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We adopt pro-environmental behaviors based on a complex series of internal and external factors, and it’s important for each of us to understand his/her balance between responsibility for acting pro-environmentally and capacity for that pro-environmental action. Lucie Middlemiss (2010) frames this balance in her Ecological Footprint Model. In this paper, you will model your own ecological footprint to assess your capacity for pro-environmental behavior related to the food that you eat.
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Check My Assignment!Part I: Pick a pro-environmental way to consume food that you want to try out for three consecutive meals: either local eating (400 miles or less) or Organic eating (USDA certified). Before you do any research or try the three consecutive meal experiment, start by giving yourself an honest assessment: on a scale of 1-10 (1 is no capacity at all, 10 is the most capacity) what capacity do you feel you have to eat this way consistently? On a scale of 1-10 (1 is no responsibility at all, 10 is the most responsibility) what responsibility do you feel you have to eat this way consistently? Rank yourself on both, and write a 3-4 sentences per ranking on why you feel that way. You must also define “capacity” and “responsibility” from the Middlemiss 2010 reading, citing this in your responses.
Part II: Do some research on the pro-environmental benefits and detriments to eating in the method you selected, reading at least two scholarly source and a third external source (can be scholarly or non scholarly). Take notes as you read, as you will need to refer to these sources later in the project. **Doing this research qualifies as affecting your individual capacity for action, as you are learning more about the topic. It might be an enabling or constraining factor based on how you interpret the new information.**
Part III: Next, try out your three consecutive meal experiment. For three consecutive meals, try to eat foods that qualify only for the pro-environmental method that you chose (either local or Organic). However, do not change your consumption patterns solely for this project beyond your personal level of social, cultural, accessibility-related, or economic comfort. If these are barriers to your selected pro-environmental method of eating, you can note them as such and not change your eating habits. You can also modify the experiment to fit your level of capacity. For example, you may opt to limit your Organic intake only to your vegetables for meals rather than for all food items, or opt to eat local based on foods produced only in the United States, rather than within a 400 mile radius. Do what you can based on your level of comfort and capacity, and be ready to explain the enabling and constraining factors from your experiment.
Part IV: Write up your findings in a paper, combining research, the results of your experiment, and your own personal reflections. Your paper should have the following components:
· Introduction and initial rankings (1/2 page, 5 points): start by explaining which type of pro-environmental food consumption method you chose (either local or Organic) and review your initial rankings of capacity and responsibility to eat this way from Part I. In addition to your ranking #s, this should include your 3-4 sentences per ranking # explaining why you ranked yourself as such, which also includes citing and defining “capacity” and “responsibility” from the Middlemiss 2010 reading.
· Research: (3 pages, 24 points): summarize your three (8 points per reading) readings from Part II. What are some of the benefits of eating this way this way? What are some of the detriments? Be sure to cite your sources for all non-common knowledge in this segment, and “fully” integrate your two scholarly sources. This means references each of those scholarly sources at a minimum of three unique times.
· Experiment: (1/2 page, 2 points): Summarize your experiment. What did you eat for your three consecutive meals? If you were not able to complete the experiment for social, cultural, accessibility-related, or economic reasons, what would you have eaten for the three meals?
· Footprint: (1.5 pages, 12 points) Begin by defining each of the four capacities from Middlemiss’s Ecological Footprint Model (2010), citing the reading as you define (4 points). Next, write about one enabling and one constraining factor surrounding each of the four capacities when it came to your experiment in Part III (1 points for each factor, leading to 8 points total). If you can’t think of an enabling and constraining factor for each of the four capacities from your own experiment, list one that might enable or constrain another person who tries the same experiment. The enabling and constraining factors for each capacity may not simply be opposites of each other (for example, you may not say that your enabling factor for personal capacity is your high socioeconomic level, and a constraining factor for someone else doing this experience might be their low socioeconomic level), and your factors may only be used towards one capacity each (for example, you may not say that your town’s bike path is both your infrastructural and organizational enabling factor).
· Personal reflection (1/2 page 2 points): Now that you’ve researched the subject, experientially tried out the pro-environmental behavior, and assessed the results via the Footprint Model, rank again your capacity and responsibility for eating in the method you chose (either local or Organic), using the same 1-10 scale. Did this project influence the way you self rank? Why or why not?
Points can be subtracted from the 45 you earn for the following:
· Poor grammar, spelling, and syntax: 1-5 points
· Improper paper formatting: 1-5 point: At least six consecutive pages of text. You may go beyond six pages if you feel that is necessary to fully and completely respond to each prompt. Not included as one of the six pages of paper content: One page for citations. One title page with name, date, paper title (do not repeat this information on the first page of text content). Section headers will be deleted to calculate your total pages of text.
· Improper paper styling: 1-5 points: Double spaced, Times New Roman size 12 font, 1 inch margins, 0 point spacing before and after paragraphs, numbered pages
· Citations: 10+ points detracted for: Not having and fully integrating (3+ times per source) at least two scholarly sources, not having Chicago Author Date Style citations, Inconsistent in-text citations, No bibliography page.
