 18, 2011).
The reaction paper should be your reactions, but must also include:
• A summary of the documentary (identify the key points highlighted in the documentary)
• Naming and discussing at least 5 issues raised in the documentary
• A brief discussion of your carbon calculator inputs and results
• Include resulting pie chart of Carbon Calculator in the paper by providing a screen shot [
Capture Software, CTRL+PrintScreen and then paste to document with CTRL+V, or the
Information Technology Help desk can assist you, if necessary.]
• A brief discussion of your eco-footprint calculator inputs and results
• Your final combined reaction to the documentary and the results of calculating your carbon
footprint and the eco-footprint
Things to think about when writing your reactions to Beavan’s attempt:
How do you feel about what you are seeing in the documentary? With what do you agree or disagree?
Can you identify with anything in the documentary? Reflect on what you have watched in the
documentary and what you have discovered about your own carbon emissions and eco-footprint. The
Nature Conservancy and Conservation International websites can provide you with ideas on what you
can do to reduce your energy usage and carbon footprint and how to increase your eco-footprint.
Overall, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?!?!
Paper length: 5-7 pages including the pie chart from the carbon calculator, double-spaced, 1 inch
margins, 12-point font, Times New Roman
Due date + time: Submit via Canvas no later than 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Total score: 100 points
Additional notes: No need to cite references for this project unless you utilize a source outside of
the textbook, documentary (‘No Impact Man’), Nature Conservancy website, or Conservation
International website. This paper must include an introduction (with thesis statement), logical
structure, and a conclusion. Your thoughts must be clear, organized and in logical order. Make it
enjoyable for us to read, please!
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